4 Benefits of the Church Gathering Outdoors
Gathering for corporate worship during a global pandemic has proved challenging for Christians everywhere. Many of us have traded our temperature-controlled auditoriums with cushioned...
3 Tips for Church Planters on Taking Criticism
Church planters are targets for constant criticism. We’re pastoring in an era of echo chambers, consumerism, and confirmation bias. Our decisions for our churches...
Talk to God About Your Struggles
“Whenever you are tempted to grumble,come to Me and talk it out. As you open up to Me,I will put My thoughts in your...
5 Questions to Assess Your Spiritual Vitality
Spiritual Vitality is one of the eleven competencies that Acts 29 considers essential when assessing church planters. You can explore the Competencies further on the Acts...
Love Works
Learn to relate to others through My Love rather than yours.Your human love is ever so limited, full of flaws and manipulation.My loving Presence,...
6 Questions to Ask Somebody Who Wants to Work with the Poor
This is a popular question when I speak in churches or with those who have an interest in mercy ministries or social justice issues.
Here’s...
Immanuel: God Is with Us
“Long before I was born, I was proclaimed to be the God who is with you. This is rock-solid truth that nobody and no circumstancecan...
15 Ways to Survive Ministry In Hard Places
Sometimes it’s the early morning phone call or the Sunday afternoon text when you’re settling down with the family. Sometimes it’s the knock at...
Why Is God Taking so Long? 4 Things to Learn from God’s Patience
Often ministry seems painfully slow. Church growth is slow; people are slow to respond to the gospel; Christians are slow to grow in holiness....
Our Anchor of Hope
Hope is like a golden cord connecting you to heaven. The moreyou cling to this cord, the more I bear the weight of your...