Publications

Publications

It’s been my privilege to have my writings published by various outlets and organizations. Below is a collection of articles organized by publisher.

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For the Church

• Why the Pastor Needs a Council of Historians

• What’s Left When a Church Closes

• What Kind of Problem Is It?

• Laboring for Maturity

• What Church Revitalization Really Means

• Update to Pilgrim’s Progress

• The Pulpit and the Cliff

• The Order Matters

• Preach like Carl Sagan, not Neil DeGrasse Tyson

• Ordinary Things

• Big Data and the Holy Spirit

• Christ Puts a Comma Where the World Puts a Period

• Five Resources Every Rural Church Needs

• Old Books, New Books, and Trends That Fade Away

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LifeWay Pastors

• How to Find Landmines in Your Church

• Principles for Recalibrating Your Ministry Vision

• 5 Changes Your Church Must Make Right Now

• Three Types of People You Meet in a Small Town

• Why Pastors Should Go to Summer Youth Camp

• How to Thrive as a Type B Pastor

• 3 Ways to Avoid Pastoral Baggage

• Why I Keep a Jar of Dirt on My Desk

• The World Needs More People Willing to Be Forgotten

• The Most Important Aspect of Your Ministry

• Catching the Hywl

• How VBS Helps More Than Just Kids

• Do You Feel Overshadowed in Ministry?

• Why Giving Thanks Prepares You for What’s Next

• Three Pain Points of Small Town Ministry

• Your Ministry Will Outlast You

• Strangers in a Small Church: Responding to Visitors in an Age of Violence

• How Not to Use Texting in Ministry

• 3 Reminders You Are Not in Control of Your Ministry

• Is Your Church Burying the Gospel?

• God Provides Through the Miraculous and the Mundane

• How to Drive Home the Right Sermon Points

• When the Numbers Don’t Add Up – Pastoral Math

• Are You Exploiting Your Church?

• Your Greatest Ministry Saboteur

• When You’re Discontent With Your Ministry Assignment

• Why Stay at a Church That Hurts?

• Don’t Use a Sword When a Trowel Will Do

• Good Leadership Creates Problems

• Unity Is a Command

• 3 Ways Pastors Can Make Ministry Harder Than It Already Is

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Baptist Press

• Step Up to the Mic!

• The SBC This Week

• The Pastor as Archeologist

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Open Windows Devotional

• Winter 2019