First person: ‘Invaluable’ lessons I learned from Adrian Rogers
November 16, 2023
Dr. Adrian Rogers’ love for Jesus Christ was palpable. You heard it in every sermon and felt it in every conversation.
Opinion
Assessing pros and cons of AI in ministry
November 16, 2023
First, let’s clarify what artificial intelligence is and isn’t. Most people think of science fiction-level AI when discussing this topic. However, we are not close to a scenario like Skynet taking over the world.
First person: A sabbatical was the best gift I received as a pastor
November 9, 2023
In the fall of 2021, Neill’s Creek Baptist Church in Angier afforded me a 12-week sabbatical. This provision was included in the covenant when I was called as senior pastor in February of 2011.
First person: Remembering Lloyd Elder, Southern Baptist statesman
November 8, 2023
Lloyd Elder died Nov. 3 after a lengthy illness. Southern Baptists lost a statesman — and bivocational and small church pastors across the denomination lost a friend.
First person: 3 ways pastors can educate churches on war in Holy Land
November 7, 2023
A significant number of Christians don’t have an accurate context of Israel’s history and, as a result, don’t have a bigger picture of what’s happening.
Your Voice: Lessons from my first ultramarathon
November 5, 2023
As I close in on a big milestone birthday, I figured I’d celebrate by doing what I’m sure most people do — run my first 50K ultramarathon …
First person: Wisdom for editors from the Hippocratic Oath
November 2, 2023
Many medical schools require their graduates to adhere to the Hippocratic Oath, which includes this line …
Leadership famine: 5 things your church can do
October 28, 2023
In recent decades the focus in the church has shifted away from intentional efforts to invite believers to consider vocational ministry as a calling. As a result, there’s a leadership famine in our local churches.
Pride of ‘knowing’ can be detrimental to peaceful relationships
October 23, 2023
In his book “Upside Down Leadership: Rethinking Influence and Success,” pastor and author Taylor Field writes about “the futility of trying to know it all.”
First person: Taking out our trash as we create space for the Father
October 21, 2023
Making space for trash? Sure, that can be a need. But there’s a vastly different kind of need for making a vastly different kind of space. It’s making head space and heart space. Life space, really.
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