Thanks-Living: Embracing a Life of Gratitude Every Day

Thanks-Living: Why 5:18? So many profound single verses from the Bible resound in our souls like a divine mic drop. We highlight, underline, memorize, and even sign these scriptural Mount Everests by our names. Yet how often do we miss the rich...

When You’ve Been With Jesus, You Cannot Stay the Same

When You've Been With Jesus, Your Life Begins to...

Authentic Masculinity: God’s Design for Men

Is Authentic Masculinity Even a Real Thing? Some say masculinity isn’t real, that it’s imaginary; just a stereotype or a social construct. Masculinity, it’s said, is like Santa Claus, a story we tell children...

How Pastors Can Use AI in Ministry Without Losing the Soul of Ministry

Pastors and Christian leaders are uniquely positioned to benefit from AI tools — and uniquely vulnerable to misusing them. Ministry is deeply human work. It involves souls, stories, suffering, repentance,...
Find True Sabbath Rest

Find True Sabbath Rest

True Sabbath Rest Frees Us From Restlessness On the Sabbath, we rest We all live with chronically...

A Prayer for Dating

A Prayer for Dating

Seeking God's Wisdom in Dating A Liturgy for Dating Here is where I am, O Lord— I find myself...

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Finding Jesus in Others Every Day

Finding Jesus in Others Every Day

Finding Jesus in Others Through Compassion The world is made up of sheep and goats—or maybe I should say sheep vs. goats. There will come a time, Jesus says, when the Son of Man in his glory sits on a throne and divides the people into sheep and goats, one or the...

Christian Peacemakers Reflect the Love of Jesus

Christian Peacemakers Reflect the Love of Jesus

Why Christian Peacemakers Matter Today In December 2022, the first Jesus Now Summit was held in Dallas, Texas. Hosted by the Barna Group in partnership with several other influential organizations, about one hundred ministry leaders gathered to consider the why, how,...

Bible Mystery and the Wonder of Scripture

Bible Mystery and the Wonder of Scripture

Bible Mystery Invites Us Beyond Easy Answers When my wife and I are enjoying a television series together, I’m simply trying to let myself be hypnotized by the story; it’s one of the few times in my life when I like experiencing in the concrete instead of analyzing in...

Resilient Church Leadership Through Biblical Administration

Resilient Church Leadership Through Biblical Administration

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About the President

Dave Wike is a family man. Serving pastors, and those who desire to do the same, became his calling over the last 20+ years. He and his wife Margie live in North Carolina. They have a son living overseas, and three daughters still at home. Dave enjoys writing instrumental guitar music, and plans to complete his Masters in Biblical Counseling. He’s also well aware he can do nothing good apart from the Holy Spirit. 

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