Life Together at Jesus’ Table: Discipleship as Sacramental Living

Discipleship as Sacramental Living and Table Fellowship Discipleship is sacramental because disciples are the living temple of the triune God, together. Years earlier, Paul’s letter to the Galatians erupted with urgency because Judaizers similarly...

Overcoming Church Hurt with the Good Shepherd

Church Hurt Can Wound Pastors and Ministry...

When the Smallest Becomes the Greatest

As we think about finding and living our purpose on planet Earth, we need to rethink much of what the world teaches us. The world insists that “bigger is better,” “more is mightier,” and “success is measured...

You Can’t Change Someone Who Doesn’t Want to Change

When You Can't Change Someone You Love I’m so tired of trying to change them. I’m worn out from being the one person keeping everything from going off the rails. I’m exhausted from making all this effort but...
Miracles Lead to Worship

Miracles Lead to Worship

You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples. —Psalm 77:14 The...

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Five Key Concepts for Trauma-Informed Ministry

Five Key Concepts for Trauma-Informed Ministry

Trauma, while not universal, is quite common. In The Trauma Tree: Going Beyond Survival, Growing Toward Wholeness, we look at the difference between big T Trauma and little t trauma. Big T Trauma is what comes to mind when we think of PTSD. Post-traumatic stress...

The Power of Story: Remembering with God

The Power of Story: Remembering with God

You and I have a story that began long before we were born. In Psalm 139:15-16, the psalmist writes, “You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was...

Forgetting the Past: Embracing the God of the Future

Forgetting the Past: Embracing the God of the Future

The God of the Future: Moving Beyond the Past I wonder if sometimes we continue to worship the God of the past and don’t recognize the God of the future. Because God exists in the future—he was in our yesterday, but he’s also in tomorrow. It makes sense that God...

Making Jesus’s Geography Meaningful

Making Jesus’s Geography Meaningful

Jesus was not only a master teacher but also a gifted outdoor instructor.  He often put his nature-filled classroom to work leaning into its physical geography, human geography, and natural history.  But Jesus used geography in another way as well.  He taught in...

Fresh Bible Engagement Ideas for Every Day of the Week

Fresh Bible Engagement Ideas for Every Day of the Week

Why Bible Engagement Ideas Matter Outside Sunday Service On Sunday mornings, between 8 and 11 a.m., you may have somewhat of a captive audience as you stand at the pulpit, leading your congregation through a worship service. But after the service, once church members...

What Is the Bible?

What Is the Bible?

Why “What Is the Bible” Still Matters Today Did you know the Bible has sold the most copies of any book ever? According to the Guinness World Records, an organization dedicated to recording record-breaking achievements, the Christian Bible has sold more than five...

Faith Foundation Guide for Parents

Work began on the bell tower, the final structure of a cathedral complex in Tuscany, in 1173. This eight-story tower would stand two hundred feet...

Finding Peace in Life’s Storms

In the mid-1970s Steven Spielberg produced a movie called Jaws, the fictional story of a monster shark that made a meal out of the swimmers off the...

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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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