Articles for Pastors

7 Things Every Leader Needs to Quit Immediately

Especially when you are first starting out as a leader, it's easy to make these common leadership mistakes.

7 Churches That Are Often Tough to Pastor

Over the years, I’ve worked with a lot of pastors in difficult churches to lead. They’re not impossible—because nothing’s impossible for God (Matt. 19:26)—but...

The State of Apatheism

In the first ever “State of Theology” survey conducted in the U.K., the answer "I don't know" appeared more times than any of us should be comfortable with.

Death by Church Meetings: Five Considerations

He calls it “the most painful problem in business.” Patrick Lencioni, in his book Death by Meeting, looks at one of the greatest resource wastes in...

5 Practical Expressions of Love In Leadership

Love in leadership is so critical because the love of God is both incomprehensible and incomparable. It’s difficult to fully understand the depth of God’s...

How Can the Bible Be Inerrant if Copyists Made Mistakes?

If there are mistakes in the copying of texts and variances in how the writers described events, how can we say the Bible is inerrant?

3 Reasons We Don’t Preach Gospel-Centered Sermons

Even among those who otherwise affirm the biblical necessity of prioritizing Christ in our preaching, it is sometimes rare to encounter sermons that do not treat Christ and his grace as an option or afterthought.

Don’t Adjust Your Conscience Just to Fit the Culture

Today, we rarely hear any reference to the conscience. Yet throughout church history, the best Christian thinkers spoke about the conscience regularly.