Pastor Blogs Archives

Over the years, through counseling training and actual counseling—and learning from my wife—I’ve observed some things. And I’ve realized some men...

Because a pastor is called to be involved in the lives of the people in his congregation, he must learn to juggle his own schedule with the busy...

Are you in a spiritual rut? Here are a few practical tips to breathe new life and vigor back into your devotional life.

I’ve found that most people who tell me that fiction is a waste of time are folks who seem to hold to a kind of sola cerebra vision of the...

It's easy to take shots at large churches.But I am convinced that any church of any size can be learned from, and that includes large churches.

Has your small group become a clique? Here are tell-tale signs and the devastating effects these groups can cause--particularly to pastors.

Each of us needs to slowly transform ourselves from the prey to the prepared. It’s time for all of us to become sheepdogs.

In this concise one-liner we find one of the most acceptable forms of idolatry in evangelicalism...

As a pastor, I need to evaluate my own heart and preparedness for the moment of the sermon. In doing so, I’ve come up with five generalized styles...

What we are attempting to do here is walk a fine line between the fun of humor and exaggeration and the conviction of truth and righteousness...

In Proverbs 26:4 we are commanded not to answer a fool, but in the very next verse we’re commanded to answer a fool. So do I or do I not answer a...

One of the most frequent questions I get from fellow pastors has to do with hiring (and firing) staff. As in how do you know who to hire? When do...

I was talking with a church recently that had explosive growth, but things have slowed. They wanted to know why they were not growing any longer....

God can deal with our enemies better than we can.

What are the indicators of an unhealthy church? Here are a few sure signs to be watchful for when it comes to unhealthy church bodies.