Mike McKinley is the Lead Pastor at Sterling Park Baptist Church, near Washington, DC. In addition to his pastoral duties, Miked has authored roughly a dozen books.
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Mike McKinley is the Lead Pastor at Sterling Park Baptist Church, near Washington, DC. In addition to his pastoral duties, Miked has authored roughly a dozen books.
How should Christian pastors respond to Pride Month and the social revolution that it represents? We must equip our people to respond in ways consistent with the Bible’s description of the human condition.
Pastors must resist the temptation to respond to the emotional and psychological stress of the ministry by being thin-skinned or hard-hearted. We can have thick skin and tender hearts by keeping our eyes focused on the Lord and his sacrificial love.
The Lord’s Supper is a wonderful gift to the church. But many people in the pews don’t understand its meaning well or who is supposed to participate in the celebration. For that reason, pastors should make sure to explain Communion carefully to the churches that they serve.
God tends to give His best gifts in His own ways and in His own time, for His own glory. It pleases Him to reward patience, faithfulness, and trust. Whatever the trials and troubles of your ministry, remember to look at the blessings the Lord has allowed you to experience and the ones he promised you in the future.
It turns out that God created marriage for one glorious purpose – to illustrate the love relationship between the Lord Jesus and his church. If couples understood this, then most of the practical problems in marriage could be negotiated and managed successfully.
Instead of living another year in that spiritual desert, the Lord invites us to trust in him and walk in his ways – the way of blessing.
Advent is a wonderful time to reflect on the kindness and love of the Lord–that God loved us enough to stoop to us, to become one of us, to take on our poverty and weakness in order to save us.
The church needs to help Christians understand the beauty and power of sex that is so compelling that we would never be satisfied by porn.
Pastors must not live for the approval and appreciation of their congregations. Whatever your congregation lacks in appreciation of you now will be more than made up for when you receive the Lord’s commendation.
Recently, Steve, a member of the congregation that I pastor, came to me to ask if I could meet with Ray, a friend of his from work. Steve had been praying for his friend, and some of their conversations made it seem like Ray would be willing to discuss …
