Don’t be too quick to lay hands on a man. Take the time to determine whether he truly meets the qualifications of 1 Timothy 3:1-7. You don’t want to ordain your worst problem.

Sometimes prayer is really a thin disguise for gossip.

One of the practical things you can do to ensure that you pray for all of the people in your church is to pray through your church directory. Depending on the size of your church, you might be able to pray for several households per day and get through your church in a month.  

All too often I believe preachers blow a lot of dry dusty data at their congregations absent of the anointing of the Spirit because they have failed to pray.

When fathers fail to love their children there can sometimes be disastrous consequences.

What might a reader do to ensure that she can keep up, retain information, and understand? I often give my students three pieces of counsel regarding reading strategies.

The last question I ask myself when I’m evaluating sermons, including my own, is, Did I apply the text? This is an important question, though perhaps it’s often debated because people disagree on what constitutes application.

The third question I ask when evaluating my sermons is whether I preached Christ organically from the biblical text.

The last thing you want your congregation to do is to walk out of church, be filled with awe and wonder, but are ultimately unable to tell you why they are filled with these affections. The only way that people will mature in their faith and move from milk to solid meat is if they have a better understanding of the biblical text.

A fundamental question the preacher should always ask himself is, “Did I exegete the text?”