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Faith’s Tapestry: Memory’s Profound Role
Why can I remember the hospital transport person who graciously pushed my wife’s wheelchair as we left the hospital when my daughter was born, but for the life of me, I cannot remember his name? While his name might escape me, his gentleness and candor do not. I do...
Laboring with Purpose: A Pastor’s Insight into Faith at Work
WORK IS THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY many of us have for fulfilling the calling of Christ and his command to love our neighbors as ourselves. Reflect on that statement. What if every Christ-follower really believed that? Building sewage systems, creating businesses,...
Unlock Spiritual Growth: Embrace Bible Memorization
Most Churches Ignore this Important Spiritual Discipline It felt like any other Sunday when pastor Levi Lusko stood in front of his congregation and asked them to turn in their Bibles to the book of James. While the sound of pages being flipped filled the auditorium,...
The Power of Prayer in Ministry
We have been in the ministry, David for more than 30 years, Maxie for more than 60. In every church we have served, the assumption was that if an area was growing then we should do more of it! Add another worship service! Expand the Sunday school! Do another Outreach...
Encountering God’s Love in Near-Death Experiences
Never in history, until now, have we been able to hear from so many people around the world brought back from clinical death. I believe NDEs are God’s gift to our globally connected world—widespread evidence of God’s reality and his great love for people of all...
Healing Hearts with Pet Therapy
As the founder of Canines for Christ, an international therapy dog organization with over 1,200 Spirit-filled volunteers, I have personally made thousands of visits with my therapy dogs over the years. I have seen the profound impact that therapy dogs have on people’s...
Teaching Our Kids to Love God’s Word
As Christian teachers, parents, grandparents, and caregivers, we want our kids to love God’s Word. We long for them to grow closer to God as they spend time in Scripture. But how do we encourage engagement with the Bible? By giving them a compelling reason to pick it...
Faithful on Every Page
God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Corinthians 1:9 There has never been a single moment in all of history where God has not been faithful. You may be thinking, But what about the times in my life when I...
Trusting Jesus in the Public Square
Parents have a biblical responsibility to protect their children not only from physical harm but also from spiritual harm. It is entirely appropriate and right for a parent to wrestle with whether they want to allow their child to continue to have a friendship with a...
God’s Refining Process
Few people predict the turbulence and pain that life will inevitably bring. Lives that are filled with joy today can suddenly become bumpy and hard tomorrow, but few people make plans that consider the difficult roads that are sure to come. Understanding the Refining...
30 Crucial Questions for Premarital Counseling
Like many pastors conducting premarital counseling for couples, you probably feel like you never have time to cover everything. Homework is crucial,...
Leading Adaptive Change in Your Church
As faith leaders, most of us became leaders because there is a God that we love, and there are people that we love, and we want to introduce the...
Building a Disciplemaking Culture in Your Church
“A disciplemaking culture? What is that?” No one should be surprised at the confusion this phrase causes. Its two main concepts, disciplemaking and...
The Power of Transformational Leadership in Adaptive Change
When trust is gone, the transformational journey is over. Adaptive change requires leaders to face the challenges of a changing world or disrupted...
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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.
Dave Wike
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