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Clean Your Bookshelves and Your Soul

Don’t let the comfort of familiar pain prevent you from embracing the unknown discomfort of positive change.

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?

Where Everybody Knows Somebody

Why you should think of your church as a community of communities.

Rejoice in the Church God Has Given You

Comparing your church to other churches simply for the sake of comparison only breeds jealousy and ingratitude.

Serving Both Nicodemus and the Samaritan Woman

We gravitate toward certain types of people, but Jesus gave his love and grace to both.

How You Can Be a More Approachable Pastor on Sunday Morning

5 strategies for staying connected with the people in your congregation.

No Longer Christian

Why People Are Leaving the Faith and How We Can Respond

6 Ways I’m Responding to People Leaving the Church

Finding better approaches to address the COVID exodus from the church.

Reaching People All Over the World Through the Web

How digital platforms and social media are playing an increasing role in spreading the gospel.

You Might Be Reading the Bible the Wrong Way

Not every verse has a direct takeaway, but that's OK. Here's why. (Look for Paauw's article on Bible engagement in the Mar/Apr issue of Outreach magazine.)