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.
Worldview Formation
As Paul wrote, for the church to “speak the truth in love,” it must be rooted in “the knowledge of the Son of God” (Ephesians 4:15; 4:13), and it must be wary of teachings or practices that can blow it off course through the dissimulations of false teachings. New Age philosophies are false teachings that …
Pastors can find answers to questions of authority in the only document God has given us that reveals His authority, motivation, goal, and outcomes of His authority. These are vastly different from any of the motivations, goals, and outcomes stemming from human authority.
Healthy short-term missions trips can produce long-term impact on the field and transform participants. Consider the following 10 benefits.
Direct your heart towards God’s gifts so that thanksgiving may overflow to your visitors as you serve them with a thankful heart.
Lives grind to a halt when people don’t know how to relate to their past. Stephen Viars introduces a third way to view one’s personal history—by exploring the role of the past as God intended.
Whatever challenges you are facing, whatever questions you are holding, whatever brutality you are grappling with on this fallen planet at this moment, know that you are seen, known, understood, and deeply beloved by God.
It is also often said that we should shun discussions about religion and politics, since they are often contentious. Yet silence would exclude too many matters that concern both the church and the state.
Here’s an old joke that illustrates the pastoral need for asking the right question: Once there was a boy sitting on a porch, with a dog next to him. A salesman approached the porch and asked the boy, “Does your dog bite?” “Nope,” said the boy. The salesman stepped on the porch to ring the …
Many people in our churches are wondering how to address economic matters. Let’s consider facts, logic and scripture.
