Articles for Pastors

If you get sucked into multitasking, consider these 4 ways to fight against the tendency.

Some passages grab me every time. Exodus 2:24-25 is one of them: “And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the people of Israel — and God knew.” (Exodus 2:24-25)

Many areas are seeing a COVID spike a second time, some even greater than the first spike. We have been communicating with hundreds of pastors each week who contact Church Answers with questions and information.

Obadiah is a godly man, and God has put him in the palace, next to Ahab. Imagine the darkness of this palace with its evil king and its wicked queen. King Ahab didn’t fear the Lord or walk in His ways. But God placed someone next to him who did.

Beyond Sunday worship services you might also wonder how to have community with the church when you’re not physically together. Here are some other options to stay connected with your congregation when you’re unable to connect in-person.

The sin of racism disregards the worth that God ascribed to His creation. In practice and belief, it is an affront to Him (Proverbs 17:5; Acts 10:15).

The earth belongs to the Lord God who made it. We humans and all angelic or heavenly beings—indeed all creation—belong to God. Reality is therefore His to define as He created it. We cannot simply go our own way and think God doesn’t care.

Lent is a season of preparation for the celebration of Easter. [This year it begins on Ash Wednesday, February 17th.] For many Christians, it is an occasion for renewed devotion to Jesus, for a recommitment to follow him on the way to the cross—and  through the cross to the empty tomb.