Articles for Pastors

A lot of ministries begin with a bang, then explode with new growth. But after the initial growth, they plateau. I have seen this repeated thousands of times from pastors I’ve talked with over the years.

Epaphras was a faithful minister and a spiritual giant whose example we would do well to follow.

God offers a special blessing for all who read the book of Revelation, believe it and practice what it says.

It is never easy to deal with disappointment. People will disappoint you. It is not easy to live through. It is real and will...

Under pressure it’s easy to be swayed by your own emotions, make reactionary decisions or be tempted to trade long term success for more immediate rewards.

I admire and respect courageous communicators who carry the weight of communicating to such a diverse crowd on Sunday mornings.

Almost monthly I hear of pastors (most of whom will never make the headlines) who are losing their job because of plagiarism—using someone else’s content but passing it off as their own.

Ministry can be an enormous blessing and it can be an enormous source of pain and heartache.