The opinions about what a church should do and how a church should navigate the COVID-19 crisis are as numerous as the people who attend church. They include, “Let’s start back to worship at 100% capacity today,” “We should proceed with caution,” and “We should not attempt to gather indoors for worship until there is …
As I work with other leaders, their lack of self-awareness is one of the most common challenges. As I work to become a better leader in my own life I recognize that I struggle with the same issues. It is often easier to see the speck in my brother’s eye than it is to notice the log …
The most important task of any pastor is to clearly and carefully communicate the Word of God with his people on a regular basis. So important is the task of teaching and preaching that it occupies the vast majority of our ministerial training. In my own personal library, my collection of books on preaching takes …
Not all pastors are born leaders. Many churches do not develop leaders. Most churches haven’t even thought about leadership development. Eric Geiger and Kevin Peck know these truths and have written Designed to Lead to address those issues. Churches need to be developing leaders and pastors need to be always growing in their leadership ability. …
God Made Me This Way— Philip Jensen draws some connections that I have never noticed on the nature vs. nurture debate. The Kindness that Will Kill Your Church— But kindness and love are not the same thing, and whenever we separate kindness from love, we unleash a vice that masquerades as a virtue. Kindness apart from …
For many people, their job serves as their god. By immersing themselves into the work force, many people find a functional savior that fills voids in their lives. Christians, however, know that this is not an option. An equally bad option is for believers to perform their jobs in a substandard fashion–to misrepresent God by …
Yesterday was a big day, I celebrated the 30th anniversary of my birth. Somehow that sounds better to me than to say that I turned thirty. Either way, regardless of how you slice it, I’ve been on this earth for thirty years and have thirty less years to go than I did on February 3, …
Dr. Chuck Lawless, Dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism at Southern Seminary, recently wrote a piece describing seven sure-fire ways to blow up a church. They are listed below, but you will want to read his descriptions of these on the SBTS website here. Seven sure-fire ways to blow up a …
Travis Agnew does a great job of looking at The Arrogance of My Generation’s Church Leaders. Just because you are a critic of yesterday’s church does not make you an expert of today’s church. I have seen too many people in my generation grow a church by making fun of and demeaning the church of …
Recently I had a conversation with a friend who was going to have an interview with a pastor search committee. Part of my advice to him, was to be sure that he was not only prepared to answer questions, but also prepared to ask good questions concerning the church on a wide range of issues. …