Pastors / Leadership Archives

Pilate tried to wash his hands but the stain remains. Not to decide is to decide.

Entire books have been written to beginning pastors, but here are ten pointers, most of which I have learned the hard way.

Pastors are no strangers to pain, but... is it possible to turn that pain into gold?

What hinders community is not a weakness of the institutional church and its leadership but rather the radical individualism of its members.

Most of us have read John 5:1–9, the story of the blind, paralyzed man at the pool of Bethesda, many times, but I’ll bet there’s something that...

Death puts us in the past tense; the Resurrection puts us in the future tense.

A parishioner's wife asked me a question as we stood in that hospital waiting room: “They say God won’t put on you more than you can bear. But,...

Those students of the Bible who don't read Greek can still reach beyond the English Bible to the original Greek in four easy steps.

In our zero-sum world, becoming great means making someone else small. But Jesus taught that true abundance comes from becoming "the servant of...

What are the mandates and the models of Scripture regarding intergenerational life and ministry in our churches? What are the fruits of neglecting...

The Handwriting is on the Wall (Eighth in a Series) Daniel 5:1-5, 20-28 Throughout human history, public walls have been used to...

Relationship doctor David B. Hawkins veers off his usual topic to answer a church staffer who shares that he/she is "scolded and shamed for voicing...

Once again, archaeology confirms the accuracy of biblical history. That’s good news, but should it affect how we believers view Scripture?

When the church, according to Jesus, is living in visible relationship with each other, it is then that the world will know that God the Father has...

A few years ago, I could give you the name of every 'Pharisee' in my church. Thank goodness I wasn’t like any of them! Then I met Jay...