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Modern church leaders fancy themselves businessmen, media figures, entertainers, psychologists, philosophers, or lawyers. But is that biblical?

Is it a surprise that our church team sputters at times? Maybe we should function more like a football team...

A number of years ago, I realized that I was, as it were, trying to teach frogs to fly. Frogs can’t fly. Not only that, they get angry when you try...

Few career tracks in the marketplace have a dynamic quite like that of being a minister's wife.

What's it like to preach on the morally problematic passages of the Old Testament in connection with modern, Christian faith?

I was recently asked to net out some of the types of churches currently shaping practice and thought around the United States.

There is no shortcut to spiritual success. Studying the Bible takes time and it should be studied in its entirety.

As leaders we have the same expectation as Peter: the expectation of a crown from Jesus because we have given up all to follow Him.

Three ministers were having a friendly dinner when the subject of martyrdom came up. What would it be like if they were actually called upon to...

Why does it matter whether we believe that God upholds and governs all thing? Ten reasons.

Max Lucado is one of America’s best-known preachers. His books have sold more than 80 million copies, and his latest volume is Max On Life: Answers...

I know precious little about humility. However I know one big thing: God wants it in His people.

I know God has called me to be a pastor, and I have never seriously considered bailing out. Let me explain why.

You’ve heard of the “seven last words of the church” before, haven’t you? If not, here they are, tongue firmly in cheek: “We’ve never done it...

Stan Ward left Donald Miller's Storyline Conference in Portland, Oregon with the distinct impression Miller dislikes Christian education...