Pastors

Looking back over the history of the evangelical movement, attitudes toward issues of social justice have never been monolithic.

The truth is, we are responsible for leading, and the nature of effective leadership is not a safe proposition. Leadership takes new territory; it moves us into the unknown. Playing it safe doesn’t work.

The problem with all this judging others is that it distracts us from Jesus and what he’s done for us on the cross. Jesus himself is enough, Francis Chan argues. "Don’t tell me I need Jesus plus something else."

I often talk about the importance of forgiveness in my own life, and over the deep hurts I’ve endured. But inevitable questions about biblical forgiveness arise.

When it comes to marriage could there be a chance that we might be overplaying the importance of finding someone who aligns with us on virtually everything? In the following video, Jefferson and Alysa Bethke speak to this interesting subject.

Gospelize is the old English word for evangelize. It just sounds cooler. Here are seven values of a Gospel-advancing youth group.

Spiritual abuse works both ways: congregations can abuse pastors and pastors can abuse congregations and congregants. Make it more complex: congregants can abuse one another.

“These people just don’t value the Word!” He had given a 50-minute exposition on an obscure text in 1 Kings. It was accurate, scholarly, and the point of his sermon was indeed the point of the text. It also fell flat.