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3 People Every Pastor Needs

When my friend Jim and I get together, we discuss everything from my personal finances to how to harness our driven personalities, and how to make a greater impact for the kingdom.

Amy Orr Ewing: The As/So Dynamic

Without love, all our accomplishments, efforts and breakthroughs are just noise.

How Can We Avoid ‘Believing’ the Bible While Denying What It Actually Says?

We need to learn, and teach other people, not just to read the Bible but also how to interpret it, so they don’t end up being Bible-believing heretics or Jesus-followers who follow a Jesus different than the real Jesus of the Bible and history.

Ways the Christian Life Is Like a Race

Just like a race isn’t an aimless kind of walk, so also is our journey with Jesus. From the moment we believe in Jesus, God puts us on a journey of transformation.

5 Cultural Trends Driving the Growth of Microchurches

The decentralized approach of microchurches allows the gospel to be heard and seen in tangible ways for different cultural subgroups.

We Are Not Dying Out; We Are Hastening on to a More Glorious Life

Though I never read anything by Spurgeon in Bible College or seminary, once I discovered his books (and especially his sermons) he became one of my greatest sources of eternal perspective, joy, and insight.

Why Is It Important to Plant Churches?

5 reasons church planting is crucial for us to pursue in the church today.

When Friends Face Unbelievable Devastation

I am so often stopped in my tracks and forced to reflect on how the great saints of old were able to rise above their circumstances to see the grand vision God was giving them.

Why Accepting Jesus Means Accepting His Mission

What it means to be a follower of Christ

What Can Joseph Teach Us About Leadership?

Joseph is a standard bearer for character in the Old Testament. Some say he’s in many ways an Old Testament example of Christ – not sinless, as Christ was, but certainly a God-fearing man.

Bruised in Ministry

Read a part of this old children’s story first published in 1922 and be encouraged. They are wise words offered by the Skin Horse to the Velveteen Rabbit taken from the book, The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams.