Imagine a community with rampant drugs, teen pregnancy, and alcohol. Half the freshman classes never graduated high school. Unchurched...

The pastor from another state sat across the table from me. He saw no need for equipping mission trip team members in his church. He was...

It has been great to view a few Christian movies and TV series over the past year. Excellent Christian radio stations broadcast...

A farmer spent years teaching his son how to plow, plant, and harvest. Through the years the farmer grew old. By 1947, the man was a...

The Lord must be trying to tell me something. I’ve been reading about change and attended what I thought was a seminar on church...

Bob Bakke is an authority on revival and spiritual awakening. In a symposium in which I participated, Bakke spoke in detail about the...

After interviewing five men from Central Asia in refugee camps, I asked them what would attract them to actually listen to Bible stories...

The email said, “Mark, we’d like you to address this topic: ‘Are We Training Our Pastors Wrong?’” Now, there’s a good way to alienate...

In his book, Fahrenheit 451, author Ray Bradbury depicted book-burning as a way to control the masses. The government in that dystopian...

Churches with an evangelism strategy have many more baptisms, some 60% more. The key is to be intentional and specific when seeking the...

In the third grade, my buddy Jimmy let me borrow his new glasses. I shouted, “Hey Mom, when you wear these glasses, you can see every...

My mother’s favorite story is from her childhood. It was about a little girl who needed new shoes, but foolishly spent her money on a...

Change just to change is bad, but change to make a difference for the cause of Christ is a very good thing. So, what’s the best way to...

When I led a Sunday School class for our church’s college students, I was astounded one Sunday when one long-time Christian and faithful...

Few people know that I majored in broadcasting in college and that my masters is in communications management. From time to time I dip...

Having a background in orality puts me in interesting situations at times. I think we all recognize that most people in America,...

In Montreal, Canada, a few years ago, I tore pages out of a novel and gave it to the 60 people attending the very first TruthSticks Bible...

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been learning about a helpful skill for me and probably a few church leaders in the Cincinnati Area. That...

Pastor Begg’s Bad Advice Alistair Begg has been the pastor of a church in the Cleveland, OH, area for several decades. Although I have...

It is possible for churches to grasp the vision of movements and not bring systemic changes to keep it going. This is a call for taking...