What Does Jesus Smell Like?

Do you ever think about the fragrance of Christ? What is it, what does it mean. And really, what DOES He smell like? I once...

It’s Not Over for You yet

We serve a God who can bring you out of the most difficult and complicated circumstances. He is a God of miracles. The doubters...

Saving a Church In Crisis, Part 1 by Pastor Richard Exley

I have had the honor of serving in full time ministry for 56 years, and I think I am only slightly exaggerating when I...

Staying Put In Ministry by Daniel Grothe

I just turned 40 years old. I have been in the church my entire life. I don’t know who I would be apart from...

Why Some Are Disqualified for Serving In the Lord’s Work

“Now, I urge you brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn...

How Pastors Discourage Their People from Using the Bible

“The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul… They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than...

3 Dangers the Day after Easter

It’s the day after Easter, did your services go like you hoped and prayed? Were your prayerful expectations fulfilled? Were there any surprises you didn’t anticipate? What...

How to Help Your Members Discover the Power of Place by Daniel Grothe

I’m a Tulsa, Oklahoma, boy, but I grew up going to Idaho during the summer months. My grandparents had a farm in Idaho right...

The Best Encouragement to Pray

“O Thou who dost hear prayer, to Thee all men come” (Psalm 65:2). God hears prayers.  It’s what He does. God delights in answering the prayers...

5 Ministry Killers In the Life of a Pastor’s Wife

My wife, Sherryl, and I have been married for almost 44 years. We’ve been through ups and downs in our lives and in our...
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10 Ways to Tell You Are Slipping Spiritually

For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.  (Hebrews...

12 Things That Tempt Men to Peruse Porn

As I’ve researched the issues caused by porn, I am shocked not just at its moral consequences, but at its social costs, damage to marriages,...

Course Corrections to Church Growth – by Jason Swann

We took over a 36-year-old church rebounding from the moral failure of their Senior Pastor on the other side of COVID. We came in...