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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.

Is Gen Z Coming Back to Church?

When people born between 1997 and 2007 go to church, they attend, on average, about 23 services per year.

The Narrow Path for the Long Haul

The benefits of having faith stretch far beyond a spiritual checkbox. They seep into how I handle stress, find hope, and relate to others.

Reflections on 12 Years of Pastoring the Homeless in Las Vegas

"Over the years, I've learned a few things about the homeless that you’re never going to find in a book."

3 Church Methods That Need to Change

Ed Stetzer: "Here are three methodological shifts churches should consider to more effectively make disciples."

When Should a Church Fire a Pastor?

"Termination is the death stroke, the ultimate statement that 'this person's ministry in this church is beyond repair.'"

When Ministry Knocks You Down, How to Get Back Up

"As I’ve faced discouragement in ministry, these simple choices have helped me encourage myself in the Lord."

Going on a Mission Trip This Summer? Don’t Do These 3 Things

"I'm offering these observations to you along with some suggestions that are less sexy but more helpful to those you serve."

7 Things Pastors Should Do Every Monday

"Most of the world mourns Monday because it signifies the end of the weekend. Pastors face a different monster on Mondays."

What Comes Before the Gospel?

"If the gospel is the hope of the world, and if the message is blocked until there is good will, where do we go from here?"

5 Lessons From an Unlikely Church Planter

Brian Bolt: "God doesn't call the equipped. He equips the called."