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Most believers think that God speaks to them on a regular basis. At least based on my experience, that appears to be the common perception. People use the expression “God told me” or “I heard God” all the time. Certainly, in its worst form, it announces the...

There are many things a man prepares himself for when he thinks about the pastorate. If he has been blessed to be a part of a healthy congregation with godly and wise elders, then he hasn’t considered a call to ministry in some blind fashion. He prepares himself for a...

It took me a moment to realize that he was a pastor and not a coach for a sports team or some sort of motivational speaker/CEO type. I met Bill at a conference for pastors. He explained that he was a coach for his clients, seeking to guide them through their story. I...

In the midst of everything going on in our world today, one distressing observation is unavoidable: there is a stunning lack of leadership in our culture. Government officials craft proclamations containing advisories and expectations that won’t be enforced, but do a...

I believe preaching best suited for lasting fruit is expository in nature. It is preaching that is firmly rooted in God’s Word. Expository preaching means that the text of Scripture is the starting point of the message. The text provides the basis for the sermon’s...

Based upon last week’s article, “Which Lives Matter?” (Part 1), I would like to extrapolate theologically with some possible implications that might help to clarify the significance of the imago dei and Adam Theology as relating to this issue. Of course in all such...

This is an easy question to answer biblically. And even for most God-rejecting so-called scientists who specialize in taxonomies, they would say: homo sapiens. So let’s get back to the Bible and its infallible answer that all human lives matter irrespective of outward...

Think about it. Endless translations and editions of the Bible, conferences, blogs, mp3 downloads, live streams, video sermons, books, Christian music, CDs, podcasts, radio shows, social media, and the weekly classes and sermons we take in. Never has there been a...

The 21st century has brought a host of new realities for ministry that have never and could never have been a part of regular pastoral life in the past. At the forefront of these new realities are the opportunities and also the challenges of life in the digital age....

“Are we there yet?” While every parent has heard these words from his children, every pastor has thought these words about the church. We are excited for people to grow, for new ministries to launch, for people to come to know Christ, and for God to be glorified. With...