Monday's Catch: 'Avoiding the Comparison Trap' and More

Avoiding the Comparison Trap

It is hard to lead a small church or a young church. Perhaps it is even more challenging today than it once was. Church planters and small church pastors have a tall order—I know from personal experience. Read More

Survey: Majority of American Christians Don’t Believe the Gospel

A new survey finds that a majority of people who describe themselves as Christian accept a “works-oriented” means to God’s acceptance. Read More

Five Types of Church Members Who Will Not Return after the Quarantine

It is one of the most common questions we get from church leaders: When will all the church members return to in-persons services? Leaders do not like my response: Never. Read More

10 Ways to Improve and Re-Focus Fellowship Events at Church

New Testament fellowship is about much more than food. It’s about coming together to provoke one another to good works (Heb. 10:24-25). It’s not about retreating from the world to eat; it’s about gathering together to be re-armed for the war. With that goal in mind, here are some ways to strengthen fellowship events–recognizing that social distancing is still a requirement in many places, and the COVID-19 crisis may change the way we gather.... Read More

Christian Camps Tried to Keep COVID-19 Away. It Didn’t Always Work.

Can schools learn from summer successes and outbreaks? Read More

What's Fueling the Divisions in Your Church

Many factors no doubt play a role in this problem, but one statistic may underscore a significant contributors to our current division. On any given day, evangelical Christians in the U.S. are twice as likely to open Facebook as their Bible, according to LifeWay Research. Read More

On Facebook one encounters a cacophony of voices promoting all kinds of disinformation and misinformation. Everyone has an opinion and everyone is peddling his opinion. Woe betide you if you don't buy into their opinion.

But I’ve Never Been Discipled!

Quite a few of my friends say they’ve “never been discipled”—and so they are hesitant about discipling someone else. In addition to belonging to a church and attending Bible study, they serve in various capacities. Yet when it comes to the idea of discipling someone, the task seems daunting and mysterious. How can we create a discipleship culture in our churches when so many of us feel ill-prepared? Read More