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Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash By Lynn Pryor I’m lousy with math. My extended family assumes that’s why I married an accountant. High school algebra frustrated me. I just wanted the teacher to tell me if my answer was right (or more likely wrong). What I didn’t want to hear was, “So, Lynn, … Continue reading “4 Traits of an Effective Small Group Discussion Question”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer photo via German Federal Archive – Wikicommons by Devin Maddox Editor’s note: Dietrich Bonhoeffer was born on February 4, 1906. Today would be his 113th birthday. The popular and easy answer to the question is, “Sure! Read The Cost of Discipleship.  You’ll be like Bonhoeffer in no time!” But as someone writing a … Continue reading “Should Church Leaders Read Bonhoeffer?”

By Chris Hulshof We live in a sound bite society. Breaking news pushes to our digital devices with attention-grabbing headlines designed to be read in five seconds or less. Last night’s game is reduced to three minutes highlights as hosts discuss plays that shaped the course of the contest. Content that is both attention-grabbing and … Continue reading “2 Questions to Ask Before You Quote Someone”

Kaique Rocha photo – Pexels By Raleigh Sadler Surveying 4,851 men in a representative sample of American households from 2001–2010, the General Social Survey (GSS) asked interviewees two important questions about human trafficking. First, each person was asked if they had ever purchased sex within their lifetime. If the answer was “yes,” then they were … Continue reading “Human Trafficking Exists Because More People Are Buying Sex Than You Realize”

Kiwihug photo – Unsplash By Mary Wiley Reading the Bible is always a literary endeavor. Literature has a genre, context, and intent, and although God’s Word is wholly different from any other piece of literature in its divine authorship, inerrancy, and its ability to transform our hearts, it’s noteworthy that God has chosen to communicate … Continue reading “Why Church Leaders Should Read (and Teach) the Bible as Literature”

By Mark Dance When I was twelve-years-old, I saved a boy my age from drowning. When Danny’s kayak overturned, he panicked because he didn’t know how to swim. No adults were around so I jumped off the boat dock and swam behind him so I could safely drag him to the shore without getting caught … Continue reading “4 Reasons Kids Make Great Evangelists”

NastyaSensei Sens photo – Pexels By Ken Braddy Let’s face it: Some people are harder than others to engage in Bible study groups. Who are these people? What can we do to help them take the next step into group life? Let’s explore this together. In no particular order, here are the seven hardest people … Continue reading “The 7 Hardest People to Engage in Groups—and What to Do About It”

James Coleman photo – Freely By Aaron Earls For some church leaders, their jobs entail reading and studying Scripture. For others in ministry and for most of the people in the pews, they have to find extra time during the day for the Bible. Even though we know the Bible is important, we can still … Continue reading “6 Ways to Spend More Time in Scripture”

By Craig Thompson Would you say you preach with tenderness and compassion? You see, I don’t think of myself as an intimidating person. In fact, I like to think I’m a pretty fun guy. However, the way I view myself and the way others perceive me isn’t always the same. I don’t hide my emotions … Continue reading “Preaching for Change with Tenderness and Compassion”

Tom Blackwell photo – Flickr By Aaron Earls As culture has seemingly become more partisan, many pastors feel as if those divisions have impacted their own congregations. Barna found half of pastors (50 percent) say they feel at least occasionally limited in their ability to speak out on moral and social issues because people will … Continue reading “Pastors Feel Political Pressure From the Pews”