
An ENTJ is someone who is: Extroverted: Gets energized by spending time around people. INtuituve: Focuses on ideas and concepts as opposed to facts and processes. Thinking: Makes decisions based on logic and strategic thinking. Judging: Prefers structure and order. Of all the personality types, the ENTJ is most suited for leadership. When it comes…

The Christian faith stands or falls on Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection. These two historical events are foundational to understanding God’s forgiveness, eternal life, and the hope we have in Christ. And if they didn’t happen, the faith falls apart. When discussing the resurrection, the apostle Paul drives this point home: But if it is preached…

In the second chapter of Revelation, Jesus addresses the church of Ephesus. He congratulates them for their discernment with leaders and the way they’ve endured hardships, but then He says these words, “Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first” (Revelation 2:4). The danger isn’t that we simply…

When life is good, it’s easy to trust that God is in control. But when it seems like everything around you is falling apart, trust becomes more challenging. Jesus tells us to come to Him when we are weary (Matthew 11:28-30), but what about when we feel completely broken? Paul says not to be anxious…

We all need encouragement. We all go through struggles and find ourselves in situations where we just need to be inspired and uplifted. And Scripture is full of powerful encouragements that can raise our spirits and compel us to keep going. We’ve pulled together 20 inspiring passages to meditate upon. It wouldn’t be a bad…

The Bible pays particular attention to names. Throughout Scripture, you discover that names hold significant value and meaning. They tell us something specific about someone’s character. We see this when God changes the name of that swindler, Jacob to Israel (one who contends with God). And in the New Testament, we see it when Jesus…

Other than Jesus, there probably isn’t a character in the Gospels that has captured the attention (and imagination) of people like Mary Magdalene has. Just who was this woman that shows up in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? Depending on where you look, you could end up with all sorts of fanciful answers to this…

There is no shortage of models for ministry. If you’re a pastor looking to grow in the ministry, there are so many books, workshops, and conferences available. Many of them are incredibly helpful and informative. But none of them should take the place of Jesus as a pastoral model. The word “pastor” comes from the…