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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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—what it would it look like to tell them?
When Ministry Has You Weary: Navigating the Peaks, Valleys and Plains in Life. We all need to find power to live above our circumstances.
