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I remember sitting at the lunch table with one of my friends in college when he dropped a bomb on me: “I’d say that at least 50 percent of the Bible majors are addicted to porn.”
“What? You mean to tell me that half of those seeking to be pastors are addicted to porn?”...

The Spring 2013 issue of Leadership Journal interviewed pastors Craig Groeschel and Kyle Idleman. They talked about what it looks like when pastors succumb to the temptation of allowing the church itself to become their “idol.”
When asked, “What happens when your church becomes your idol?“, Craig Groeschel answered,...

The list could be much longer than 8, because Calvin was right. But here are 8 I struggle with or have seen other leaders struggle with. These are in no particular order, because, well, any idol is bad enough to be #1:
Strategy: I think many churches fail for lack of a clear, coherent strategy. I wrote in detail about how mission, vision and strategy interrelate here. But strategy is no substitute for trust.  As valuable as strategy is (and it is), no strategy is a...

Bullying is a hot topic these days. While lamentably, we expect it at the schoolyard and office, we increasingly see it from the church pulpit — where some leaders wrongly wield their position over congregants.
In a recent Christian Post article, Baptist preacher and author John Piper says that pastors like this abuse their authority and should be rebuked. While Piper describes bullying pastors as domineering leaders, bad shepherds who don’t love the flock...