My husband is a full-time pastor who serves a smaller to average-sized congregation. Our church also has a bi-vocational youth pastor. Beyond that, our other positions are volunteer-based. A pastor, no matter the church size, has daily administrative tasks. Churches...
In my lifetime I haven’t seen as much anger and frustration expressed by so many professing Christians as I am seeing this election season. It is no secret that politicians are typically perceived in a negative light in America and around the world. They are often...
Pastor Chad Norris: Getting Real Sometimes, the hardest thing for a pastor to do is to be real. There is so much pressure to be perfect, holy, and spiritually on-point that there's very little room for the things that make you human once you become a pastor. Here,...
Bounce houses in the church parking lot has been done . . . a lot. Easter egg hunts in the church lawn . . . yeah, there’s always going to be a couple of churches in your community doing that. And Halloween parties—I mean, fall festivals—are a time-honored tradition...
In what way does a Hollywood script writer take lessons from Jesus that far too many pastors do not? They understand the power of a story. Preparing for your next Sunday sermon will typically have many of the same ingredients as those from other pastors, no matter...
Intro to Greek. Intro to Hebrew. Systematic Theology. Church History. New Testament. Old Testament. Advanced Greek. Advanced Hebrew. Live, Eat, and Breathe Greek. Live, Eat, and Breathe Hebrew . . . You probably took all these classes and much, much more during your...
A kingdom divided will not stand.” Sounds nice in theory, especially since it’s Biblical. But adhering to it can be a painful process including anger, frustration and even bitterness…This is the story of Pastors Tim Blevins of Life Community Church and Jeff Kapusta of...
Recently, our family celebrated the 7th birthday of our twin girls, Adleigh and Liana. Amid the festivities marked with Barbies and princess dresses, what made this day extra special for us was remembering the words spoken by doctors days after they were born 3 months...
Scripture says we have an inheritance. It is reserved for us, and it is shielded by faith. We have a birthright, and the Devil can't take away our birthright; he has to get us to give it up. He can't take it. It's not in his power. When we study Jacob and Esau in...
Whether you are wrestling with whether to adopt a child or one of your parishioners comes to you for guidance on the topic, you know how pressure-filled the situation is. Sure, the first step is always to bring it to the lord, but what other steps can you or your...
My husband is a full-time pastor who serves a smaller to average-sized congregation. Our church also has a bi-vocational youth pastor. Beyond that, our other positions are volunteer-based. A pastor, no matter the church size, has daily administrative tasks. Churches...
In my lifetime I haven’t seen as much anger and frustration expressed by so many professing Christians as I am seeing this election season. It is no secret that politicians are typically perceived in a negative light in America and around the world. They are often...
Pastor Chad Norris: Getting Real Sometimes, the hardest thing for a pastor to do is to be real. There is so much pressure to be perfect, holy, and spiritually on-point that there's very little room for the things that make you human once you become a pastor. Here,...
Bounce houses in the church parking lot has been done . . . a lot. Easter egg hunts in the church lawn . . . yeah, there’s always going to be a couple of churches in your community doing that. And Halloween parties—I mean, fall festivals—are a time-honored tradition...
In what way does a Hollywood script writer take lessons from Jesus that far too many pastors do not? They understand the power of a story. Preparing for your next Sunday sermon will typically have many of the same ingredients as those from other pastors, no matter...
Intro to Greek. Intro to Hebrew. Systematic Theology. Church History. New Testament. Old Testament. Advanced Greek. Advanced Hebrew. Live, Eat, and Breathe Greek. Live, Eat, and Breathe Hebrew . . . You probably took all these classes and much, much more during your...
A kingdom divided will not stand.” Sounds nice in theory, especially since it’s Biblical. But adhering to it can be a painful process including anger, frustration and even bitterness…This is the story of Pastors Tim Blevins of Life Community Church and Jeff Kapusta of...
Recently, our family celebrated the 7th birthday of our twin girls, Adleigh and Liana. Amid the festivities marked with Barbies and princess dresses, what made this day extra special for us was remembering the words spoken by doctors days after they were born 3 months...
Scripture says we have an inheritance. It is reserved for us, and it is shielded by faith. We have a birthright, and the Devil can't take away our birthright; he has to get us to give it up. He can't take it. It's not in his power. When we study Jacob and Esau in...
Whether you are wrestling with whether to adopt a child or one of your parishioners comes to you for guidance on the topic, you know how pressure-filled the situation is. Sure, the first step is always to bring it to the lord, but what other steps can you or your...
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