Outreach Leaders

There have been seasons in life where I struggled with understanding God’s work in my own life and ministry. I have even wondered why certain doors have closed when I thought they would be open.

It’s a common idea among believers that grief over heartache or suffering must be short-lived if we are to prove our trust in God. Ironically, I don’t believe James meant that we have to be strong in ourselves and ignore the difficulty and pain. Here's what "count it all joy" really means.

For one thing, this is the only way you’ll know how long it seems in the nursery and church preschool when you preach a long sermon. Find out more about why every pastor should serve the church's kids for at least one Sunday.

The concerns over a link between Christianity and colonialism go back to the early church, where colonialism was condemned in the New Testament.

Do you ever look at prayer as a "quick fix" to a difficult situation? There is so much more to prayer!

It is often in the very toughest of times and trials that God brings us to a crisis of faith, and it’s through that experience that we begin to pray. Find out more about how prayer got Jack Graham through cancer.

Forgiveness is the spiritual air we breathe in from God, and the spiritual air we breathe out toward others. If breath is stopped in either direction, we suffocate spiritually. Our marriages will wither and so will our souls.

“Unbelievers need to see that we care for them, not just their postmortem souls but all of who they are as fallen image-bearers of God.”