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1. 6 Super-Unhealthy Leaders to Avoid

A good friend of mine almost suffered spiritual shipwreck recently because he began following a ministry that claimed to be on the "cutting edge" of revival. The leader uses all the popular buzzwords: ...

Created on 19 September 2017

2. Calm Down! The World Isn't Ending on Sept. 23

We are drowning in bad news these days. We've experienced a divisive presidential election, a wave of racial violence, a solar eclipse and two devastating hurricanes. If that's not bad enough, North Korea's ...

Created on 13 September 2017

3. Watch Out for the Virus of Spiritual Pride

Does anyone remember Robert Tilton's Word of Faith World Outreach Center in Dallas? It was one of the biggest megachurches in the country back in the 1980s. Tilton broadcast his popular "Success-N-Life" ...

Created on 05 September 2017

4. A Message of Comfort During the Storm

It was bad enough that Pastor Steve McKnight and his wife, Teresa, lost both their house and their church when Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans 12 years ago. Last weekend they had to evacuate ...

Created on 30 August 2017

5. Tearing Down Our Monuments to Racism

A 93-year-old statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee triggered the ugly protest that erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12. White nationalists and KKK members marched through the city to ...

Created on 23 August 2017

6. The Demonic Roots of White Supremacy

I had just finished performing a wedding in North Carolina last Saturday when I checked my phone and saw the alarming news: White supremacists were marching in Charlottesville, Virginia, to protest the ...

Created on 15 August 2017

7. Let's Trade Our Titles for True Humility

Last week when I was preaching in the nation of Iceland, I befriended three young foreign students from Africa who were visiting our conference near Reykjavik. I noticed these guys were sitting in the ...

Created on 09 August 2017

8. How Beth Moore Is Calling Down Pentecostal Fire

I've been in countless Christian meetings over the years, but last week, I witnessed one of the most remarkable spiritual moments of my lifetime. I was attending a gathering of Pentecostals held at a convention ...

Created on 01 August 2017

9. Don't Misuse the Gift of Personal Prophecy

Twelve years ago, when I was preaching at a Brazilian congregation in Florida, the Lord directed my attention to a young teenager sitting in the back of the church. He was leaning his head against the ...

Created on 26 July 2017

10. The Most Dangerous Prayer in the Bible

More than 19 years ago, I found myself at a church altar in Orlando, Florida. God had been dealing with me about leaving my comfort zone. I had a great job with nice benefits, yet I felt spiritually unfulfilled. ...

Created on 18 July 2017

11. Don't Run if God Has Called You to Speak

This past Sunday I stood in a pulpit, looked out over a congregation of mostly strangers, cleared the lump in my throat and preached a message that the Lord had laid on my heart from the Bible. Thousands ...

Created on 11 July 2017

12. How to Control Your Tongue in the Trump Era

Last week, President Trump issued a tweet from the White House, mocking MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski's appearance and questioning her sanity. And after both Republicans and Democrats in Washington begged ...

Created on 05 July 2017

13. 6 Ways Not to Take an Offering

I've seen it all when it comes to church offerings. Once when I attended an outdoor service in Nigeria, deacons used wheelbarrows and pickup trucks to collect money because more than 500,000 people were ...

Created on 27 June 2017

14. Don't Swallow the 'Red Pill'

Zach and Amanda (not their real names) were happily married and attending a growing church on the east coast. They started a family and got involved in ministry. Things were going well for this young Christian ...

Created on 20 June 2017

15. Break Free From the Patriarchal Spirit

Mexico is a violent place for women. When I visited the city of Monterrey a few years ago, a pastor's wife named Estér told me she visited a hospital every month to pray for one or more women who had been ...

Created on 14 June 2017

16. What We Should Learn from the Kathy Griffin Fiasco

Kathy Griffin is one of only three women who've won a Grammy for best comedy album. Her profanity-laced stand-up comedy routines made her a hit on HBO, and she was voted one of the funniest women alive ...

Created on 07 June 2017

17. How Katy Perry's Mother Praises God Through the Pain

Mary Hudson is a minister's wife, a gifted preacher, an author and a mentor to many Christian women. But she's also the mother of one of the most famous entertainers in the world, pop singer Katy Perry. ...

Created on 30 May 2017

18. How I Found Freedom From the Shame of Abuse

When I was a boy, something shameful happened to me that I never, ever planned to talk about publicly. During a summer visit to a youth camp in Alabama, an older boy whom I considered a friend took me ...

Created on 23 May 2017

19. 5 Ways We Quench the Holy Spirit

How would we respond today if God wanted to repeat the miracle of Pentecost in one of our carefully scripted Sunday meetings? I wonder if we would embrace the unexpected wildness of that Acts 2 moment. ...

Created on 17 May 2017

20. Why Women Belong on the Front Lines of Ministry

This past weekend my oldest daughter, Margaret, quietly made history. She was ordained as a pastor at United Assembly, the church in Seneca, South Carolina, where her husband, Rick, has served as an associate ...

Created on 09 May 2017