Pastors / Leadership Archives

Churches do programs and ministries which no one will ever partake of except themselves. Then they wonder why so many pews went unfilled.

It’s easy to feel as if the congregation thinks they own every moment of your and your husband’s time.

Change, no matter how necessary, is never easy. Along the way, I’m learning a few things.

The anemia of evangelical worship—all the music and energy aside—is directly attributable to the absence of genuine expository preaching.

Conservative studies indicate one out of four girls and one of six boys will be sexually abused before reaching 18 years of age, regardless of...

There should be a foolproof way to guarantee that a new pastor is everything he claims to be and all the committee hopes he is. There isn’t.

My family doesn’t observe Lent. I’ve never been a member of a church that observes Lent. I wouldn’t tell you to practice it. But I’m not going to...

We Christians tend to be opinionated about church. We know what we like and what we don’t.

The Shack is now one of the best-selling paperback books of all time, and its readers are enthusiastic. But the theology is not incidental to the...

As followers of Jesus, we’ve been given a simple mission regarding sin: search and destroy. Put it to death.

The Word of God describes several kinds of calling, including a general call to everyone, an effectual call to His people, and what we might...

Breaking news arrived of the discovery of seven Earth-like planets orbiting a star, each of which are capable of hosting water (and therefore...

As I think about my son’s future, and even about life in the modern day, I have to ask the simple question: What effect does “social media”...

Sharing God’s love with the world will change the hearts of His people.

Hi, Roger, Recently two of my young friends have raised questions about the creation story... Dear L, I once almost lost my own faith over this...