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,...
Press On

Press On

"So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; and...

Word

Word

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1 NIV)...

Ways

Ways

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways...

Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy

“Do not judge, lest you should be judged.” (Matthew 7:1 BLB) “There are too many hypocrites in the...

Advantage

Advantage

“For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:21 NIV) The Greek word...

Consolation

Consolation

“He was waiting for the consolation of Israel.” (Luke 2:25b NIV) His bones ached. For the past...

Wonderful

Wonderful

“Today in the City of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!” (Luke 2:11 BSB)...

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Are You Willing to be Forgotten?

Are You Willing to be Forgotten?

Pastor Resources · Are You Willing To Be Forgotten - Menikoff   You’ve probably never heard the name Oswald Avery. Not long after the influenza pandemic of 1918, he devoted himself to finding the cause of this horrific virus. Avery lived in a laboratory, hovering...

Move The Can: The First Step To Help A Church Become Healthier

Move The Can: The First Step To Help A Church Become Healthier

Pastor Resources · 100 DaysHealthierChurch The Paint Can   Turning a church from unhealthy to healthy is a daunting task. It starts by working smarter, not harder. Here’s an example. The Paint Can: A Parable In the 1990s, I led a small group of church members on a...

Picture It

Picture It

Pastor Resources · Picture It   A friend confessed to me that, for years, whenever he tried to read the Bible he would get so bored that he stopped reading after a short time. This surprised me because my friend was leading a vibrant ministry and I know he has a deep...

Faith and Fear Can’t Co-Exist?

Faith and Fear Can’t Co-Exist?

 Pastor Resources · Faith And Fear   Can faith and fear co-exist? Can we have hope in the midst of fear? Aren’t we, as God’s people, especially in difficult times, to eradicate fear from among us? Easier said than done! While fear is an emotion; faith is a choice. We...

How to be Faithful in the Midst of Fear

How to be Faithful in the Midst of Fear

We’d all like to say we’re faithful in the midst of fear, but the truth is the COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented event. None of us expected the pandemic; neither is this the spring we wanted or planned. Fortunately, God knew about the global tragedy long before we...

You can’t say that!

Those words are becoming more and more common these days. Not only are people, usually people on the more conservative side, being told they can’t...

Rest and Refresh 

We need rest. Scripture teaches that we are dust (Gen. 3:19). Unlike God, we tire. We are finite creatures. We need sleep and refreshment. John...

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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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