"When communication decreases, uncertainty increases." Craig Groeschel Never is this statement better illustrated than in the example...

Ken Davis shared this experiment: We conducted a three-phase investigation at Rockford College and used over 100 college graduates...

Let us start this discussion by clarifying what constitutes Generation Z and how they differ from Millennials: Generation Z are people...

I am passionate about Christians sharing their faith with those outside God's family. I am not a big fan of doing that without forming a...

As schools are about to reopen in the fall, what are prospective parents looking for in a Christian day school? This post summarizes a...

You prepare a table before me (Ps 23:5) As the psalmist, David shifts his attention to protection from the valley of death in verse 4,...

There is much conversation in my church right now about whether we are a declining church body and whether or not we will survive this...

In a magazine for pastors [Pulpit Helps, August 1997], one fellow wrote with one of those "you know you're in trouble when …" lists. This...

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man...

Sometimes, when I look back at my time in the parish, I feel for my congregation members. My parents raised me with the idea that "good...

23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up...

One question I love to ask guests on my podcast is: “What do you want your legacy to be?” The illustration below shows what happens when...

I have spent most of my ministry in big metropolises but have not lived in a community of under 4,000. You know you live in a small town...

We pause today to remember our fallen heroes. Thank you for defending and giving your lives to keep us safe and the banner of freedom...

I grew up in the great state of Louisiana. It was a very diverse community of people and cultures. When I think about the church on...

Urban Ministry is messy. It involves loving all people. Some come into our stream of consciousness with messy and broken lives. Because...

A joyful embrace between a mother and her child captures the warmth and affection of a mother's love in a serene park setting. There’s an old saying, “God couldn’t be everywhere at once, so he made moms.” That statement has horrible theology in it. But it attempts to convey the importance motherhood plays in our lives. Mothers hold a special place and role that no one else can fill. This post is about the importance of motherhood. The foundation text is the famous account o

When I talked to a few frustrated rural pastors, at the heart of their frustration was the sense that because there was not a large...

This story is familiar. In 1972, and after 308 years, the First Church of Newton, Mass., called it quits. It gave its assets to a museum,...

"Can't see your nose in front of your face " Idiom Meaning - Being oblivious to something obvious, in clear view. On the Road to Emmaus...