Pastor Blogs Archives

As a teacher you must know the truths you are teaching, so you have to do thorough preparation for your lessons.

There is no room in the New Testament for a dismissive view of the local church. It requires intentional gathering and going. Our funds (which are...

Sexual minorities aren’t simply abstractions, people hidden from view in some distant place. They have names we recognize, faces we love and live...

These five things are powerful for all pastors to remember as they lead their churches and live out their faith.

Take away people’s memories and they become anxious. Take away their hopes and they become terrified.

Our culture normalizes behavior that contradict biblical standards for godliness. But should Christians engage in this cultural clash?

They call you Preacher because nothing you do is as important or as critical to the work of the church as your preaching.

Several years ago, Robert Fulghum wrote a bestselling book with an intriguing title: "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." It...

What do we do when everything shiny and distracting tries to pull us away from that intimate encounter with the Lord?

How did our way of spreading the good news about Jesus somehow get to be bad news for so many? What are our mistakes?

Evangelicalism has unfortunately often come to be subordinated by politics, rather than the the other way around in the Christian life. This, in...

What's true worship of God really all about? God. It's about God.

As a pastor for over four decades and a minister for five-and-a-half, here are some statements you will never hear from me:

"What's appropriate to wear to church?" We ask that question a lot, but maybe it's not the question we should be asking. What if what we're wearing...

In America this month, it’s difficult to miss the strident panic over bathroom rules.