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When I first became a Christian in my twenties, I worked with a guy who challenged me about the credibility of Christianity. His point...

“No one in my master’s house is more important than I am.” ~Joseph (Genesis 39:9a CEV). It seems the fall of prominent Christian leaders...

In the decades that I’ve been following Jesus, I’ve met numbers of people who have questioned how they’ve spent their time after...

Discipleship is one of the most difficult challenges most pastors and church leaders face. And while it is the central simple thing Jesus...

The church has always struggled with the tension between evangelism and holiness. I have friends who say when it comes to evangelism,...

No one has lived life more decisively than Jesus. And if we are to lead like him, what does that say about us? Think about it: even prior...

In my years of coaching pastors, I’ve found that the conversation will inevitably drift into one of three tracks that will determine what...

I was recently invited on a podcast with William Vanderbloemen. I wasn’t completely sure what the interview was going to be about, but it...

Sociologists have noted the unprecedented “acceleration of change” happening in our world.. Information is instantaneous. People change...

In the first book of the popular children’s series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis, four English children are transported into...

Some years back I had lunch with a young man who had immigrated to America at fifteen to escape an abusive father and a broken family...

David’s army had just won a military victory over a coup led by his own son Absalom, killed in the battle. David turned what should have...

Here’s a question I’ve wondered about: in heaven, would I feel any of the restrained feelings I have here about expressing worship? Even...

Years ago we identified 4 critical elements all healthy churches practiced, regardless of size or stripe: Integrity: systems, processes,...

Every church has a vibe. Your church’s atmosphere is charged with something…or nothing. When thinking about the weekend services of your...

Often in churches like the one I pastored years ago, we turned the mainstream view of “believe, then belong” upside down. That’s because...

When I was pastoring, periodically I would do a message series about relationships and the challenges of living life together—whether it...

Before we begin, a quick reality check: all pastors struggle with leadership challenges. In a recent survey, over half U.S. pastors found...

Years ago we used to take our kids to a community pool that had a high diving board. I’m not much of a swimmer; if there was an Olympic...

From the tribe of Issachar, there were two-hundred leaders of the tribe with their relatives. All these men understood the signs of the...