Category: Ministry and Leadership

If you think community is an important part of healthy church life, and I hope you do, then small groups should also be important to you. They are...

My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is past my knowledge. With the mighty deeds of...

Mi boca publicará tu justicia Y tus hechos de salvación todo el día, Aunque no sé su número. Vendré a los hechos poderosos de Jehová el Señor; ...

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the...

Por esto, mis amados hermanos, todo hombre sea pronto para oír, tardo para hablar, tardo para airarse; porque la ira del hombre no obra la...

Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in...

Esto, pues, digo y requiero en el Señor: que ya no andéis como los otros gentiles, que andan en la vanidad de su mente, teniendo el entendimiento...

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up...

Y él mismo constituyó a unos, apóstoles; a otros, profetas; a otros, evangelistas; a otros, pastores y maestros, a fin de perfeccionar a los...

There has been a lot of talk recently about why kids leave the church. In the past few years, there have been important books on the subject by...

Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them. Only be strong and very...

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: Grace to you...

Pablo y Timoteo, siervos de Jesucristo, a todos los santos en Cristo Jesús que están en Filipos, con los obispos y diáconos: Gracia y paz a...

And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know...

Have you ever really wondered why Jesus taught with parables? Sure, parables were common means of communication in his day, and they are easy to...

Now this is the commandment — the statutes and the rule — that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in...

So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. And they devoted themselves to the...

Entonces los apóstoles se juntaron con Jesús, y le contaron todo lo que habían hecho, y lo que habían enseñado. Él les dijo: « Venid vosotros...

Earlier this week, David Needham, my former teacher at Multnomah Bible College, passed into the presence of the Lord at the age of 94. During the...

Pasadas estas cosas, en el reinado de Artajerjes rey de Persia, Esdras hijo de Seraías, hijo de Azarías, hijo de Hilcías, . . . este Esdras...

I cannot imagine how devastated Peter must have felt when he found himself, out of fear for his own safety, denying that he ever knew Jesus (John 18). It happened right after Jesus was arrested and taken to the high priests for questioning.

These are times of constant change and uncertainty. Our lives have changed unpredictably, and we increasingly realize we have no control over them....

Estos son tiempos de constantes cambios e incertidumbre. Nuestras vidas han cambiado de maneras impredecibles y cada vez nos damos cuenta que no...

Pastors don’t like to admit it, but many harbor fears. This is particularly true of those who serve alone — solo pastors. There are seven fears...

In our previous posts we have talked about what following really means and why it really matters. But sometimes, a worked example is worth a thousand words. So, consider the story of Nicholas Herman.