Release Rest Remain: A Rhythm of Abiding

First, Breathe… Why Release Rest Remain Matters I don’t know what it took for you to carve out this moment. Maybe sitting with this book open on your lap meant leaving the full inbox that demands your attention, taking a much-needed break from your...

Listening Skills That Transform Relationships

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A Journey Through Doubt Often Begins With Questions

If you were to use one word to sum up your entire faith story thus far, what would it be? Believing, hopeful, trusting, or persevering? What about questioning, waiting, or searching? A Journey Through Doubt...

Practice Solitude for Spiritual Renewal

Why Leaders Must Practice Solitude When we look at the life of Jesus, we see a busy man. He’s healing the sick, he’s feeding the poor, he’s preaching the good news to the world, he’s developing the leaders...
Power in the Pulpit

Power in the Pulpit

There is a popular preaching textbook with the title “Power in the Pulpit”, and the reference to...

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How to Memorize Scripture by Accident

How to Memorize Scripture by Accident

Full disclosure: You can’t memorize Scripture by accident; it does take effort. But if you put these following steps into practice, you will discover that it’s a lot easier than you think. These are the steps that I use to memorize Scripture, so I know they work and...

Feeding the Virtual Flock

Feeding the Virtual Flock

Church emails can be a real blessing, communicating encouragement, concerns, information about the activities of the church body, service schedules and details, links to online services and classes, expectations for the future, and even teaching—a wide variety of...

Max Lucado: Give Your Fears to the Father

Max Lucado: Give Your Fears to the Father

Are you struggling with fear today? Is it the pandemic, a job, food, something else? Are you seeing the size of your worries and not the size of your Savior? I think I can point you in a direction that might help you right-size your fear. I’d like to start with a long...

What About Stewardship?

What About Stewardship?

Thoughts from the Back Pew The earth is the LORD’s and all it contains, the world, and those who dwell in it (Psalm 24:1). Everything I have belongs to God. Am I a good steward of the blessings God has given me? What does God desire I do with those gifts? We must be...

PILFERED WHILE WE SLEPT: Sacred Things Being Stolen

PILFERED WHILE WE SLEPT: Sacred Things Being Stolen

Pastor Resources · PILFERED WHILE WE SLEPT: Sacred Things Being Stolen   Pilfer  (intransitive verb) to steal; especially to steal stealthily in small amounts and often again and again. For example, a few grains of wheat in a large sack pilfered by a rodent in the...

105 Ways to Follow Jesus

105 Ways to Follow Jesus

Pastor Resources · 105 Ways To Follow Jesus   If you pay close attention while reading the Gospels, you discover that nearly every time Jesus talks with someone, He uses a new approach. He does so for good reason. After all, each individual starts at a different...

Born to Belong

We all have a fundamental human need to belong to a community. We need “our people” who understand us, support us, encourage us, and challenge us to...

Having the Mind of Christ

We're all wearing paradigm glasses of one kind or another. We all see the world not as it is, but from our own perspective. We are finite, embodied...

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A life of increasing contentment, resilience, and wisdom is something we’re all after. And in one way or another, most of us know that the digital...

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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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