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"Sitting around the table at a feast is not a gluttonous act," Bringle said. "Sitting in front of the television gobbling potato chips is."

Standing before groups and opening God’s Word is a privilege, an opportunity, a responsibility, and a lot of other things. But it’s also a burden...

I was recently briefed on a church situation that left me shaking my head in complete disbelief. The details aren’t important. Suffice it to say...

This is not a call for 10-minute sermons, but rather for thorough preparation.

As a pastor for over four decades and a minister for five-and-a-half, here are some statements you will never hear from me:

Such violent tactics always end up with the exact opposite of what the intimidators intend: a resilient church that, if anything, moves forward...

Although I’ve had the privilege of walking with these men over the years, there are still millions of single fathers in desperate need of someone...

The title is a come-on, to give me the chance to say one huge thing to every pastor: You have no idea what ranks as the most important part of your...

The churches of the Reformation understand that a true church is always reformed by the Word of God.

Whatever one thinks of the Reformation, shouldn't it be clear that the problems in our current context are just as bad or maybe even worse?

There are many other amenities people look for in churches, but these are the most important qualities.

What can the church do to make singles and single parents feel welcome?

Catholicism's focus was on becoming right with God through the sacraments or monastic life, but the Reformers preached that being right with God is...

What I myself am doing or thinking, fearing, dreading, anticipating or remembering tend to work themselves into what I am preaching. In fact, it...

Serious times met with serious lives. This is the anvil on which history is forged. More important, it is the means by which the Kingdom of God is...