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When Speaking Truth in Love Isn’t Easy

Never deliver a difficult message fueled by emotion. Preparation, not emotion, is what will strengthen your courage and help you realize positive and productive results.

Lebanon Baptist Church: A Sweet Way to Serve

Churches seem to have an expectation that people need to come to us. We need to change that paradigm.

Brandon O’Brien’s Top Books on Small Church Ministry

Rather than being a subcategory of American ministry, the small church is the norm. If you take a longer and broader view, most churches throughout history and in most parts of the world are and always have been small.

Help Your Students ‘Gospelize’ at School

Consider getting a group of Christian friends together to pray every week.

A Sober Look at Abortion Policy

Most evangelical Christians will factor in the life issue, because for them, like me, life is a paramount issue. I encourage you to value the unborn as well.

Prayer: Nothing Is Too Big (or Too Small) for God

Prayer is something that we all need to be doing. It’s a privilege and an adventure. And the Bible says that we should “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17 NKJV).

Do You Have ‘Drainers’ and ‘Energizers’ in Your Church?

The main difference between the energizers and the drainers are their expectations of us. The energizers don’t place great expectations on us. The drainers do.

The Impulse of Self-Justification

It's amazing how deeply our compulsion for self-justification runs, and it comes out in big and small ways.

3 Key Questions to Assess Your Humility

Pride is dangerous for a leader, so how do you reduce your potential of being prideful?

It’s Time to Heal

You are going to try and find healing somewhere. If it’s not in Jesus, the devil will destroy you and your family and your ministry.

Balancing the Missional Callings of Churches and Individuals

What role does the church play in sending individuals called to missions?