Category: Ministry and Leadership

And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know...

Have you ever really wondered why Jesus taught with parables? Sure, parables were common means of communication in his day, and they are easy to...

Now this is the commandment — the statutes and the rule — that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in...

So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. And they devoted themselves to the...

Entonces los apóstoles se juntaron con Jesús, y le contaron todo lo que habían hecho, y lo que habían enseñado. Él les dijo: « Venid vosotros...

Earlier this week, David Needham, my former teacher at Multnomah Bible College, passed into the presence of the Lord at the age of 94. During the...

Pasadas estas cosas, en el reinado de Artajerjes rey de Persia, Esdras hijo de Seraías, hijo de Azarías, hijo de Hilcías, . . . este Esdras...

I cannot imagine how devastated Peter must have felt when he found himself, out of fear for his own safety, denying that he ever knew Jesus (John 18). It happened right after Jesus was arrested and taken to the high priests for questioning.

These are times of constant change and uncertainty. Our lives have changed unpredictably, and we increasingly realize we have no control over them....

Estos son tiempos de constantes cambios e incertidumbre. Nuestras vidas han cambiado de maneras impredecibles y cada vez nos damos cuenta que no...

Pastors don’t like to admit it, but many harbor fears. This is particularly true of those who serve alone — solo pastors. There are seven fears...

In our previous posts we have talked about what following really means and why it really matters. But sometimes, a worked example is worth a thousand words. So, consider the story of Nicholas Herman.

At this point, faithful following may suddenly sound both daunting and difficult. Biblically, it appears to be both.

As we began to study leading and following in the New Testament, we were startled by how much language there is about following, modeling and imitation, and how comparatively rarely leadership terms appear. Even more startling are Jesus' own statements about himself in the Gospel of John.

“I’m writing a book on followership?” “You are writing a book on what???” We can hardly count the number of times each of us have had this conversation in the past two years.

Dr. Walter Bo Russell, former professor of Bible exposition at Talbot School of Theology, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2022. Below is a...

The following is the seventh post in a series of eight posts exploring the beauty of gender from a biblical perspective. Read the first post, The...

In the late summer of 2020, our local church transitioned from fully online services to holding in-person services outside in the courtyard, while...

This probing question was asked me by a young man with whom I was spending regular mentoring times a few years ago. Now, I do not intend to answer...

My wife and I recently watched the first two seasons of The Chosen, a video series on the life of Christ being produced by Dallas Jenkins. We found...

“Which qualifications for leadership have you observed are the least-emphasized when church leaders are appointed to their offices?” This is a...

We just received the following letter from one of the leaders at our partner school, Kyiv Theological Seminary, in Ukraine. It is a plea for...

I read quite a few good Christian books in 2021. Here are seven of my favorites, plus a bonus book. Insider Church: Ekklesia and the Insider...

There is no better time than Christmastime to read a book about miracles, is there? I have just finished reading Craig Keener’s new book: Miracles...

Do you ever struggle to know how to pray for other Christians? One possible (and common) approach is simply to pray for whatever people ask you to...