Books

David Washington’s Top Books on Youth Ministry

Adolescence and teen years are a small window of time that will fundamentally shape who young people will become as adults. The church cannot afford to miss the opportunity to guide those under our care.

Tiffany Stein’s Top 5 Books on Grief

Tiffany Stein is an ordained minister who also serves as a fourth-grade teacher. She previously served as a women’s pastor and marriage and care...

Food for Thought

Shepherding the church has been and always will be theological at root.

Pastoring During Times of Loss

Often, when people face a significant loss, it shakes their faith. Why? Sometimes the individual experiences spiritual dissonance, a state that results when our beliefs about God are challenged by a painful reality.

Making Sense of the Sermon on the Mount

If the Sermon on the Mount is part of the larger structure and progression in Matthew’s Gospel, then we can’t make the sermon about something other than what the rest of the book is about. Matthew is clearly not about a legalistic summons to earn your way into heaven.

Kevin DeYoung

When we sign up to follow Jesus, are we signing up for a lifetime of frustration?

5 Ways to Deal with Rebellious People

You may be leading a rebellious people, much like Moses did, but you can either obey God or surrender to the sinful nature by lashing out and fighting with others inside the church.

Raising Children in Wisdom

If we agree that we want our children to accomplish their purposes and enjoy this full, abundant life, then the path of wisdom is the way. But what do I mean by wisdom?

How and When to Memorize Scripture

No matter what method you use for memorization—notecards, apps, the first letter method, writing or listening to the Word, or reciting it in the shower—repetition will be a necessary ingredient.

Free to Fail

We don’t live by faith by reading a rule book, or following a map, or working through a career development program. We do not begin with things, or pieces of paper, or ideas, or feelings, or deeds, or successes.

Safeguarding Your Church

Boundaries. Your church should have a very clear policy about moral and financial transgressions. This should be adopted by the board of oversight and is enforced immediately when broken.