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It is not just a theoretical question — it is a pastoral dilemma faced by almost every pastor.

I told a story to our church this past weekend as part of the ending of a series on parenting. The more I’ve reflected on it, it’s about why I do...

Whereas the Hun nation and our Bible-believing churches have absolutely nothing in common, the similarity between Attila's leadership task, and the...

Some evangelicals talk as though personal evangelism and public justice are contradictory concerns, or, at least, that one is part of the mission...

If the ecclesiocentric view of the church’s mission tends to focus on the building and maintenance of the institutional church (a place of...

What exactly is the church’s mission? In order to answer this question, we must first accurately define the gospel.

You can’t be the kind of Christian you’re meant to be without other people.

Who is and is not an evangelical? With whom should evangelicals cooperate in Gospel efforts, and who not?

It’s time someone wrote a book for the church titled 'Whatever Became of Evangelism?'

Calvin is too important to leave him frozen in caricature, and he’s too significant to leave him simply to his tribe of theological partisans. He...

If you're wondering what exactly is meant by the term "liturgical church," here's your answer.

Some high-profile pastors are opting to leave congregational ministry altogether to pursue publishing and other media ventures full time.

Have you ever noticed that so many of the “prophets” and pundits of our day are Chicken Littles, announcing, “The sky is falling! The sky is...

Spiritual abuse is a term that seems to be gaining a little bit of traction with whole blogs dedicated to it. It describes a clear reality—that...

You don't need a cooler statement of better slogan. You need to know what in the world your church or ministry is supposed to be doing.