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Small groups are an essential part of church life. It goes by a multitude of names–Life Groups, home groups, Sunday school, Bible fellowships, and...

There is no “golden age” of Christianity in the past, only an unbroken line of broken sinners saved by the grace of God and empowered to transmit...

In my latest book, The Rise of the Nones: Understanding and Reaching the Religiously Unaffiliated, I charted the meteoric rise of this religious...

Religious liberty isn’t ours to give away to Caesar, and soul freedom isn’t subject to subpoena from City Hall.

Every pastor needs someone they can go to when they need counsel, when they are struggling, and when ministry gets discouraging and they need...

After the committee has grilled the pastoral candidate and the tables are turned, what information should he want from them?

"Lost" awakened people to the mysteries of the world around us. And with its thirst for transcendence, "Lost" still points beyond itself in the...

John Kennedy taught us, rightly, to ask not what our country can do for us, but what we can do for our country. Our country deserves our...

Of all the things surprising and wonderful and memorable words Jesus spoke, here are 7 of the most incredible.

In "Why I Hope To Die At 75" Ezekiel Emmanuel, one of the primary architects of Obamacare, argues that we, our families, and society would be...

Punishment and judgment don’t create a reformed heart, they create—at best—a heart full of fear, and—at worst—a heart full of rebellion.

Are we talking about the gospel to the neglect of the Spirit’s working in our lives? Are we substituting the gospel for the Spirit when explaining...

I believe we tend to focus too much on time management and too little on energy management. Yet in many vocations and in many places in life it is...

Let’s move forward with persuasion and with confidence. This is no time for retreat or for resentment. This is a time for mission.

Scripture must first be our guide when evaluating a young man’s desire for pastoral ministry. Here are 10 characteristics that help me gauge this.