Pastors / Leadership Archives

"Has it been hard to leave pastoral ministry?" Yes and no. Here are some reflections on moving from the front lines to the supply tent.

Is marriage a requirement for pastoral ministry? The New York Times asked the question. How would you answer it?

“We’re continually looking at just about any opportunity for someone to buy a sandwich, wherever that might be,” says Don Fertman, Subway’s Chief...

Why should anyone believe that what the Bible has to say is true? Isn’t the belief in the historicity of biblical texts similar to faith that Zeus...

If Christianity and Islam are merely two optional means to reach the same ultimate end, then Christian churches helping Muslims remain Muslim is a...

Once upon a time, evangelicals set out to create a richer culture, abandoning the combativeness of fundamentalism and choosing instead to engage in...

Compared with the kind of preaching found in most churches today, what was it about the preaching of Haggai and Zechariah that resonated with such...

Natural disasters like the earthquake in Japan do not need to be placed in the context of a judgment from God. But if earthquakes are not God’s...

Many millions are suffering at this moment. May we, the Church, serve God well by serving them.

How will Satan attack your church? Does he have a primary strategy, one that seldom fails?

Most pastors' conferences are flashy events with rock bands and presentations from megachurch pastors who talk about their great successes, usually...

To this day I can catch myself tuning out during sermons, especially when the preacher mires down in some biblical lesson. But the moment that he...

Francis Chan, author of the 2009 book about the Holy Spirit called The Forgotten God, now is featured in a film from the BASIC series on the Holy...

An unexamined youth ministry is a youth ministry not worth doing.

Most of us who have given our lives to serving God have had a love-hate affair with the Lord's Church. We hear the not-so-new calls of "Jesus Yes,...