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6 Keys to Sharing the Gospel With Strangers

Anyone can share the Gospel with strangers using these six simple steps: pray, see, engage, explain, invite, and connect.

3 Keys To Being a Lifelong Friend

Friendships are a key part of life and you want a friendship to last your entire life, or for most of it. Here are 3 critical elements to having a lifelong friendship.

If We Realize We’re Undeserving, Suddenly the World Comes Alive

If we realize we’re utterly undeserving, suddenly the world comes alive. Doesn’t knowing that you deserve eternal Hell but instead will live with Jesus in Heaven, in unending happiness, put any day in perspective?

3 Warning Signs You Could Love Title More Than Task

It is entirely possible for a ministry leader to love title more than task. But, according to Augustine, a ministry leader who loves title more than task is not a good ministry leader.

RC Sproul: No Shortcuts to Growth

One reason we look for spiritual shortcuts is our modern age where shortcuts and rapid results abound. If technology can relieve illnesses and make our jobs easier, it surely can give rest to our souls, right?

Yes, Women Should Go to Seminary

Regardless of where a person sits on the spectrum between complementarian and egalitarian, it is difficult to argue that women cannot or should not benefit from attending seminary.

3 Essentials for Avoiding Burnout: Roots, Rhythm, and Relationships

Burnout is easy to accomplish. In fact, it’s our default destination when all we do is coast along. If you’re a pastor or ministry leader, let me challenge you to make three bold decisions today, and every day hereafter.

Pastor: Get Up and Try Again

Jesus has succeeded in every way that we have failed, and with Christ in us, we discover a new capacity through Him to get up and try again.

7 Ways I Attempt To Gain Influence with a Team

Influence is always based on trust. So, ultimately, that’s what we are discussing in this post. Building trust that gains influence.

Voting Out of Fear

This is an election year. No, this isn’t a blog about who you should vote for. It is a blog about why we often vote the way we do...and shouldn’t.

Pastor, Use This Checklist for Better Preaching

I am not the best preacher on the planet, but I am passionate about better preaching. Here are a few things that I have learned along the way and things that I am currently trying to implement.

5 Ministry Killers in the Life of a Pastor’s Wife

Here are five things that can suck the life out of a pastor’s wife, along with a few suggestions on how to combat them.

6 Strategies for Flourishing as a Pastor

We all know that leadership is hard. I mean, if it were easy, everybody would do it. This is particularly true of pastoral leadership. No wonder so many pastors are walking away.

A Vital Pastoral Need: Friendship for Leaders

A friend of mine asked me to reflect on the meaning of friendship for a church leader (but really: any leader). What an important question he asked: What did I learn about friendship for leaders during my years as a pastor?

What Would Happen If We Prayed Before We Spent Money?

When something’s a legitimate need, God will provide it. But how often do we take matters into our own hands and spend impulsively before asking God to furnish it for us?

What Does It Really Mean To Be Blessed?

The Bible offers a far more expansive vision for what it means to be blessed than the common understanding.

5 Characteristics of Churches That Demonstrate Strength and Stability

Strength and stability don’t prevent storms and struggles from hitting your church, but it helps you make it through them.

An Example of a Statement of Faith

A statement of faith reveals the doctrine of the church. Expecting all people to agree with everything is more cult-like than Christ-like. However, we must have parameters of belief. Otherwise, the church will break under the stress of disunity.

Successful Succession Requires More Than Great Leaders

When it comes to succession, having great leaders involved is table stakes; it just gets you to the table and in the game. For there to be actual success in succession, these six characteristics are also present.

17 LGBTQ-Affirming Ministers Face Church Investigations for Signing Belief Statement

The investigation by Indiana Ministries — a jurisdiction within the Anderson, Indiana-based Church of God movement — could result in the withdrawal of the ministers’ credentials.

Andy Bannister: How Pastors and Churches Can Stop Living as ‘Undercover...

Dr. Andy Bannister joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how pastors and church members can share their faith boldly, strategically, and without fear.

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