Churches do not grow by multiplying members. Churches grow by multiplying leaders. This is not just a church growth strategy, it is a biblical imperative.…
To go somewhere, you need the right directions. This is especially true in a place like New York City, a tangled sprawl of highways and…
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication…
The world is a dangerous place, especially for a Christian. Recall the battles, enemies, and temptations that Pilgrim faced in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress as…
Making musical choices — how do you decide what’s right and what’s wrong? The subject is full of controversy. Everyone, it seems, has an opinion,…
Our church lost two long time members this week. We gained two more widows. Heaven became just a bit more real. Byron and Flo had…
Have you ever been shipwrecked? Probably not. Have you ever been robbed? Maybe. Have you ever been stoned for your faith in Christ? Not likely.…
In 2010, I attended a funeral at Victory Baptist Church in the rural town of Whiteville, NC. I did not know then that in December…
Children must be discipled with care and devotion. A child is no less a citizen of God’s kingdom than their parents; they are not second-tier…
We’ve been working on a series about pastors and depression. We’ve discussed how the people of the church can come to the aid of their…
“Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it.” A few years ago our church, for the third time since I…
FrontLine — September/October 2018 | VOLUME 28 | NUMBER 5 Prove It! Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Abstain from all appearance…
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 We…
The thoughtful Christian is compelled to admit that in our time there is very little true worship of the Lord. We have our so called…
We’ve discussed the fact of depression in pastoral ministry and outlined some of its causes, both from the nature of the task and from the…
It rained last night just before church. It was beautiful. The temperature dropped into the low 70’s and the cool rains fell. After a long…
John’s six-verse letter to the Ephesian church in Revelation 2 gave several commendations to a fifty-year old congregation. They labored diligently for the cause of…
My phone rang, but the call was from an unknown number. The voice on the other end was a 25-year-old man named Daniel. He had…
English Standard Version Reader’s Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 2018. Reviewed by Don Johnson Just about a year ago I spotted Crossway’s ESV Reader’s Bible…
Ed. Note. In the most recent installment of this series, Pastor Sweatt discussed areas of pressure unique to pastoral ministry. In this post, he describes…
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