Pastors / Leadership Archives

US News and World Report religion blogger Dan Gilgoff wonders if gay and ex-gay advocates are moving toward some kind of consensus.

Plan your preaching, but don’t be a slave to your plan. Stay open to the need of the moment. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you. That’s nimbleness.

Ideas and strategies toward becoming a workplace ministry-friendly church that mobilizes men and women.

I now want to take up Paul’s charge that "love believes all things." Paul is not calling for a foolish gullibility, but even if you get taken...

In 2006, the SBC approved a resolution which not only expressed opposition to church members drinking alcohol, but also stipulated that no one who...

Author Soong-Chan Rah explains why the church despereately needs to open its eyes to see the Next Evangelicalism

As you sit at home –- or in your office –- reading this story, your church continues to communicate many messages to your community.

The epitaph of Elijah is recorded by James, when he pens, "the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."

This describes the church quite well. It is here that we see the “beautiful mess,” albeit more mess than beauty today. The beauty emerges as a...

The real reason the cross disappears from our sermons is because we allow it to slip out of the central place in our own lives.

As you celebrate John Calvin's 500th birthday, recognize that it won't be easy to change the pejorative stereotype that clings to Calvinism, but we...

What is the best expression of the mission of the church in light of our changing cultural and social reality?

In the church today, there is a growing reluctance to take a definitive stand on any issue. Discernment is frankly not very welcome.

If we preachers are faithful and true to the prophetic side and even to the priestly side of our calling, we can expect the tomatoes and eggs and...

The study of theology historically has brought to the surface outstanding thinkers and scholars. Among 16th-century Reformers, John Calvin - more...