Articles for Pastors

Everyone who communicates, preaches, or even tries to persuade someone of an idea has discovered that sinking sense that your sermon just isn’t as riveting as it could be. Or that you’re dull. How exactly does that happen?

I quickly said “worship is a verb” for a title of the message. Hardly without a thought. This is a big deal with me, I thought. God is working on this in me.

Simplifying things almost always is, no matter what size church you serve, but especially if the church is small (whatever number you consider a small church to be).

Regardless how much time a pastor spends in sermon prep, a common question can be “why.” Why do you spend so much time in sermon prep?

The real question we need to ask regarding strong women is: Do we want women to be weak? And the answer must forever be, on the basis of Scripture, “May it never be.”

The phrase “Jesus Christ and him crucified” explains the difference between Athens ministry and Corinthian ministry.

It took the Daily Examen of Ignatius to bring me to my knees in thanks for a moment-by-moment deliverance from a main enemy of sustainable faith in our time—distraction.

Last year I did a series of blogs on what Scripture has to say about the power of the tongue. The cumulative weight of those verses...