Practical insights for church leaders.
Articles and resources on discipleship, church health, and leadership from decades of pastoral experience.
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April 2025
April Fool’s Day
April 1 or April Fools’ Day is a tradition marked by practical jokes. Notable practical jokes have appeared on radio and TV stations, newspapers, web...
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February 2025
3 Warning Signs of a Dying Church
I recently had some medical issues with my heart. Thankfully, we caught things early enough that it’s fixable before there was a heart attack or stroke...
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January 2025
Prediction: Why 2025 will Be a Crucial Year for Most Churches
According to all the research I’ve done and what ‘church experts’ are saying, 2025 will make or break most existing churches. In choosing the word...
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November 2024
Advice to Preachers This Christmas
As someone who has been preaching for over 3 decades and has had the privilege of being in the room with some of the greatest preachers of our generation...
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November 2024
A Reason for Thanksgiving
There are two types of people when it comes to the Thanksgiving Holiday in America. Those who enjoy it looking forward to seeing family members, spending...
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November 2023
4 Things We Can Be Thankful For, No Matter What We’re Going Through
I know holidays can be hard for some people. I’m sure if you think about it, you can think of someone who just lost a loved one and this is the first...
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October 2023
12 Biblical Facts About Melchizedek the Mysterious
Melchizedek is one of the most mysterious characters in the Bible. He’s only mentioned in three books of the Bible, but people are fascinated with this...
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May 2023
4 False Jesuses the Church Worships Today
Throughout history there have been false gods, idols and religions but today we see False Jesuses. What do I mean? In the church world today we see people...
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April 2019
What will Guests Remember This Easter?
Every church I know works hard to create a great Easter experience. Traditional churches are practicing their choirs and cantatas. Others put and an...
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January 2017
Fastest Growing Churches Have Modern Worship & Teach Literal Bible Interpretation
That’s the headline from the Christian Post that popped up in my Facebook feed recently. This article was quoting a study of North American...
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September 2014
3 Reasons to Read Your Bible Today
As we’ve been studying the Book of Acts this summer, we’ve learned how good actions can cause a great chain-reaction. During this series, many people have...
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September 2013
The A-B-Cs of Faith
People often ask about faith. Faith is often mentioned in the Bible but it is one of those subjective topics that people have various opinions on. What...
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April 2013
7 Unspoken Questions People Ask About Their Church
1. Will I be accepted? This is biggest and most immediate question of every new person. Answering that question involves all that you do. Having different...
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April 2013
Like Easter Every Day
We had an awesome Easter at House of Praise. In fact, it was the best Easter we ever had. More people attended that service than we’ve ever had for an...
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March 2013
How to can make sure Guests do NOT come back
Subtitle: how to turn guests in to one-time visitors In our church we call new people guests not visitors. To understand the difference, think of your...
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March 2012
Do you know you’re at war?
There is a battle raging around you right now…a battle for souls. There are two opposing forces fighting over your soul and the souls of all the people...
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January 2011
Jesus’ Prayer Model
In response to the inquiries of His disciples Jesus teaches them how to pray. He offers up a prayer model when He says to them, “Pray like this…” Matthew...
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May 2010
30 Days to Live e-Devotional – Day 20: A Risk-Taking Church
We heard a challenging word from Pastor Matthew Barnett this morning. He spoke one becoming a Risk-Taking Church. I found that amusing since I had written...
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May 2009
Will They Come Back? Part 1
Is our church one that guess will want to come back to? That is the questions every church leader must answer. If they enjoy the music and the teaching is...
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December 2008
Does Your Church Want to Grow?
People have many theories on church growth but one thing is certain: a church must want to grow or it will not. Some Christians do not want their church...
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