The danger of an insufficient accuracy …
Some years ago, Pew Research conducted a massive study with church members and guests as to why people pick the specific local church they join or visit […]
04
Apr
2024
Category
Teaching
21
Mar
2024
All talk, no strategy …
In the nearly 40 years I’ve been a minister, I’ve worked in most church ministries, have been a senior minister, planted a church, and helped with other […]
19
Apr
2021
Things ministers teach that are more false than true …
If ministers don’t teach the truth, trusting them with anything they teach becomes difficult (at best). That’s likely one of the reasons why the Apostle Paul wrote […]
16
Aug
2019
You can convert your children’s ministry to a Parent-Teacher Fellowship …
The people who have the greatest spiritual influence in the lives of children, and are the primary “pastors” to children, are parents. That’s the way God intended […]
31
Jul
2018
The overemphasis of influence in spiritual leadership …
The mantra taught to 21st century church leaders is that “leadership is influence.” There’s a lot of truth in that statement for business or secular leaders, but […]
16
Aug
2015
What you don’t hear from the pulpit about goal-setting …
How many times have you heard a sermon that revolves around setting goals? They’re common sermons today, even though they aren’t biblically-based sermons. Because so much of […]
17
Jun
2015
Refusing to teach some things has hurt the church …
There has developed a deep fear among some church leaders today that using certain “Bible words” is so culturally uncouth that they have dropped them from what […]
26
Feb
2014
How churches have passed on a key responsibility to publishers …
If it wasn’t for curriculum published by Christian publishing companies, much of the teaching done in the church (other than that of the preacher and a few […]
07
Feb
2014
An idea for getting your congregation involved in scripture application …
As vital as the Word of God is to humanity, it’s useless to us if we don’t apply it to our lives. With that said, the fact […]
21
Jan
2014
Forsaking the truth …
Journalism has changed a lot since the days I was reporting and editing for a chain of newspapers in the Phoenix metropolitan area. What’s the biggest change? […]