Let’s get down to the foundations and make sure our view of God, ourselves, sin, and living in response to God’s grace is all as biblical as it can be. 

Let’s hold our resolutions with a very loose grip, but squeeze tightly on the hand of Him who holds us, our families, our ministries and our year ahead in the palm of His hand.

Take some time out with your God and let Him stir your heart afresh. Then you can preach Christmas.

Christmas points away from “what-must-we-do” to “who-can-we-trust”.  And we need that.

Three evangelical leaders in Switzerland speak about the tensions in churches caused by opposing views. A respectful dialogue seems to be the only way to maintain unity.

If what we need is God’s good leadership, then who will be God’s good leader? God promised His eternal ruler to the little town of Bethlehem. 

Christmas services are just a few weeks away. Let’s take a new angle, dive into the Bible and preach with hearts spilling over.

There really isn’t a category of biblical preaching that is somehow good and helpful, but isn’t exegetical. 

Being in relationship with Jesus is not just the end goal of ministry, but it is also the means by which genuine transformation occurs.

The embassy invited the leaders of the Swiss Evangelical Alliance and the Association of Free Churches. The US will soon release its list of countries of particular concern.

Although the government says the ban “will not impact everyday religious practice”, evangelicals warn “there are questions on the details which will require further clarity”.

We are the bride of Christ, He won our hearts and we are His. We are invited to live with our gaze fixed on Him and our every move lived in response to His loving leadership. 

It is not enough to become informed in preparation for preaching. That truth needs to soak into our lives and bring about some level of transformation.

Church trends in the 21st century.

The outline is an overview of your strategy for communicating the biblical idea relevantly to the hearts of your listeners.

Preaching is not simply study a passage, write a message and deliver it. We need to be meticulous in our study, but selective in our sermon.

Fear is a feature of life in this fallen world. Fear Jesus, for he is more powerful and significant than any evil.

I want to make more of my time as far as reading is concerned. A lot of that motivation has come from taking a couple of hours to organise my shelves.

A lot of ministry happens on fairly short notice. The weekly rhythm keeps ticking like a metronome, and it tends to get interrupted by emergencies.

Performance is unsustainable. At the same time, effective communication is worth some conscious and prayerful attention.

How vital it is to think it through, pray it through, and learn lessons in the late summer before another winter comes (whatever that may look like where you are).

He knows we are sinful when He calls us. He has a far greater work for us to do and knows that He will need to do great work in us.

A free three-hour online session organised by the Forum of Christian Leaders will look at Jesus Christ’s teaching techniques.

As we love one another earnestly, we will benefit from each other’s grace, generosity and gifting.

The church is a beautiful blend of backgrounds, personalities and stories. We should praise God for the diversity of people brought together in the body of Christ.