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- 1. 3 Characteristics of Apostolic Leadership
- When I was growing up in San Francisco, we lived across the street from Golden Gate Park. And in the park, there was a mountain of stones my friends and I would play on most days. I only found out later ...
- Created on 18 June 2021
- 2. Why Your Organization Should Copy These Instead of Imitating Practices
- In organizational leadership, I have learned the hard way. It is easy to try to be some other organization we admire or that appears to be successful. So, we attempt to copy what they did in our organization. ...
- Created on 02 February 2021
- 3. The No. 1 Problem With Preaching in America
- ... society are consequences of this lack of personal application. We're teaching doctrine and knowledge without ever making the point of how it applies to the lives of people. In the first 15 years of Saddleback ...
- Created on 11 February 2020
- 4. Why Every Pastor Should Teach a Sunday School Class Once in a While
- ... f them retirement age or better–sitting around a conference table and along the wall. This time, I'll be teaching the lesson the Sunday before Christmas. I'm excited. It's good for a pastor to sit in a ...
- Created on 10 December 2019
- 5. What Skills Does a Bivocational Pastor Need?
- Paul was a tentmaker. James, John, Peter and Andrew were all fishermen. Matthew was a tax collector. Were they bivocational in their service for Christ? Did they support themselves by working for a living ...
- Created on 08 November 2019
- 6. 5 Things Pastors Can Learn From Schoolteachers
- We were told in teacher-preparation classes in college: If you are teaching your class and the superintendent of education suddenly enters the room and quietly takes a back seat to observe, go right on ...
- Created on 28 August 2019
- 7. 8 Reasons We Preachers Might Be More Boring Than We Think
- I admit that I debated whether to write this post—primarily because I might be unknowingly describing my own teaching and preaching. At the same time, I don't want to suggest that most preachers and teacher ...
- Created on 20 August 2019
- 8. 5 Biblical Requirements to Follow if You Want God to Use You
- As a pastor or church leader, I know you want to be used by God. As a leader of leaders, I know you want to help others to be usable by God. "For the eyes of the Lord move about on all the earth to strengthen ...
- Created on 11 July 2019
- 9. Pastors, This Must Be the Main Goal of Your Preaching
- Would you agree that preaching and teaching can make or break a church? Preaching is the most powerful tool for directing a church, for creating health, for encouraging vitality and for promoting growth. ...
- Created on 03 July 2019
- 10. Andy Stanley: 'Part of the Bible Is Obsolete and Outdated'
- ... n our Christian preaching and teaching and application. But again, understanding the context is very important." John then points out to Stanley that some pastors may interpret his words as verging on here ...
- Created on 18 June 2019
- 11. Are You Unwittingly Bowing to the Culture's Gods?
- In the United States, debate is important. People are mostly free to state their opinions, regardless of their opinion's validity. Others are free to agree or disagree. Americans can freely state their ...
- Created on 18 June 2019
- 12. My Misunderstanding of This Common Parable Caused Me Too Much Ministry Pain
- My misunderstanding of the Parable of the Lost Sheep caused many of my most painful experiences in the ministry and unnecessary pain to those I served over the years. One of the most painful and difficult ...
- Created on 17 June 2019
- 13. Derek Prince's Keys to Teaching With Holy Spirit's Anointing ...
- ... the subject. Spirit-anointed teaching: "To teach is to create a space where revelation knowledge is experienced and practiced." Creating space: Truth is discovered when people can openly, honestly explor ...
- Created on 30 May 2019
- 14. The Real Reason Counterfeit Doctrines Have Sneaked Into the Church
- As Christians, we hold fast to the power of God's love. It is a not only a primary attribute of God, but is central to our witness and testimony. However, as we seek to model something powerful to the ...
- Created on 10 April 2019
- 15. Ray Comfort: Why So Many People Are Attracted to Atheism
- ... at the Ark Encounter attraction. It's a conference that promises "four days of solid biblical teaching to equip you to stand confidently on God's word." The apologist will join Answers in Genesis found ...
- Created on 19 March 2019
- 16. Shawn Bolz and Daniel Kolenda Expose Pentecostal False Teachings About Miracles ...
- ... t gets better than that." Kolenda then brings up a Pentecostal teaching about healing he'd been taught as a young man, and how he realized that teaching was wrong. "I was taught years ago in the Penteco ...
- Created on 20 February 2019
- 17. 5 Ways the Church Can Help Congregants Ease Their Financial Stress
- ... ike to be treated, to dress appropriately and modestly, to respect authority and to pursue excellence. Do these sound familiar? The same Christian virtues we should be teaching from our pulpits are the characteris ...
- Created on 05 February 2019
- 18. Understanding Why Many Non-Christians Hate the Bible
- Many Christians read the Quran (or, at least select quotes from the Quran) with abhorrence. "The God of the Quran is bloodthirsty and cruel!" they exclaim. But many non-Christians read the Bible with the ...
- Created on 09 January 2019
- 19. The Oft-Overlooked Way to Get People to Talk About Your Lesson at Home
- ... Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen" (Matt. 28:19-20). You can live this out by ...
- Created on 13 December 2018
- 20. Rabbi Answers: Why Does the Bible Sometimes Teach Out of Order?
- There are times when we are reading the Bible that we come a place where, in the middle of an event, it seems as if an unrelated story or series of verses appears within the text. We know that every word ...
- Created on 05 December 2018
