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What you are missing if you are not consistent in your giving

Life is nothing without God.

Twenty years ago I planted a church called Mecklenburg Community Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Besides becoming a Christ-follower, and then...

Every teacher who is truly effective became a teacher because of the influence of a highly effective teacher. You can't say that about preachers....

What is now upon us is the sense that our constitution does not simply call for the freedom of religion, but the freedom from it. In other words,...

what are ways to deal with the important topic of sex?

I'd like your help. Our new bookstore, The Grounds, asked me for the top ten books I would recommend that everyone read. Whether they are simply...

God sent His Son not only to suffer in our place but also to suffer with us. Our merciful friend has been through it all. He is with us right now!...

Many children raised in a Christian home—perhaps even most of them—profess faith at a young age. Many parents then ask, Should my child be...

What is it, exactly, that we are passing down to our kids?

Methods can be helpful, but also a dangerous crutch

Today, we have made personal experience everything. What we think and feel, what we emote and choose, is placed above the stated orthodoxy of the...

When wanting to be seen reveals what is not seen

Learn to comfort people in pain God's way.

Here are five ways in which pastoring shaped my views: