Augustine’s Confessions was the very first Western autobiography. Countless others...
How many people have you invited to church in the last week? The last month? The last year? I’ll...
“Stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.” (Ephesians 6:18b BSB) My...
I notice that when I put on praise and worship music and spend some time listening and singing the...
Are you satisfied with your prayer life? Does time alone with God in prayer hold the highest...
One of the perennial puzzles for preachers is how to best communicate the statements about...
Do you remember the Robert Frost poem “The Road Not Taken?” The premise is in life we have...
“However, he has given each one of us a special gift through the generosity of Christ.” (Ephesian...
Serving the local church as a pastor is a calling, and on the best days, there’s...
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Barriers to Inclusion
As a pastor who is learning to navigate life with my own autism diagnosis as well as lead a church, I am often asked by special-needs families how to find a church that can help meet their spiritual needs. What are some of the ways that families can determine if the...
Lead from the Strength of Your Home
I remember one evening many years ago, in a season when all my kids were little, they all had a massive meltdown at the dinner table. No joke, all four were melting down. Steve and I looked at each other across the table and knew something had to change. Steve had...
One Nation Under God, Liberal Theological Revisionism, and Confessing Pastors
The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States contains the phrase "one nation under God." The word "God" is capitalized making it a proper noun. A proper noun is a word for a particular person, place or thing, and is usually capitalized. The person named in the...
The Permanent Values of Family Worship
How would you answer the question, “How do we pass on the worship of God to our children?”? One can falsely assume that worship of God can be communicated and passed along once you begin to have regular family evenings. This is not so. You may pass along to your...
4 Ways Senior Church Members Can Stay Fit
It is important for seniors to stay fit, but they often feel intimidated by the younger crowds at the gyms and fitness centers. Seniors who are active in their churches, however, can take advantage of the welcoming atmosphere of the church and begin fitness and...
Passing on the Worship of God to Your Children
What is the nature of worshiping God? In 1920 a famous strongman known as Kid Dundee lifted a barbell that weighed 1,454 kilograms (about 3,200 pounds) – roughly the same weight as the original Volkswagen Beetle with passengers! How would you have reacted if you had...
Leadership in a post-Covid world
Coming out of Covid, most church leaders are wrestling with how to do ministry in a new world. Covid changed everything, and it happened in a time...
Subversive Mission
Didn’t Jesus call us to go out into all the world to make disciples and build his upside-down kingdom? Didn’t God call us to bring good news to the...
Born to Belong
We all have a fundamental human need to belong to a community. We need “our people” who understand us, support us, encourage us, and challenge us to...
Having the Mind of Christ
We're all wearing paradigm glasses of one kind or another. We all see the world not as it is, but from our own perspective. We are finite, embodied...
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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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