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After thoroughly digesting its contents–read it again and again until its instructions and insights and promises become as familiar to you as John...

How should you respond when you get a call that the your worst nightmare has happened?

As Harold O. J. Brown warned, the gates of hell often come very close to the church. Confusing the questions endangers the church, and no faithful...

Parenting is one of the most difficult things God has tasked us with in this life, but it can also be one of the most fulfilling.

Sometimes I don’t feel like going to church. But I believe God wants us to come to church to worship in fellowship with other believers.

Readers will think of exceptions. But by and large, these statements have been found to be solid and trustworthy throughout long years of ministry.

Some sicknesses are designed to mature us to look like Jesus. Some sicknesses are discipline for sin. And some sicknesses are under death.

We are going to be learning a great deal more about the candidates in weeks and months ahead. But it’s also increasingly true that we’re going to...

By average I don’t mean mediocre or lazy. Just normal. Because that’s what most of those leading in churches today are. Normal.

I’m a Christian and I’m scared. Stock market dives, natural disasters, violence, and political unrest terrify me! How do I find peace?

The pastor demonstrates faith every time he tends to the flock and delivers sermons. But sometimes he demonstrates unbelief.

When churches orient everything around reaching seekers, chances are they've flipped the biblical shape of evangelism upside down.

Should our pastors get involved in politics? Is that part of their role?

Listening to the gripes of the Lord’s people is standard fare for ministers. They ought to teach courses on it in seminary.