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Victims of traumatic gunshot wounds, stabbings, or otherwise life-threatening injuries may now have a chance at life. That is, as long as they...

Barnabas Piper gives a voice to PKs, helps pastors avoid some of the common pitfalls, and encourages churches to better understand the pressures on...

You may call it something different, but every pastor knows about it. It is the mental, emotional, and spiritual crash that takes place the next...

Once saved, always safe. To say otherwise, and to preach it, might be something akin to insulting the Holy Spirit.

An essay in the New York Times, prompted by the July celebration of Independence Day, put forward the ten days that really changed American...

LifeLine mini-books are a gospel-centered series written by people who are in the trenches of ministry.

Is this what we really want carved on our tombstones?

I once was asked to address a classroom filled with 4–6 year old children and try to explain to them what a pastor is and does. I accepted, not...

At the risk of gross over-simplification, there are three primary ways of looking at reality, at least among those of us who reside in the West....

The UMC is divided today over a number of issues, many of which go to the heart of our faith. We have Wesleyan brothers and sisters seeking to be...

Can't we all just get along? No, we can't.

I remember the many places where Francis Schaeffer wrote that we must proclaim what we believe “with tears” as we interact with non-believers...

This controlling posture in the church can easily be camouflaged as faithfulness and zeal to labor hard in the work of the ministry. However, it...

A long tradition at ChurchandCulture.org is the summer reading post – meaning the once-a-year list of ten books that might be worth your while to...

Here are three important lessons on mentorship for both younger and older pastors.