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A 2009 Barna survey found only 19% of Christians (and 4% of those in their 20's) hold a biblical worldview.

There are countless reasons for dropping the occasional story into your sermon. Here are my top three.

As many, many scholars have pointed out, the English term ministry comes from the same Greek term as the English term service. “Ministry” is...

Give Your Pastor's Family the Freedom to Be Human

Rick Warren shares six commitments Christians can make for growth and unity within the Church.

Children in single parent families statistically experience the highest rate of abuse and neglect. Can the church do anything about it?

Consider your calling. Do you sense that God is calling you to ministry, whether as a pastor or as another servant of the Church? Do you burn with...

The pursuit of racial reconciliation is difficult at best, but we have a hope that is greater.

Though his instructions may not provide an eight-session video series, it is expert advice from God the Spirit through Paul.

Is it just me, or is Evangelical Christianity falling into a theology that is based more on individual reason than revelation?

Islam and the West offer two very different and fundamentally irreconcilable visions of society. While we are certainly not a nation at war with...

We should embrace the moments in our ministries where we must tackle the issues of sin that plague our people. It is part of the burden in our...

Nostalgic sentiment loiters in the mental cobwebs of us all. But were “the good old days” really that good?

Reliance upon the faith community for support and relationships is all but forgotten in many evangelical circles. Also, a need exists for those...

Much is said about the deplorable state of preaching in our time. I am convinced that the root of the problem is theological.