The Final (and Most Important) Picture of Jesus
In my Christian school classroom, there was an enormous picture of Jesus. At least, it was supposed to be Jesus. It looked like an Olan Mills portrait.
Category: Devotions
Theology Matters! 7 Checkpoints for Your Congregation’s Health
Evangelicals know that theology matters, and we’re quick to remind others of this fact. What we’re not so quick to acknowledge is that we do a poor job of teaching the very theology we claim is so important.
15 Magnificent Quotes to Help You Preach Grace
If you need a one-week breath of fresh air from the pulpit, preach grace. Go back to the basics and boldly declare the grace of God. Here are 15 quotes that will prime the pump.
Church Planting in My 50s: One Woman’s Story
God invited me into a new adventure of church planting a multi-site campus of the Pathway Vineyard Church. I was 55 years old and had been married for 34 years.
Every Pastor’s Trap: Busyness
Busyness can become an identity. It may be how you’re known. We hear people say to us, “Oh, you’re always so busy,” and we feel both a sense of pride and sense of wanting anything other than busyness for ourselves.
Church Planting: A Place of Uncertainty
When it comes to the future being uncertain, that pretty much sums up life, doesn’t it? It’s possible that you’re in a place of uncertainty right now.
Church Planting: The Family Business
He entrusts us with the task of announcing his kingdom, and making disciples fit for the king. He does not entrust this task to servants: He gives it to brothers. In a way, that means church planting is the family business.
Christmas Misery: 10 Ways to Process Loss at the Holidays
If we aren’t careful, the joy of Christmas is covered over with the emotions of loss, and rather than appreciating what we have or looking forward to what’s to come, we find ourselves in Christmas misery.
Rethink Christmas—An Opportunity to Testify!
You can rethink Christmas by asking a simple question: How will you respond to this good news of great joy that is for all people—that is, for you?
Jesus Loves Strippers (and Other Lessons in Church Planting)
Jesus loves strippers—what it would it look like to tell them?
