Healthy Pastors Leading Health Churches
Quick tell me your plan for the offering this weekend. If you are like most church leaders you have not given the offering a thought. About the only time church leaders think about the offering is after it has been taken up and we are disappointed with the results. Giving as a percentage of Americans incomes to the church has … [Read more...]
It’s a privilege to be able to come and worship God through singing and it’s amazing to hear the word of God presented in a relevant way each week. But the most important part of a worship service, as we give ourselves to God, is when we respond to the worship and do something with what we have heard. That’s why I believe the … [Read more...]
How do you know its time for a change? Is that unsettled feeling too many hot peppers in your chili or is God giving you a nudge? Figuring out the right timing for a change is a little like learning to set the hook when fishing (something I never mastered); timing is everything. Having made several major changes over the last couple of … [Read more...]
J. Oswald Sanders describes the process of qualifying as spiritual leaders: Spiritual leaders are not made by election or appointment, by men or any combination of men, nor by conferences or synods. Only God can make them. Simply holding a position of importance does not constitute one a leader, nor do taking courses in leadership or … [Read more...]
Take comfort, guys, if you can't always figure out what your special someone wants. You are not alone. Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is one of the smartest guys in the world. He contemplates stuff like cosmic string theory, gravitational singularity and the density matrix of the universe. Yet when he was asked in a … [Read more...]
One of the biggest mistakes I have made through the years in ministry is ‘doing’ ministry rather than equipping others to do ministry. I would often tell myself, “I’m the only one who can do this”, or “If I want it done right, I have to be in the middle of it.” One of the biggest traps was feeling that “This is what is … [Read more...]
FAIR OAKS, Ark. (BP) -- While it seems a new spam or "phishing" attack occurs on social networking sites every week, a rural pastor is using Facebook to pray for people in the ministry. About a year and a half ago, Al Brodbent was becoming frustrated with the amount of gossip, garbage and solicitation on Facebook. "I was ready to … [Read more...]
Yesterday, I compiled a list of 50 things you should never tell your child. Ever. But that’s only half of the story. While there are plenty of things you should not say to your child, there are also plenty of things you should tell them on a habitual basis. I’d be remiss to leave out that part of the story. Most of these are … [Read more...]
Our church is one of over 4,500 that are participating in the 40 Days in the Word campaign. One reason I believe this campaign to spend 40 days focused on God’s word is both timely and needed is because America has a Biblical illiteracy problem. In the land of the Gideon's, people aren’t getting the Good Book, but it’s not lack … [Read more...]
What’s going to happen to me? How will I make it? What will I do about this? Why do we worry? It seems to come so natural. We worry about what’s going to happen tomorrow or even next month. We worry about what others think. It seems that there is always something to worry about. Yet worry accomplishes nothing. But we still do … [Read more...]
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