Pastors / Leadership Archives

The "different gospel" to which the Galatians were turning went something like this: Repent and believe in Jesus, showing that you really want to...

Art was once the domain of the Church: Christians created art that glorified God and drew people closer to His Son. Today, however, much of the...

Competition isn't necessarily a bad thing. It can push people to do their best in service to God.

We're not recommending that pastors should routinely endorse or oppose various candidates in political elections. Many pastors might decide never...

Who were these Magi and what inspired them to saddle up their camels and head west in search of a Child-King?

Gentle Jesus, meek and mild? Or, have we forgotten how wild and untamed the Lord really is? We interview the author of Domesticated Jesus to find...

An announcement about the celebration of the Lord's Supper made someone wonder if they needed to bring coleslaw. Awesome. But this is not a...

What exactly is it that we know now that necessitates a change in the hard won wisdom of nearly every ancient culture?

You do want your church to be pleasing to the Lord, don't you? Of course we come quickly to the understanding that we can't easily change our...

Turning around the sagging fortunes of mainline Protestant churches isn't rocket science; we just can't find the will to do what needs to be done....

How do you fail at failing? According to a recent article in Time magazine, all you have to do is study the recent collapse of Blockbuster. “Yes,...

One of the things I enjoy telling people about Bible study is that "if it's weird, it's important." Numbers 5:11-31 certainly qualifies in both...

At best, Halloween's an excuse to ask strangers for candy. At worst, it's mindless paganism our ancestors turned their backs on. I would like...

Newman is preeminently a saint for our era. Christianity—including evangelical Christianity—is mired in the same relativistic mud 130 years after...

How do you respond to slave discipleship? Probably through protest, much as Peter did when Jesus tried to wash his feet.