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8 Important Ways to Prepare for Preaching This Weekend

It’s the middle of the week, but I trust you’re preparing to preach in several days. Apart from […]

Chuck Lawless

8 Reasons Churches Talk More about the Great Commission than Do It

Chuck Lawless

3 Reasons Leaders Don’t Seek Advice from Others

Learning from Cyprian of Carthage (195–258 AD): Edward L. Smith in Augustine as Mentor writes that Cyprian of […]

Jeremy Bell

Pastoral Tips for Young Pastors: Navigating the Journey with Grace

  Embarking on the journey of pastoral ministry is both exciting and challenging. As a young pastor, you […]

Steve Tillis

Applying the Sermon to Generation Z

Generation Z (Gen Z) are the digital natives in our church. Most of them do not remember life […]

Mark Young

Seeing Ourselves as God Sees Us

A professor friend of mine regularly asks his classes to write down the first thing that comes to […]

10 Changes to Strengthen Your Student Ministry

I spent 13 years of my life in student ministry, and I loved every one of them. As […]

Daniel Ritchie

Pastor, Don’t Ignore the Unhealth in Your Marriage (Part 2)

In part one, I told you about the worst fight my wife and I have had to date. […]

Tate Cockrell

Pastor, Don’t Ignore the Unhealth in Your Marriage (Part 1)

My wife and I had the worst fight of our marriage several years ago. The argument occurred following […]

Tate Cockrell

3 Areas of Life Pastors Must Pay Careful Attention To

Imagine a shepherd out in the fields watching over his flock. The shepherd is fully alert, unable to […]

Philip Crouse Jr.

3 Reminders for Worship Pastors

You have nothing to prove, no one to impress, only Jesus to please. Last summer, I had the […]

Aubrey Starkey

The Pastor’s Health

Pastor, how are you doing? If you’re like me, when people ask how you’re doing, you have a ready-made, default answer along the lines of, “Pretty good…just hanging in there.” But how are you really doing? How are you feeling physically? How are you doing mentally and emotionally? What about your spiritual health? How long has it been since you assessed how healthy you are?

Philip Crouse Jr.

7 Helpful Takeaways from the 2022 Christ-Centered Exposition Workshop

I had the privilege of attending the 2022 Christ-Centered Exposition Workshop last week with some men from my church. We attended the workshop to better understand the overall message of the Book of Revelation and how I, as a pastor, and our other attendees as lay leaders, can better handle Revelation in our teaching and preaching. Our expectations were exceeded as we were immensely blessed by the teaching of Drs. Benjamin Merkle, Ken Keathley, Dwayne Milioni, and Professor Ronjour Locke. The following are seven helpful takeaways we received from the workshop.

Jordon Willard

Dealing With the Unique Stress of Pastoral Ministry

At the time this article was written, the music video for the song “Stressed Out” by the band […]

Quentin Self

15 Reasons People Walk Away From the Church

Most, if not all, of us know someone who attended church but then simply walked away from God’s people. The pandemic, I believe, has only increased that number. Based on my work with churches and the unchurched, here are some of the reasons I’ve heard:

Chuck Lawless