By Ed Stetzer on Jan 6, 2025
True transformation is not moral effort but new life in Christ. Preachers must translate “change” into gospel terms, clarifying how God recreates, reshapes, and renews His people.
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By Brady Boyd on Mar 3, 2025
Fifteen years of pastoral ministry reveal lessons a young minister rarely sees coming, from handling pressure and friendships to trust, rest, and long term faithfulness.
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By Jim Martin on Apr 12, 2020
Faithful week-in, week-out preaching depends less on clever ideas and more on habits of love, clarity, restraint, identification, and genuine passion. These ten simple practices help preachers serve their congregations with messages that are understood, valued, and taken to heart.
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By Brady Boyd on Apr 19, 2020
Pastors face pressures that tempt them toward unhealthy escapes. One subtle danger is the craving for applause. True strength comes only from Christ, not the crowd.
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By Kevin Larson on Aug 15, 2024
Sharing the pulpit strengthens the church, protects the pastor, and equips future leaders. Fear and pride keep pastors from doing it, but the cost is too high to ignore.
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By Eugene Peterson on Jul 13, 2021
"I grew up in a culture that was very entertainment-centered. Pastors were really good storytellers, and they were attractive people, glamorous." –Eugene Peterson
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By Erik Raymond on Apr 24, 2025
Preaching is a gift of God, but when elevated above shepherding, evangelism, and discipleship, it can quietly harm the church.
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By H.b. Charles, Jr. on Nov 17, 2020
Guest preaching is not self-promotion but stewardship. Faithfulness, humility, and respect determine whether you are welcomed again.
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By Philip Holmes on May 3, 2021
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“The reason elders are so necessary,” says Sanchez, “is because they are the means by which our sovereign king chooses to shepherd his church to display his kingdom on earth in local churches as embassies of heaven, and also to proclaim the message of the gospel, calling all people everywhere to repent and believe and enter into the kingdom. Elders shepherd the flock of God among them, under the chief Shepherd. That’s why elders are important, because it is our ascended Lord’s chosen means by which he shepherds his church.”
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