Pastors / Leadership Archives

Evangelical Christians will rightly reject just about everything found in this new report from the Religious Institute, but they should not avoid...

Each year seems to bring new treasures to the preacher's bookshelf, and 2009 was no exception.

Though all Christians are called to serve the cause of Christ, God calls certain persons to serve the Church as pastors and other ministers....

The idea that Roe v. Wade was not a precipitating factor in the formation of conservative evangelical political engagement serves as a classic...

Doing the work that God gifted us for—whether it be government work, writing, or a plumber—does not make us second-class Christians.

If we're going to be a congregation that does more than come to church and benefit from what the church has to offer, we must learn together how to...

Jesus said, "Greater love has no man than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." This is the truest, purest and greatest form of love....

Peter Marshall often said, "Spirituality is a matter of perception, not proof."

Francis Schaeffer had become a joyless Christian man. Then something profound happened. How did he honestly face down his severe crisis of...

Plan and prepare all you want, but a wide-awake prayer team is vital the success of any ministry or program.

I am, unashamedly, a book man. You may have expected me to say a “reading” man, which would also be true. As St. Cyprian of Carthage wrote, “Be...

The storefront window of Scripture showcases both types: swaggerers and performers. Performers aren't defined by bios or business cards, but by...

A pastor in middle America asks a native Haitian for a true picture of his homeland so that his congregation can be briefed on the best ways to...

The rhythm of our praying allowed all of us, not just individuals but as a congregation, to move closer to the Apostle Paul's command to "pray...

The classical problem of the existence of evil has been called the Achilles’ heel of the Christian faith. But have philosophers proven that God...