Articles for Pastors

It seems to me that when we talk about being a good Berean we’re usually thinking about assessing the claims of others that are brought before us. And we do need to be Bereans when it comes to the truth claims of others.

Organizations and teams that lack trust are unable to engage in unfiltered and passionate disagreement around the mission of the organization.

Leadership is lonely in some ways. With every step in leadership we make comes the inevitable increase in loneliness. The higher we climb in leadership, the more responsibilities we get, the lonelier we become.

Jesus offers his followers the kind of life that results in rest and peace. Yet Christians are thrown from crisis to crisis as if...

Do you make a practice of enjoying the presence of Jesus? Just as 2,000 years ago, Jesus welcomed sinners, he still welcomes sinners like us into his presence by his Spirit.

The good news is that we can learn the things that make for peace. When we learn to pray the Jesus way, filled with thanksgiving, we can learn how to be anxious for nothing.

Have you let the furnace of passion from your conversion grow cold? Or have you steadily grown in your knowledge, wisdom, and most importantly application of God’s word, cultivating spiritual maturity?

Sometimes we unintentionally hold them back by creating an unhealthy dependencies between follower and leader.