I have to admit that there are some days when I find my faith shaken to the core. Questions keep building and building. Questions without any easy answers. Questions like: Why does God allow mental illness? What redemptive purpose can you ever find in a suicide? Why is there so much jealousy among pastors? Why Read the full article…
Preachers and Mondays. An interesting combination. A lot of pastors take Mondays off. But somewhere along the way, someone told me that pastors who do take Mondays off have a higher rate of clinical depression than those who don’t. I have no way of verifying that claim, but I’ve accepted it as fact nevertheless. Something Read the full article…
Back in February we did a series called Without Limit. Based on John 3:34 — “for God gives the Spirit without limit” — it was four weeks of focus on the person and power of the Holy Spirit. In that series, I spoke and taught openly about praying in tongues, about expressive worship, and about Read the full article…
A few weeks ago, I was at a seminar about churches, leadership, and pastors. During the presentation, the leader said, “Newcomers to churches know how much better it is to get an email from a pastor than a visit from him.”The line got a good laugh. But it got me wondering: Is the generational shift Read the full article…
The Apostle’s Creed puts it this way: I believe in the resurrection of the body . . . Yet the fact remains that most people don’t take the resurrection of the body very seriously. They are more focused on the immortality of the soul. Most Christians believe that eternal life is all about their souls Read the full article…
