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9 Differences for Church Leaders When We’re Walking with God and When We Are Not

Recently, I spoke with a group of church leaders about walking with God. In that discussion, we talked […]

Chuck Lawless

10 Ways to Bridge Generation Gaps in Churches

In many churches, generation gaps are still wide. I’ve learned, though, that generations often resist one another without […]

Chuck Lawless

Recommended Resource – Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture

Maybe this book will be a valuable resource if you, too, need to slow down a bit and […]

Pastors Center

Why the Genre of Your Text Matters

One of the most important considerations we can have when interpreting Scripture is to consider the genre. Each […]

Kenneth Brock

The Importance of the Pastor in the Pulpit

Though I don’t believe a plurality of leaders is the only New Testament model of church, I do […]

Chuck Lawless

Recommended Resource: Leading Change When Nobody Wants It

Leading a church through change can become a source of conflict and division in a congregation. Here’s a […]

Pastors Center

Kids and the Kingdom: Jesus on Children’s Ministry

Chick-fil-A gets it. Take care of children, and parents show up. Yes, clean bathrooms help. Silly fast double […]

Neal Thornton

Preaching Without Notes

“Try it! You’ll like it!” no doubt was one of the most successful and effective advertisements of the 1970s, maybe of all time. It was the creation of some brilliant ad execs for Alka-Seltzer, the well-known effervescent antacid and pain reliever.

Jim Shaddix

Recommended Resource: ESV Audio Bible, Read by Robert Smith

The Bible is made up of 66 books that tell the magnificent story of God’s redemptive work through […]

Pastors Center

Preaching by GPS

Like most people, I’m spoiled with the GPS app on my phone. All I have to do is plug in my destination, and I get step-by-step instructions on how to get to where I‘m going. While I regret not memorizing addresses and directions much anymore, I have to admit that the GPS feature is so accessible, off-the-charts convenient, and relatively dependable.

Jim Shaddix

Recommended Resource: 40 Questions about Pastoral Ministry

Pastors will find Phil Newton’s book filled with practical ministry tools and ideas: 40 Questions About Pastoral Ministry […]

Pastors Center

5 Reasons Pauses Matter in Preaching—and Why They’re So Hard to Do

My preaching professor in seminary challenged us to use pauses wisely in sermons—but doing that is not easy. […]

Chuck Lawless

Preaching with Humility

When I even think about writing on the topic of preaching with humility, I feel like a conference preacher I heard several years ago who was assigned to preach on this same subject. He opened his message by asking, “Doesn’t preaching on the subject of humility immediately disqualify you from possessing the quality?”

Jim Shaddix

Recommended Resource: Progress in the Pulpit

If you haven’t read Progress in the Pulpit: How to Grow in Your Preaching by Jim Shaddix and […]

Pastors Center

I Am Prayer!

What does it mean to have your identity defined by a practice? Crying out to God regarding the oppression of his enemies, the Psalmist said, “In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer” (Psalm 109:4, ESV; emphasis mine). The footnote in my Bible says the phrase means “I am prayer.”

Jim Shaddix