Pastoring is hard. Brother pastor, let me be honest, leading God’s people is not always glamorous work, just ask Moses. The celebrity pastor who has prestige, a handsome salary, conference speaking gigs, and a lucrative book deal is a relatively new phenomenon. For much of church history, pastoring was a semi-anonymous career. Even today, the … Continue reading Shepherding Like The Good Shepherd
Prayer is essential to the Christian life. Along with reading the Bible, prayer is the lifeline through which the believer communes with God. Disconnect prayer from the Christian’s life, and you won’t be a healthy Christian for long. Yet for many believers, prayer is one of the most challenging aspects of the Christian life. There … Continue reading Learning From Jesus’ Model Prayer
Like many words in the English language, the word “evangelical” along with its lingual cousin “born-again” has lost its meaning. In American culture over the past several decades, the word evangelical has come to defined as a mostly white, “Christian” conservative voting block of the Republican political party. Many who are placed within this definition … Continue reading What Does It Truly Mean To Be Evangelical?
Racial reconciliation has been a primary topic of cultural discussion, in America in the past couple of years. In 2020, American culture saw a massive uptick in protests regarding issues of race in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minneapolis. This event was simply the current example, at the … Continue reading Talking Biblically About Race
As the world begins to emerge from the Covid pandemic, there has been an influx of books and other resources to help churches settle into what will be a new normal. A few of these books have already been discussed here at Reading For The Glory. (See our page The Church and the Christian Life). … Continue reading Does The Church Have A Public Relations Problem?
Do you feel as though you woke up one day and found yourself living in an strange new world? As if the world in which you thought you understood changed, seemingly over night? If so, then you are not alone. Many in Western society, especially those who are followers of Christ, feel the exact same … Continue reading Living As Lights in a Strange New World
What comes to mind when you think of the church? Do fond memories begin flooding your mind as you remember how your church has been a source of encouragement and solace in a world in flux? Conversely, are you flooded with bad memories of ways that you were hurt by church members or people who … Continue reading The Church is Truly The Loveliest Place
Over the past couple of years, churches have come under extreme pressure in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. In early-mid 2020, many churches in America, and even around the world, were forced into lockdown as the deadly virus spread like wildfire around the globe. This raised many questions, in America particularly, regarding religious liberty, but … Continue reading Nine Marks of a Healthy Church (4th Edition)
