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How Can We Prepare to Trust God Through Trials We Don’t Understand?

None of us knows what 2026 will bring, but no doubt it will have its difficult moments as well as its wonderful ones. How can we wisely prepare our hearts and minds to trust God through trials when they come?

Is Revival Here Now?

When God chooses to blow the wind of his Spirit, we should be ready. How do we set the sails?

15 New Year’s Resolutions Straight Out of Scripture

What would a set of New Year’s resolutions look like for you and your church, your role as a leader, or simply as someone who wants to live a life of strategic kingdom investment? And specifically, what if they came from the Bible?

Are We Following the God of What Works?

5 barriers to conversion-based church planting

When We Excuse Sin

Little things mean a lot.

How to Block Growth

I was once asked to help a church process how to get younger people to attend. After we discussed some change recommendations a man pulled me aside and said, "Son, we don't need no fancy ideas around here. We like being a small church."

10 Things I Want Younger Leaders to Know

Wisdom from an older leader

The Titan Disaster: A Collection of Reflections

May the "God of all comfort" be with those who lost loved ones aboard Titan. I pray that those on board called on the Lord, and if they did, I know the Lord heard them.

Mobilize Your Young People to Lead

Now is the time to mobilize your congregation and your youth group to advance the gospel. Now is the time to energize your people to share the cure for racism, division, confusion, and delusion.

7 Guiding Principles for Advancing Peace

Help a divided world meet in the middle

Set Your Heart on What’s Important over What’s Urgent

Missed opportunities begin as exceptions, then become a habit, and the next thing we know, our children are gone and we wonder what we could have built into their lives if only we'd realized how important and fleeting our time with them was.