It was just me, alone and tired in the little motel room. I flipped on the television only to have messages immediately hitting me from the "adult" viewing channel.
If a car is heading up an exit ramp the wrong way, the most loving thing you can do is blare on your horn. When we see hazardous behavior in the lives of fellow believers, we need to love them enough to rebuke them in the most effective way possible.
Most of the attention has been focused on the regathering of in-person worship services, but small groups are regathering as well.
A rebrand doesn't change the gospel message, instead it compels people to receive the message of hope in a way they'll feel like they're understood and loved.
As a retired pastor, now looking for a church home, I have visited several churches and listened to preachers casting vision, reminding us of their mission, explaining their detailed strategy and describing the culture they wish to create.
Understanding the different sub-congregations in your church is the starting place to make you a better leader.
I've been in several situations, mostly in churches, where a lack of a clear purpose, clear directions and clearly stated goals led to confusion, frustration and wasted time.
Has God equipped your church to minister to "people like us"?
When will our churches get back to normal? If "normal" means pre-COVID behavior, we will not return at all. We will, however, experience a new normal. We have to be ready for it when it comes.
An expansive update built on Faithlife's preexisting software, Logos 9 offers user-friendly features to accompany its extensive selection of books, lexicons, and commentaries, which I found especially helpful for my research papers and exam study times.
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In this short video interview, Bob Whitesel explains some of the most creative uses of technology he's seen since the arrival of COVID-19.
I taught at a Christian university for 11 years, counseling and guiding young men and women either already in the ministry or those that soon would be. Even then, I saw their struggles with sexuality.
Moses experienced God in near-fatal doses. How do you experience him?
As an experienced church planter, trainer, and teacher, one of the biggest misnomers I have witnessed is the pressure placed upon the planter or planting team to produce numbers.
As churches return to in-person gatherings, they are abandoning their digital and streaming services. At the very least, they are not giving them the attention they did during the quarantine. It's a big mistake.
When building relationships, the power of presence is critically important. Relationships are nurtured by being present with your spouse, your family, your friends, and those you lead.
It is time to rethink how we treat our pastors. Time to be less critical and more prayerful; less judgmental and more forgiving; and less expecting and more serving.
As your church faces the challenges and joys of 2021, let me point you to five unshakable truths that anchor our hope as Christians.
In my experience these are some of the most dangerous lies a leader can ever tell themselves.
