The Pastor's Library Archives

We need to hear stories like this as pastors, because we often don’t see obvious fruit from our labors.

Sometimes our sin against others is so grievous that we may never get our desired response or reconciliation from them.

We saw videos of black men killed by police officers. We saw an ambush on police in Dallas. The country reels beneath all this violence.

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

Pastor John Piper recently responded to questions about modesty and how pastors should tackle this issue in their churches and with their...

My friend continued to love Jesus more and more, despite my best efforts. And what was even more shocking to me was that she continued to be my...

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

Furtick is pastor of Elevation Church, a megachurch in Charlotte, N.C., with a weekly attendance of about 20,000, whose ministry has generated much...

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:

I want Christ, but I often want him as a kind of quantifiable spiritual asset, something I can always check to be sure of like my bank account...

While certainly well intended, there are a multitude of Christian phrases that actually aren’t Christian at all. Or, at least, not specifically...

(RNS) What does the Bible have in common with Fifty Shades of Grey or one of John Green’s best-selling young adult novels?

One of the easiest mistakes to fall into is “strategy rut.” Meaning you embrace a certain strategy during its anointed heyday but then fail to keep...

If we had a list of every bizarre thing said to pastors by those who thought they were in charge of the Lord’s church, we would not know whether it...

*This setlist was formed by the worship team of Rancho Community Church but we don't own it. Copy away :)