Discipleship

3 Steps to Helping Someone Overcome Shame

As a pastor or ministry leader, you can play a vital role in healing shame. Use these 3 practical, gospel-centered steps to restore identity and hope.

4 Principles for Caring for the Poor

Rick Warren explores 4 biblical principles for caring for the poor and and reflecting Christ’s heart for those in need.

The Church Inside: A Look at Prison Ministry in America

This prison ministry movement equips prisoners as leaders and plants church campuses inside U.S. prisons to spread hope, discipleship, and gospel transformation.

Is It Possible to Be Hyperimaginative in Thinking about Heaven?

I believe that God expects us to use our imagination, even as we recognize its limitations and flaws. If God didn’t want us to imagine what Heaven will be like, he wouldn’t have told us as much about it as he has.

What Is Eternity-Minded Stewardship?

Jesus sees our hearts and knows us well. He doesn’t call all disciples to give away everything. He does call us to take radical action that breaks our bondage to money and possessions, freeing us to live under His lordship.

3 Bible Passages for the Discouraged

Friends, these are not “magic bullets.” But they are statements of truth.

How to Be a Part of God’s Family

Peter was sort of like that lovable, loud uncle at a family reunion who tells great stories and entertains everyone.

Jesus Wept: The Big Hope in the Shortest Verse

The backstory of those two words is one of pain and tragedy.

How to Get the Most Out of Sermons

Moving from evaluating the sermon to engaging it.

How to Conquer a Persistent Sin

12 keys to overcoming that sin that keeps dragging you down

How Pastors and Spouses Can Cultivate True Friendships

Being a pastor doesn't need to mean being lonely.