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4 Truths Pastors Want Their Congregations to Understand about the Church Today

4 Truths Pastors Want Their Congregations to Understand about the Church Today

Pastors just wish they could get their people to understand why leaving the church doesn’t help in the long run, why assumptions about pastors are...

4 Truths Pastors Want Their Congregations to Understand about the Church Today

4 Truths Pastors Want Their Congregations to Understand about the Church Today

Pastors just wish they could get their people to understand why leaving the church doesn’t help in the long run, why assumptions about pastors are...

3 Essentials in Paul’s Letters for All Leaders

3 Essentials in Paul’s Letters for All Leaders

Paul wrote at least thirteen letters to churches or individuals — letters that inspire believers today. What, specifically, can today’s leaders...

4 Ways Trendy Church Culture Is Making You Spiritually Weak

4 Ways Trendy Church Culture Is Making You Spiritually Weak

When churches chase trends instead of truth, it’s not just the sermons that suffer—it’s our souls, and Hosea 4 shows us why it’s time to get back...

7 Wrong Ideas the Spiritually Immature Have about the Lord’s Work

7 Wrong Ideas the Spiritually Immature Have about the Lord’s Work

Here are seven “wrong ideas” the spiritually immature – those given to “hissy fits,” as my friend put it – have about the Lord’s work.

8 Warning Signs of a Narcissistic Pastor

8 Warning Signs of a Narcissistic Pastor

Sadly, some pastors are too full of themselves. Here are some warning signs of when their behavior turns narcissistic.

Clarence L. Haynes Jr.

Is Your Rest Holy?

Is Your Rest Holy?

If even God paused after His work, why do we push through without stopping? Discover why rest is not just wise. It’s worship!

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5 Top Stressors Christian Leaders Face and How to Handle Them

5 Top Stressors Christian Leaders Face and How to Handle Them

Being a Christian leader is a high and noble calling. It requires carrying a heavy cross—just as Jesus did. It’s my hope that you’ll recognize...

Scott Ventrella

5 Top Stressors Christian Leaders Face and How to Handle Them

5 Top Stressors Christian Leaders Face and How to Handle Them

Being a Christian leader is a high and noble calling. It requires carrying a heavy cross—just as Jesus did. It’s my hope that you’ll recognize...

Scott Ventrella

5 Reasons Why Listening Is the Most Critical Leadership Skill

5 Reasons Why Listening Is the Most Critical Leadership Skill

We live in a world where nobody seems to be listening anymore. Everybody has something to say and a point to prove. Everybody wants to be...

Steve and Becky Harling

Our Top 12 List for the 'Most Influential' Pastors Today

Our Top 12 List for the 'Most Influential' Pastors Today

Here are twelve of today’s most influential pastors—with a bonus added at the end.

10 Lessons on Church Leadership, Learned the Hard Way

10 Lessons on Church Leadership, Learned the Hard Way

Most of what follows about leading God’s church is counterintuitive. Or, maybe better said: not what you might be expecting. But these 10 lessons...

7 Things Pastors Should Never Reveal

7 Things Pastors Should Never Reveal

I will pray this little prayer almost every day of my life: “Set a guard upon my mouth, O Lord. Keep watch over the door of my lips” (Psalm 141:3)....

When Leaders Are Afraid to Lead

When Leaders Are Afraid to Lead

As a pastor of six churches for forty-two years and a minister for over six decades, I am well-acquainted with the practice of operating from fear.

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A Prayer for Intentional Time as a Family - Your Daily Prayer - June 30

A Prayer for Intentional Time as a Family - Your Daily Prayer - June 30

When life gets loud and busy, the most meaningful thing you can do is simply show up and be present with the people God gave you.

6 Creation-Themed Psalms That Inspire Worship

6 Creation-Themed Psalms That Inspire Worship

The Bible is filled with passages that describe the wonderful beauty and power of God’s creation. In the book of Psalms, which is a collection of...

The Greatest Commandment - The Crosswalk Devotional - June 30

The Greatest Commandment - The Crosswalk Devotional - June 30

Is it possible that you may have knowingly or unknowingly forsaken your First Love? If so, may I encourage you to run straight back into the open...

Megan J. Conner

ICE Arrests Iranian Christians at Los Angeles Church

ICE Arrests Iranian Christians at Los Angeles Church

They escaped Iran for the chance to worship freely. Now they’re in detention, and their pastor is speaking out. Read what he witnessed and why he...

Milton Quintanilla

A Prayer to Finish a Season of Hardship Well - Your Daily Prayer - June 29

A Prayer to Finish a Season of Hardship Well - Your Daily Prayer - June 29

Because of Christ in us, we have the glorious opportunity to look at seasons of suffering through a different lens.

Jessica Van Roekel

6 Do’s and Don’ts of Christian Grandparenting

6 Do’s and Don’ts of Christian Grandparenting

Grandparenting is an exhilarating and emotional opportunity, unlike the parenting experience we had with our own kids. The similarities...