Articles for Pastors

There is no exemption from marriage struggles, whether internal or external. Laying claim to the calling of God forces us to dig deeper down into the work of Christ to grab the anchor that holds fast when all around is messy.

It turns out that Captain Marvel models healthy aspects of biblical womanhood. In Carol Danvers, we find echoes of many positive, heroic and godly women.

While meetings can be an useful tool to push the mission of your church forward, sloppy meetings can be a total waste of time for your team and for the church as a whole. Some common problems that I’ve seen creep into churches with too many unfocused meetings are that:

There is an old word that describes going to war and killing sin. Mortify it. When you see that word, it means, kill zone. DEFCON 1. Going nuclear. Annihilation. Is this the posture of your heart toward your sin?

We love to lead when the sun is shining and the wind is at our back, but life and leadership don’t always go that way.

Don’t be deceived, “spiritual pride is the worst sort of pride.”

You won’t need to make significant changes in your church to empower parents and guardians to become disciple-makers in their home.

“One person came out of her way to greet me in the sanctuary.” In this case, the spy was already seated in the worship center—but the church had greeters stationed there to greet anyone they didn’t know.