Books

How to Overcome Betrayal Trauma in Ministry

With their friends’ departures, pastors have had to recalibrate the very real cost of spiritual intimacy in doing life together.

Why the Nicene Creed Still Matters for Making Disciples Today

Why the Nicene Creed still matters today—and how catechesis shaped the early church and can form disciples in a new global awakening.

The School Choice Debate

Just because you send your kids to a Christian school does not guarantee they will serve Jesus, and just because you send your kids to a public school does not guarantee they will rebel against him.

Suffering

What we see on earth is not God’s will. In the last couple years, the impact of sin has been significantly experienced at a worldwide level.

Coming Back From Decline

You must focus not on what is missing but instead on what matters: the person in front of you and the community that needs your church.

How to Develop Fervency and Compassion in Your Prayer Life

I needed divine help to motivate my prayer life. I discovered that we must first confess the following truth, as unflattering as it is: “Lord, I confess that in and of myself, I do not really care about anybody but myself.”

National Back to Church Sunday: Free Resources and More

Add your church to the map of participating churches and get free digital resources from Outreach Inc., the parent company of Outreach magazine.

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.