Be Patient: You Never Know What That Fellow Has Gone Through
While attending a conference on the campus of a Christian college, I sat in the auditorium with several hundred other ministers and their families. ...
Signs the Pastor Is Not Interested In Reaching People
(This is most unusual for me. When I visit a church, I come to worship, not to sit in judgement, not to pick the...
Why There Must Be a Hell
But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire...
Preparing for Your One Moment In the World’s Spotlight
“Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks a reason for the hope that you have.” (I Peter 3:15)
Sometimes you know when...
The Overwhelming Evidence of Man’s Lostness
One great evidence of the lostness of mankind is that people rarely look up from their daily lives to ask, “Where is all this...
Patience, Partnerships, and Payoffs: How Chase Elliott Personifies the Hendrick Way
I’m going to be honest with you—one of my favorite people in leadership is the incredible Rick Hendrick. Rick, known as Mr. H. to his people,...
I Love Old Books–especially When They Speak to Today.
As a pastor, when I use a story found while reading a book 50 years or more older, the one thing I am dead...
Seven Things Pastors Cannot Do In the Pulpit
“…so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God….” (I...
What One New Pastor Told His Church About Misbehavior
“(I ask) that they may all be one….that the world may believe that Thou didst send me” (John 17:21,23).
No one wants your church to...
How One Pastor Dealt with Those Anonymous Letters
We’ve all heard of the pastor–seems like it was Henry Ward Beecher–who received an anonymous letter with only one word: Fool. Next Sunday, the...