Articles for Pastors
Racial Reconciliation and Cultural Diversity in the Church
The challenges we face regarding diversity and reconciliation are not new, but for many people—like me—in the majority culture, they possess a new urgency.
Articles for Pastors
Why Churches Should Focus More on Marriage
Marriage is uniquely and sacredly designed to display God’s kingdom on earth. When marriages improve, nearly everything else improves as a result.
Articles for Pastors
12 Bits of Easter Foolishness We Should Avoid This Year
For reasons I don’t quite understand, some churches will forego the usual service on Easter Sunday and give the choir the entire hour for their program.
Articles for Pastors
Successful Pastoral Successions With Dennis Gingerich
One way or another, every church is going to lose its pastor. Yet very few congregations are preparing for that.
Articles for Pastors
The Sometimes Painful Cost of Leadership
As I look back over the many decades of my life, I can see two things very clearly: God’s goodness and my badness.
Articles for Pastors
What That Missing Letter to the Laodiceans Can Teach Us About Platform
We want to be helpful to as many people as the Lord allows—but we also shouldn’t pursue a bigger platform than what the Lord has equipped us for.
Articles for Pastors
The #MeToo Stories of the Bible We Tend to Ignore
The NYTimes recently resurfaced the video of pastor Andy Savage’s public apology at Highpoint Church in Memphis for sexually abusing Jules Woodson when he...
Articles for Pastors
21 Funny Church Signs Even Jesus Would Laugh At
These funny church signs are working overtime to try to get people to church. Would you go to a church with a sign like this out front?
