Pastor Blogs Archives

Ministry is a marathon. This means you should not stay in the office too long, should not stay away from home too much, and should not become...

No one dissects the sermon each week at your church like your pastor.

As much as we like to believe that the church is different, the reality is that the we're not immune to this area of brokenness.

If the world were perfect, what would have been the point of Jesus’ death?

How will we know who the Antichrist is? Are we Christians going to suffer through all the violence talked about in Revelation? When will the...

My family and I belong to a church where cliques are always formed - even the leadership seems to be encouraging it. I've held on for years but...

In our consumer society, it can be easy for churchgoers to have a very low threshold for leaving a church. But what are some legitimate reasons for...

Do we even need physical churches anymore?

Every Sunday morning while our children were growing up we had a sit-down breakfast with a special treat like pancakes or French toast, a family...

I believe that it is fair to say that Mormonism and Christianity are quite different. In fact, their basic tenants are mutually exclusive.

We saw videos of black men killed by police officers. We saw an ambush on police in Dallas. The country reels beneath all this violence.

You’re a pastor’s wife. What will you do? Every spouse of every minister gets asked this question. So, you may as well come up with an answer for...

A few years ago, I was lovingly confronted by a dear friend and fellow pastor that I was not using all my vacation time. In his rebuke, he...

I’m always a little flummoxed when people ask about the fee. I reply, “I don’t charge anything.” But that is not the entire story.

If our churches fail at that mission, no matter what other good things we do, we will have failed in the unique mandate that Christ has given us as...