Pastors

"Whatever our status (single, married, parent, widowed, divorced), this is the day that the Lord has made."

Advent is the season where we prepare our hearts for worshiping on Christmas Day as we celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus.

It’s true that Gen Z is the most media-saturated generation in history. And it’s true that their social capital—a largely digital socialization for many—is often rooted in their social media and online pursuits. It’s also true that we’re just now beginning to understand these effects.

As a pastor, your likelihood of experiencing church hurt is even greater than others in the congregation. Since we can’t escape church hurt, then we need to learn to deal with it.

More power: we want it. Everyone from Tony Stark to Lord Voldemort wants it. They want it bad. Doc Brown’s 1.21 Gigawatts aren’t enough—somewhere in eternity Captain Kirk is still barking, “More power, Scotty.”

Contextualization is not giving people what they want to hear but it is giving people biblical answers to the questions people are asking their particular time and place.

The problem of evil and suffering moves from the philosophical to the personal in a moment of time.

No one is "just" a Sunday school teacher. No one is "just" an offering taker. No one is "just" a bringer of meals to the sick. No one is "just" a deacon. There is no "just."