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Wednesday, June 05, 2019

Wednesday's Catch: 'The Age of Pelagius' and More


The Age of Pelagius

An ancient heresy continues to affect our culture in surprising ways. Read More

10 Ways to Evaluate Your Church's Readiness for an Active Shooter

Here are 10 key questions to help assess your church’s readiness. As you answer each question, give your church a score: 0 for not prepared to 10 for fully prepared to evaluate your overall readiness. Then add up your scores to get your letter grade. Read More

10 Ways the Enemy Robs Us of Our Joy

Paul made it clear to us that we wrestle against demonic forces as we strive to follow Christ (Eph. 6:12). In fact, the enemy often seeks to destroy our Christian joy so that our witness for Christ loses its effectiveness. Here are some ways he seeks to rob us.... Read More

How to Expand Your Capacity As a Leader

Here are five ways to change yourself, to challenge yourself, to grow and expand your leadership capacity. And these make a difference long-term. These change the game for you and your organization and the people that you lead over the long haul. Read More

Character Is Also What You Do When Things Go Easy And Everyone Is Watching

When we’re not guarding our hearts, minds and morals, the spotlight and the shadows can be equally dangerous. Read More

4 Ways Pastors Become Pretenders

How can you know if you’re a real pastor or just a pretender? There are probably many ways to make that distinction, but here are a few to get the conversation started. Read More

Preacher: Become a Better Storyteller

Stories are a big part of preaching. The biblical narrative that we are preaching from contains some of the most compelling true stories in history. A major way we can connect with our audience while preaching is by being compelling storytellers. Read More

Were Early Christian Scribes Untrained Amateurs?

In the ongoing debates about the reliability of early Christian manuscripts, and whether they have been transmitted with fidelity, it is often claimed that early Christian scribes were amateurs, unprofessional, and some probably couldn’t even read. Read More

What We Lose When We Collapse the Four Gospels into One

what do we lose when we collapse the four Gospels into one? I believe we lose at least three things: the author’s unique perspective, the artistry of the story, and the apologetic of the life of Jesus. Read More

Turn Your Sermons into Small Group Studies

Many pastors are interested in creating their own video-based curriculum. But, they put it on the backburner because they feel the pressure of creating the next Purpose-Driven Life. Let me relieve some pressure for you – that’s not going to happen. There is both good and bad news in that statement. Read More

3 Things a Small Group Leader Is Not

To help us know what a small group leader is, let’s consider a few things he or she is not. Read More

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