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Pastor, you are a Christian first. If you did not carry out your calling effectively, rest in the finished work of Christ and in the knowledge that you are a child of God by faith alone.

In May of 1792, William Carey powerfully argued that the clear teaching of the New Testament was that Christ had accomplished everything necessary for the ingathering of the nations.

In my prayers, I rarely fail to be grateful for God’s saving grace in Christ, but I realized that I seldom thank him for the daily grace that keeps me saved.

These habits are not unique to long-tenured pastors. But they do seem to be most consistent among those pastors who have been at one church for at least ten years.

Only a life fully exposed to God’s Word and soaking in the community of Christ can bring to light the mess our social media feeds seek to avoid, and properly develop our growth in Christlikeness.

The first five years were brutal. There were three different movements to get me fired. In the midst of all the hostility and adversity, God was still building his church.

Do you love the members of your church enough to minister to them through song?

Jesus laid out a good rule of thumb for all of our online interactions when he said, “love your neighbor as yourself.”

If you give yourself to other believers in the church, you will inevitably be using your gifts.

If you’ve got areas in your life that you are intentionally keeping in the dark, you’ve not only got to confess your sin, but you’ve got to attach yourself to people who can help keep you accountable.

Seminarians study and write papers. But when it comes to being ready for ministry, one qualification usually remains the most elusive: experience.

When people look at us, do they see a people gloriously uneasy in this world because we’re longing for another?

Spurgeon called the 3 R’s “three doctrines that must be preached above all else,” and they draw from three different chapters of Scripture that “deal with the things in the fullest manner:” Genesis 3:14-15 (Ruin), Romans 3:21-26 (Redemption), John 3:1-8 (Regeneration). Why do I think it makes a good preaching or evangelism method? Because each of…

What if you miss something bigger than missing out on a sermon or singing when you don’t gather with your church body?

Many of us struggle to connect the dots between what happens on our college and university campuses and God’s mission in the world.

Church revitalization leaders should be consummate students of risk-taking.