Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 17 hours 24 minutes
Last October, I shared an interview I did with Pastor Ken Gray who shares his journey through dealing with depression. Church leaders don't want to admit that they struggle with this issue - sometimes often. Ken's raw honesty will encourage and...
Fruits, Flakes, and Nuts are people who come to our churches with various problems and agendas. Each is unique and we need a strategy to address them once we identify their type. Unless we address them properly, they can damage our church's health and...
The gift of prophecy has the potential to be an enormous blessing or terrible curse for the church depending on how it is managed. God gave this gift for edification, encouragement, and comfort. In practical terms, how does this unique gift function?...
What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit meant to accomplish? These misunderstood tools provide acceleration in our quest to reach people for Christ. Why do so many churches ignore or even attack these enhancements as a threat to the gospel? An important...
In this third installment, I dig deeper into why speaking with tongues is much more important to the Church than we realize. Why do people treat their practitioners with such contempt? Why did God make it occupy such a central role in church history?...
Probably the most controversial subject the church has faced in modern times concerns gifts of the Holy Spirit. Speaking in tongues has been maligned, misapplied, misunderstood and misused for decades. Ironically, it played a central role in world...
Elephants are often kind and gentle creatures we admire unless they are traipsing through our living rooms! Today's church has an elephant in its collective room that we talk about during today's podcast. Unless we acknowledge the elephant and address...
Jesus said something unusual about humans. He said we were all untrustworthy! Does Christ trust anyone today? Fortunately, the answer is yes, but they belong to a very small group. On today's podcast, I speak about consecration; what it means and how...
What does Noah's experience with his three sons have to do with pastoral ministry today? How can we influence the culture of our churches to become more inviting to the unchurched? The answers may not be as complex as you might think. The was a...