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Jesus knew we all love a good story. Anecdotes are the short, catchy stories pastors can insert in just-the-right-spot to pep up a message. They're...

At the end of every great question in the Bible (whether about the age of the earth or a mysterious doctrine — as in Romans 9 and predestination —...

What images come to your mind when you think of signs of the end times? Do you envision fire raining from the heavens, airplanes falling from the...

Has everything about this “new normal” been so bad? Here are 4 things that have emerged that can make our lives richer during quarantine and...

But just as everyone wants to get America back to work, pastors want to reopen churches to their congregations as soon as possible. But public...

Belief in the gospel changes everything. Before Christ, we are lost in a sinless world with no hope, no satisfaction, and no purpose. With Christ,...

Church leaders have an enormous responsibility. They are shepherding church members, counseling those in need, as well as caring for themselves and...

COVID-19 is rightly seen as a plague on our world, leaving a wake of physical death and financial devastation in its path. Most would say it’s been...

Making disciples is what Christ left His followers on earth to do. That was their mandate then, and it is still the overreaching directive of the...

“I am among you as one who serves,” said our Master (Luke 22:27). Why should you and I be any different?

Jesus has much to say to us about end times. It’s all right for us to shout something back to him! Why wait? Take a moment and get down on your...

God isn’t concerned with how much or how little you have, he is concerned with what you are doing with what you have been given. Focus on what...

Jesus' surprising, counterintuitive ways open us up to the Holy Spirit’s leading to be more than a “nice, loving Christian neighbor.” While...

As I wrote in an earlier blog, it’s time for VUCA leadership. But what does that mean specifically? Obviously, every church and organization is...

There are specific moments when we encounter God in such an intimate way that our life is drastically altered. Consider one biblical senior citizen...