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,...

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“For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.” (Hebrews 10:14 NIV) My son had a hard time pronouncing “v’s” and “r’s” when he was young. He was in the fourth grade by the time he could say “very” instead of “wehwy.” At his sixth...

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“Little children, let us not love in word only, neither with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.” (1 John 3:18 NHEB) God sent Jesus into the world to be a sacrifice to atone for our sins (1Jn. 4:10). He sent His Son to atone for our sins so we could be at one with...

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“This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” (1 John 4:10 NIV) There is a basic difference in Christianity that separates it from nearly every other religion. The difference is this: most other...

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Qualified

“All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet . . .” (Matthew 1:22 NIV) I think that sometimes God just likes showing off. Rainbows, sunsets, hummingbirds . . . atoms – they’re all prime examples of God just showing off. Sometimes, God...

Pastors and Pietism: Key to Spiritual Renewal, Part 4

Pastors and Pietism: Key to Spiritual Renewal, Part 4

Copyright © 2017 Roger Helland Are you “praying the price” for pastoral and church spiritual renewal? According to David Butts, president of Harvest Prayer Ministries, “Most surveys indicate that the average American Christian prays 3 minutes or less a day. Pastors...

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“But even if you suffer for doing what is right, God will reward you for it. So don't worry or be afraid of their threats.” (2 Peter 3:14 NIV)  My little brother and I were very close growing up. We both had vivid imaginations so we played together well – for the most...

A Deeper Question in the Pandemic

Pastor Resources · A Deeper Question In The Pandemic   I dialed into yet another Zoom call. Pastors’ faces filled the screen. The upper left...

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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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