Pastors

As society continues to evolve, two things seem clear: 1) the church is waning in significance; and 2) what the church provided is increasingly looked for in secular sectors.

We need to look closely at why some church leaders abuse people, and take every necessary action to stop the abuse, see to healing of the abused, aim for restoration and discipleship of the leader, and be proactive in preventing any opportunity for abuse to occur in the church by its leaders.

Some people hold tenaciously to a faith that their child will not die, their cancer will disappear, their spouse will recover from a stroke. Do they have faith in God or is their faith in what they want God to do?

Collective might is absolutely central to the mission of the Church today. God actually designed us to collaborate.

It is ironic that in the same chapter in which our Lord teaches the utter necessity of rebirth to even see the kingdom, non-Reformed views find one of their main proof texts.

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."