The following is a guest post from Dan Irmler, the founder of ProChurch. Dan is working to help churches with their graphics needs, and he gave me some awesome sermon series graphics to give you all for FREE! Familiar Problems Hi! I’m Dan, the lead graphic designer at ProChurch.com. Over the last several years, I’ve…
The Christian life is like a marathon. It requires hard work and perseverance. Sometimes we fall. Sometimes we make mistakes. But no matter how difficult the journey, we must get up and keep pressing forward. God calls us to finish the race. Prior to the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, John Stephen Akhwari of Tanzania was…
I’ve got great news! ProPreacher.com is on pace for another record-breaking year. In fact, we are close to breaking our record for the most page views in a year, and we are only halfway through 2016! This month alone we hit a new record with over 72,364 page views! Wow! Thank you! When I started…
Marriage is hard and affairs come easy. Today, an affair is just a mouse click away. But the reality of an affair is always worse than temptation’s promise. True story: He called himself “Prince of Joy.” In an Internet chat room, he met a young lady whose screen name was “Sweetie.” Over the next few…
You step on stage. The lights come up. Everyone is looking at you. Adrenaline starts pumping as your fight or flight response kicks in. You are nervous. You are about to preach a sermon. The problem: the nerves and adrenaline that are common in public speaking naturally cause pastors to preach too fast. You are…
The church is not just about you and your preferences. The church is a body. It should be diverse–filled with people from different backgrounds with different personalities and gifts. When all members of the body work together, God is glorified. The enemy will do anything he can to disrupt this unity. How many of us…
I was not prepared for the toll that truly following Jesus would take. And I am not alone. Just read this post I wrote about the difficulty of being a pastor. It struck a nerve! Hundreds of pastors wrote to me saying, “Me too!” If you truly follow Jesus, you will suffer. Whether in a…
Your attitude changes how you see the world. When you look at something, do you first see the positive or the negative? Are you a glass-half-full or a glass-half-empty kind of person? Maybe you need to change your perspective. A boy, playing baseball alone, was heard to say, “I’m the greatest hitter in the world.” He…
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