To know that envy disrupts the peace, contentment, and joy that God would otherwise grant to our...
God is not a hustler. And the hope he calls us to cannot be built on naive expectations that...
I’ve come to believe in a better equation to describe what anxiety does: anxiety equals care minus...
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Here’s God’s honest truth—you aren’t the only one who’s looked giving up straight in the face. It...
Ministry Challenges There is a place for visionary leaders and wise guides in both very large and...
Steeples were designed to point to God. The concept of architecture reflecting theology and...
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Read the Bible as Drama for Family Discipleship
I’m not an actor. The closest I came to acting was as a high school senior, when I agreed to be in a play that never came about. For whatever reason, not enough guys were available to perform, and I reluctantly agreed after quite a bit of cajoling. I can’t remember...
How Can I Believe God Protects Me When Tragedy Strikes?
“I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” PSALM 91:2 In my head, I know God is my Protector. But sometimes my heart struggles to feel protected by God. At some point in our lives, most of us have experienced some kind of...
When God Makes Promises
God makes promises. And then he waits. Sometimes for a really long time. Long enough for us to wonder if we imagined the promises. Long enough for us to wonder if he’s forgotten them. Maybe we misheard? Maybe we misunderstood? The Struggle of Waiting on God's Promises...
Finding Wholeness in Christ
On November 17, 1988, in Lexington, North Carolina, I was born with a rare craniofacial disorder called Goldenhar syndrome. Put bluntly, the left side of my face and parts of my body were badly broken. Nurses would return every few minutes with a new discovery of...
How to Help Kids Study the Bible as They Grow
When God gave the command to parents and the community to teach children, the core of that was to teach them to “Love the Lord your God” (Deuteronomy 6:4-9). Rather than attempting to introduce every story of Scripture, we would do well to prepare children for meat by...
Restoring Order After Loss
The night Reggie died, my family came over to sit vigil, but as the night wore on, they departed one by one to their own homes until only one of my family members and I remained. At first my family member was quiet, but eventually she opened up, pausing after each...
The Meaning Behind the Torn Veil of Jesus
It’s Holy Week, the last days leading to Easter, when Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Familiar moments this week include raising...
How to See the Face of God Today
Augustine once described the Scriptures as “the face of God for now,” and he urged us to “gaze intently into it.” What did he mean? You and I were...
How to Experience the Best Lent Ever
Lent often approaches us like a challenge to take on a Christianized form of New Year’s Resolutions, like it’s inviting us to a heroic stint of...
Creative Destruction: A Path to Church Renewal
Creative destruction is an act of dying so something new might emerge (Joshua Hayden, Creative Destruction: Towards a Theology of Institutions, 6)....
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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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