Articles for Pastors

Never underestimate the faithfulness of God. Before Saddleback moved to its present location, we bought a big chunk of land. While I thought at the time it was a dream come true, it turned out there were giants in the land. But what God starts, He finishes.

Have you ever realized, "My child is gay"? You will, without a doubt, have someone close to you in your family come out as gay. If it hasn't happened already, then it probably will sometime in the future. But what if that person is one of your children?

Everything Paul wrote in Philippians 3 about finding Christ as the greatest treasure found its beginning in Damascus.

I reflect on joys and blessings of my 14 years of pastoring, but I also remember mistakes I made. If I were pastoring again, I would do these things more often:

It is well documented that the apostle Paul had a hard ministry. He didn’t exactly have an ivory palace gig where he studied the ancient writings of Moses and churned out volumes of commentaries. He experienced ministry pressure upon ministry pressure.

Premarital sex is not a problem in the minds of many young adults today who claim to be Christians. However, the Bible is pretty clear on this topic.

Why is it the very people who have the greatest need to relax find it so difficult to do? Take pastors, for instance...

Have you ever sent an email to those who serve in your church and wondered how effective it was? Most mass email communications are at...