Pastors / Leadership Archives

He knows he’s no more wonderful than anyone else. He is not on an ego-trip for Jesus. What a pastor needs is encouragement.

Even now, believers pour over scripture looking for clues to Christ’s reappearance. Jesus himself told the disciples he’d return soon, so where is...

As minister’s wives, we can be tempted to withdraw or retreat, become bitter, give up, or be resentful of hurts. But when we do that, we end up...

You are not going to build a great church on your preaching. Not. Going. To. Happen.

The religious landscape of modern American society can be nothing less than bewildering. Religious groups, sects, cults, movements, philosophies...

Songs and prayers of lament for the world instruct our congregations in appropriate ways of grieving and longing in the body of Christ.

They call you Preacher because nothing you do is as important or as critical to the work of the church as your preaching.

Women have incredible value in the body of Christ; just read the Bible and you will find godly women who were instrumental in God’s plan.

Honestly, I have some scars from being caught in a few of these snares. Maybe I can help other pastors to go around some of these.

Many Christians suffer with anxiety and depression, even pastors, and they often do so in silence.

Ladies, the world is sending you many different messages about what it means to be a woman.

Everyone prays, we’re told. And, doubtless, every follower of Jesus Christ prays for other people. But we must be faithful in praying for...

No matter what others believe—no matter how they treat us or what their religious beliefs say about who we are—Jesus calls us to love them as we...

I’ve written recently about what the church can learn from the retail slide into the economic abyss. But an article in the Washington Post, delving...

The typical church member, even one who teaches a Sunday School class, is out of his element when suddenly asked to talk in front of the church.