There are startling figures about the influence of a father on the church-attending patterns of his children.
We know the apostle Peter’s reputation as the biggest and best disciple because he shows moments of true greatness. He is the first disciple named in Matthew, Mark and Luke’s gospels.
The New Testament calls believers to counter-intuitive and unnatural activities. Perhaps one of the hardest is this: rejoice in suffering (Rom 5:3).
In Acts—regardless of the speaker, regardless of the audience, regardless of the dominant response in a particular situation—gospel proclamation always leads to opposition.
Last year, as I contemplated resigning from my job and commencing a ministry traineeship, few ideas filled me with more dread and uncertainty than the idea of raising financial support.
The Christmas message according to Santa: I guess you tried to be good.
Getting people to read their Bibles, and keeping Christians connected, is a great challenge across large distances and for people who are unable to access good Bible teaching.
Nothing shakes a growth group up like new members, but what if those new members are non-Christians? How should you lead in that situation? How do you manage the good things and the difficulties?
“A problem shared is a problem halved”—but sometimes a problem shared is a problem now two people have.
How likely are we to say that being a pastor means joy upon joy?