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The call to preach is the highest honor there is. It can also be the most frustrating.

How did 324 churches start growing again after experiencing a pattern of plateau or decline? According to one study, some factors were perceived to...

The gospel can be compared to one beggar telling another beggar where he found bread. There is nothing arrogant about that... is there?

When the Bible, in part or in whole, is dismissed as “clobber Scriptures,” it is not only the Bible that is subverted, but the Gospel.

Listen as the congregation files out of the sanctuary on Sunday, and you'll hear the common refrain: "I didn't get anything out of ___...

Competition between churches is one of the most prevalent yet least talked about issues in church-world.

The call to ministry is almost all-encompassing, and it engulfs an entire family in a mission many of them didn’t choose. Being a pastor’s wife...

Buddy and Clancy love their Turkey Tenders. The packet of those Turkey Tenders explains why that might be: “Turkey Tenders are made from 100...

How do you know if you have fallen for the moralistic counterfeit gospel? Here are two easy diagnostics.

Jennifer Wright Knust from Boston University, tries to demonstrate how “murky and inconsistent and prone to being hijacked by ideologues” the Bible...

It’s surprising how few open, transparent and practical discussions there are about racial matters in the local church.

When we speak of calling, most people think of some loftier spiritual work rather than business, construction, or retail. Under this paradigm, the...

The commencement address and charge to graduates of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, delivered May 20, 2011 by R. Albert Mohler, Jr.,...

The Church needs to know what it believes, why it believes it -- and why it matters.

No matter how far young adults go from Christ, there’s hope for them to return to faith if Christians like you reach out to them. Here's how to...