Pastors / Leadership Archives

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.

Political movements encourage pastors to speak up on important issues of the day. But there's a biblical reason why they often don't.

Church people hear hundreds of messages, lessons, and sermons. They are fed such a relentless stream of revelations, insights, truths, principles,...

Twice in the last week I have been asked what advice I would give to a young person preparing to go into the ministry. The question is so broad...

Loneliness is on the rise in America, but people need human connection to thrive.

Pick the sin and it’s likely that someone trusted as a leader in the kingdom of God has done it and been exposed.

Since the 10th anniversary of 9/11 falls on a Sunday, how can you acknowledge it at your church?

In times past, the church occupied a central and influential place in society. But what does the new, post-Christian cultural condition mean for...

A new book titled The Spectrum of Evangelicalism joins the argument over conservative Protestantism in America.

Our work is demanding but the model of our Teacher is simple: Focus.

As I read a letter from a volunteer, I couldn’t help wondering: is the church really the hope of the world?

Here is my list of ten things the beginning (or rusty or occasional) speaker seems not to know, but needs to learn quickly in order to be...

The nature of the gospel, the role and purpose of God’s law, the relationship between justification, sanctification and union with Christ, and how...

Theology professor Gordon Kaufman, author of God the Problem in 1972, died around the same time as John Stott. Similarities between the two men end...