When You’ve Been With Jesus, You Cannot Stay the Same

When You've Been With Jesus, Your Life Begins to Change There are moments in a journey when you pause, not because the mission is finished, but because it’s worth remembering how you got there. A 75th anniversary is one of those moments. As I...

Authentic Masculinity: God’s Design for Men

Is Authentic Masculinity Even a Real Thing? Some...

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,...

Drawn to Praise: When Success Depends on Approval

Why We Are Drawn to Praise International bestselling author and speaker Dr. Miles Monroe once said that a man is drawn to praise. I really resonate with his words because for much of my life I equated praise...
Why So Serious?

Why So Serious?

“Why so serious?" That was the line The Joker, played by Keith Ledger, in the iconic Batman series...

Hinge Moments

Hinge Moments

By the time they have turned eighteen, most Americans will have moved at least twice. Most...

The Power of One Peacemaker

The Power of One Peacemaker

I truly want to transform our internet dialogue, but it’s hopeless. We’re doomed. We’ll never make...

Pastoring Is About People

Pastoring Is About People

After months of sitting with the Enneagram and sharing in its insights, my mind turned to my work...

The Call to Radiance

The Call to Radiance

In Matthew 5, Jesus steps on a mount and begins to teach. His prophetic words are drenched in love...

6 Church Trends for 2021

6 Church Trends for 2021

Now that we are over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, we have a better idea of what church looks...

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Love is a Choice

Love is a Choice

Love makes the world go ’round.” “All you need is love.” “Love can make you crazy . . .” As long as any of us can remember, poems, songs, films, and orators have tried to adequately describe and express love. Movies and TV programs focus on the pursuit of love and...

The Incomprehensible God

The Incomprehensible God

According to legend, Augustine of Hippo was walking along the beach when he came upon a boy scooping up water with a shell. The two of them struck up a conversation and Augustine asked the boy what he was doing; he replied that he was emptying the sea. Augustine tried...

Jesus’ Love for Deniers

Jesus’ Love for Deniers

Peter had been following Christ as one of His disciples for years. From that early moment by the seashore when Christ first called Peter (Matt. 4:18-20), Peter had followed Jesus faithfully—until his moment of denial. Peter loved Jesus. He prided himself on the fact...

When Churches Close, Who’s to Blame

When Churches Close, Who’s to Blame

America is experiencing a religious transformation, a de-Christianizing of the nation. The result is foreseeable. Thousands upon thousands of churches will close this year and next. This sad reality is affecting an ever-increasing population of Christians as they...

8 Skills to Help Your Kids Spend Wisely

8 Skills to Help Your Kids Spend Wisely

How do we teach our kids to spend smart? It starts with taking them with us when we shop in stores or sitting them down with us when we shop online and talking them through what we’re doing to spend wisely. There are various ways to help your kids spend wisely. 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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