Articles for Pastors

We can easily find a multitude of reasons to be thankful. God's common grace has provided us with an abundance of physical blessings.

I addressed this issue of pride in younger leaders. Today, though, I focus on my generation and older—and I do so with some trepidation because I know I’ll be testing and revealing my own heart here.

God always wanted his people to live in peace, in rest. God was always inviting his people not only into his presence, but into his rule and reign, into his kingdom of peace.

In your first 180 days on the job at a church, you must manage organizational change well. At the Willow Creek conference years ago,...

It is one thing to have a quiet time of meditative devotion, or to adore God in your heart, and to offer every silent moment of your day to him as a sacrifice. But once in a while you need to express that and praise God out loud.

The literary device used by Solomon in Proverbs 6 helps us understand something vital about the church.  On the surface, the list of seven things that the Lord hates seems to be a collection of sins including pride, dishonesty, violence, scheming, plotting, slander, and divisiveness.

Though some Christians over the centuries have fallen into an “us-only” way of living, no one can argue that Jesus prioritized the outsider. I suppose you could say that he was always looking to expand his “us.”

It’s never fun to tell someone no, even when you know it’s in their best interest. If you are like the vast majority of leaders in ministry, you love people. You want to help and empower others, but more often than we prefer, leadership requires unpopular answers.