5 Ways the “kingdom of Noise” (and Distractions) Are Blocking Your Productivity

This post is an excerpt from Jordan Raynor’s book, Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles for Being Purposeful, Present, and Wildly Productive.  By Jordan Raynor: Now more...

To Succeed In Ministry, Make a Mistake

In his book, Everybody’s Normal Till You Get to Know Them, John Ortberg makes a confession. You get the impression that it was not easy...

The Gospel Necessitates a Transformed Way of Living

Written by: Brian Howard Brian Howard has 22 years of proven leadership experience as a leadership coach, non-profit executive, church planter, lead pastor, and business owner....

Getting to Know You: Q&a Time with Jill Freeze

Question One: Favorite hobby?Golf—I walk 9 holes almost every day and try to play a round of 18 holes at least once a week. Question...

Why They’re Not Coming Back to Church (and What to Do with Who’s Left)

You probably remember the predictions back in the Spring of 2020: As soon as churches reopened for in-person worship service again, people would flood...

Why They Hate the Pastor

But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.  (John...

Let God Seat You!

The big day finally arrived! After numerous years in college and seminary, the date was set for me to give my defense for my doctoral...

A Five-tool Bible to Order and Enrich Your Bible-reading Experience

A new Bible to be released in September is the result of both a sense of mission and a bit of frustration by Bible...

See Through the Mud

My grandfather was a farmer, so I picked up on quite a bit about farming, especially for a guy who is not really one...

Bad Things Happen When God’s People Fail to Live In the Word

“But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in that law doth he meditate day and night” (Psalm 1:2). The Lord never...
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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...

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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...