15 Words of Comfort for Those Walking Through Pain/Suffering
Pain and suffering are inevitable in this broken sin-tainted world. The question is, “What could I or should I say in those situations?”
Pastoring
How the Church Should Respond to Parents with Rebellious Teens
The threats upon the family are implausible. The question we as Christians must ask is this: “What should be the response of the church?”
Study to Show Yourself Approved
The Bible reminds believers to avoid worthless foolish empty chatter, but instead to be thoroughly equipped and qualified with careful study of scripture. (2 Tim. 2:16; 3:17).
10 Best Counseling Quotes by Biblical Counselors
The heart of the matter is to whom/what is worship given and how does one’s life exert what one truly value?
6 Reasons Why Pastors Refuse to Make Disciples
Tricking ourselves of engaging in discipleship by simply talking about it has forsaken the mission and purpose as a church.
Four Different Types of Pastoral Leadership Style
Choosing the right system for the right type of leadership is crucial.
6 Ministry Killers Who Destroy Your Church
Ministry is not easy, and I don’t think it will ever be easy.
4 Development Process for Effective Disciple Makers
Jesus didn’t take these men and immediately throw them into leadership. Jesus instead walked with them, prayed with them, and disciple them. In order to make disciples as Jesus did takes hard work, it requires grip, nurturing time, requires emotional intelligence, capacity, and fortitude.
Spiritual Abuse in the Church
Dietrich Bonhoeffer even said it well, “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”
Why are So Many Churches Stuck?
They say it takes a village to raise a child. The Bible shows us it takes a church to grow a Christian.
3 Emerging Needs in Building a Strong Discipleship
Discipleship is not simply staffed by elite paid clergy by the few for the few. Instead, it is God’s call for all the saints (priesthood of believers) to biblically counsel and disciple all.
Toxic Leader: The Bully Shepherd and Wounded Sheep
The word “toxic” comes from the German “toxikon” which means “arrow poison”. In a literal sense, the term in its original form thus means to kill (poison) in a targeted way (arrow).
False Assumptions of Discipleship
Discipleship is simply this; Disciples are called to know Christ, grow with Christ, and go for Christ.
Church’s Great Threat = Pornography
Huffington Post writes, “Porn sites has more regular traffics compared to Netflix, Amazon and Twitter combined all together each month.”
This is a shocking reality. These are not angry fundamentalist conservative Christians but secular culture coming up with these statistics.
How NOT to Make Disciples
The leaders of the first century church did NOT ask each other, “how many came to church last week?” That’s not how God measures success.
10 Things I Wished I Learned in Seminary
My time in seminary was perhaps one of my sweetest moments yet a hardest time of my life. But seminary didn’t teach me everything. It certainly didn’t fully prepare me for ministry.
The Transforming Power of Transparency
What if we brought this 1st century principle into the 21st century of living in honest transparent lifestyle as Jesus did?
Five Deadly Signs of an Unhealthy Church
“Just because a church is large doesn’t mean it’s healthy. It could be swollen.” – Charles. H. Spurgeon
Why Churches Don’t Grow
We want to do church, but we don’t want to live Christ. We can only change when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing.
4 Reasons Why Most Discipleship Plans Fail
Does your church have an intentional development plan to disciple and deploy believers to live out the Great Commission?
How Does a Man Know if He is Called to Pastoral Ministry?
I was recently looking back at some of my journals, and to be honest, there are/were times in my life’s journey I have struggled to know if God was calling me to pastoral ministry. Every follower of Jesus is called to be a minister. Not a single disciple of Jesus is exempt from the task of disciple making (Discipleship.) However, …
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5 Dangers of Church Skipping
“I love Jesus but I don’t like the church. I will never leave Jesus but I’m done with the church” people who make such a statement are walking away from Jesus.
Depression & Breakdown: Spurgeon’s Comforting words to Wounded Souls
“Men will never be great in theology until they are great in suffering.” – Charles H. Spurgeon