The interview was simple. I asked one open-ended question: “What regrets do you have about the years you have served as a pastor?” Each of the men could provide as many responses as they desired.   I recently interviewed more than twenty pastors who had been in ministry for at least 25 years. All of... Continue Reading

Pastor, you must live with a preparation mentality and teach those under your care to do the same. The trials, injustices, and hardships of today do two things for you and me. Every day they remind us that this isn’t our final destination. But there’s another thing… They drive us to the end of ourselves.... Continue Reading

…he counted on the local elders—and they came through: “We did not know the levels the local people would go to to protect us or advocate for us. It was nothing short of revolutionary the way these people stood up and took off, moving from their own safety into the territory of bad guys to... Continue Reading

Retired [PCA] pastor Rod Whited had made the trip from Jacksonville, Fla. When his church learned it was unsafe to send church groups across the border, it hosted a “reverse mission,” welcoming Mexican teenagers to the U.S…. Pastor Andres Garza and his American colleagues didn’t want the locals to think that American missionaries came only... Continue Reading

Like several other private colleges, Tufts has an “all comers” policy that requires official student organizations to be open to all students for both membership and leadership, regardless of beliefs. But in reviewing a discrimination complaint filed against Tufts Christian Fellowship (TCF), the largest evangelical group on the Medford, Mass., campus, the Tufts Committee on... Continue Reading

What has helped in recent years with translation projects are new technologies and strategies that directly reach out to local communities and figure out creative solutions about how to translate the Bible using the most accurate means available. Wycliffe noted that it has been using new computer and satellite technology to assist with translation efficiency.... Continue Reading

The IRS should modify forms to permit organizations, such as operators of shelters from domestic violence, to redact sensitive information from public disclosure if it would put people at risk.

The idea of capping the charitable deduction “is as serious a threat to religious organizations as anything the federal government has done in recent decades,” said Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). “This would be catastrophic in its impact, particularly on those large gifts that many religious organizations, colleges, universities... Continue Reading

Same-sex marriage was probably the highest-profile social issue in this election, but for the Christian right, no issue is more important than abortion. On this, too, though, Daly spoke of a willingness to work with abortion-rights groups to find common ground on adoption — a notion that would probably strike many Christian conservatives as appeasement.... Continue Reading

"I give and give all week. I just want to come to church to be ministered to and fed." Perhaps you've heard a friend who works in a parachurch ministry say something like this. Perhaps you've said it yourself. Those who work for a parachurch ministry, like me, are often inclined to believe that their (Christian) vocation exempts them from meaningful involvement in a church. We must resist this temptation.