Pastors

Dig deeper into Scripture with these blog posts and articles curated for pastors. Gain meaningful insights to share with your congregation members.

  • How Christ’s Resurrection Changes Everything

    How Christ’s Resurrection Changes Everything

    The bodily resurrection of Jesus is central to the understanding of the Gospel of John. The comfort that Jesus offers twenty-first-century Christians is rooted in His first-century words...

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  • Philippians: An Overview

    Philippians: An Overview

    On the edge of the Datos plain, about six miles from the Aegean Sea, Greek colonists founded the city of Philippi in 356 BC. Philip II of Macedon soon took the city and named it after...

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  • Why Fellowship Matters more than Friendship #christianity #fellowship #baptism #holycommunion0:36

    Why Fellowship Matters more than Friendship #christianity #fellowship #baptism #holycommunion

    Pastor Matt Richard explains why fellowship through Christ matters much more than friendships and social relationships. Learn more in his book Will the Real Church Please Stand Up?

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  • Jesus' Love is Greater than Your Struggle #christ #encouragement #jesus #hope0:48

    Jesus' Love is Greater than Your Struggle #christ #encouragement #jesus #hope

    Doubting your worth? Wondering if you really matter to God? Pastor Andy Jones shares a powerful reminder of all that Jesus has done for our salvation. Learn more about finding hope and truth in God's

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  • What does it look like to be a man of God? #christianmen #virtues #holyspirit0:49

    What does it look like to be a man of God? #christianmen #virtues #holyspirit

    Pastor Mike Newman shares his thoughts on on young men can grow up to become Godly men by the power of the Holy Spirit. Learn more in his book: Faith Notes for Young Men https://www.cph.org/faith-not

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  • Is the Great Commission a command or a promise? #matthew28 #jesus #gospeltruth0:37

    Is the Great Commission a command or a promise? #matthew28 #jesus #gospeltruth

    Pastor Daniel Voth breaks down Jesus' words from Matthew 28 and reveals the Gospel promises that are often overlooked. Learn more in Pastor Voth's Book: Clarifying the Great Commission: Jesus’ Partin

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  • The Great Commission Explained1:18

    The Great Commission Explained

    What did Jesus really mean when He commanded His disciples to go and make disciples of all nations? Pastor Daniel Voth explains how there is so much more to Jesus' final words than a command to go on

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  • Ephesians: An Overview

    Ephesians: An Overview

    The mountain chains of western Asia Minor reach for the Aegean Sea. Where the Ayden range points finger-like toward the island of Samos and the Cayster River flows into the Sea, Ionian...

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  • Matthias Flacius and His Contributions to Protestant Teachings

    Matthias Flacius and His Contributions to Protestant Teachings

    This blog post is adapted from Life Under the Cross: A Biography of the Reformer Matthias Flacius Illyricus.

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  • Church Budgeting Efficiency: How to Do More with Limited Resources

    Church Budgeting Efficiency: How to Do More with Limited Resources

    No matter what time in your church’s fiscal year it is, if you’re a pastor, office manager, or treasurer looking for effective church budgeting tips, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll...

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  • Galatians: An Overview

    Galatians: An Overview

    The Taurus Mountains of south central Asia Minor form the southern rim of a great basin in which one finds the central Anatolian steppe. Grass, shrubs, and salty lakes fill this dry,...

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  • Digging Deeper into Scripture: Luke 3:15–22

    Digging Deeper into Scripture: Luke 3:15–22

    I was a kid in the late seventies and the early eighties. At the time, Sears was a popular department store. This long-standing company sold a brand of children’s pants called...

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  • Evangelical Lutheran Homiletics | Rev. Isaac Johnson33:49

    Evangelical Lutheran Homiletics | Rev. Isaac Johnson

    On this episode of The Concordia Publishing House Podcast, we take a look at the history and legacy of Lutheran homiletics with guest Pastor Isaac Johnson. Isaac is the translator of Reinhold Pieper's

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  • The Gospel Assumed Is the Gospel Denied

    The Gospel Assumed Is the Gospel Denied

    This blog is excerpted from an article by Herbet C. Mueller Jr., published in a previous edition of Concordia Pulpit Resources.

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  • 2 Corinthians: An Overview

    2 Corinthians: An Overview

    The surpassing value of 2 Corinthians is the opportunity it gives us to view the great care—through both Law and Gospel—that Paul and his colleagues provided to a wayward congregation. We...

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  • Uncovering Jesus' Teachings through Biblical Meals1:21

    Uncovering Jesus' Teachings through Biblical Meals

    Although meals today may be little more than fuel for our next activity, meals in Jesus' day were opportunities to share much more than food. In his new book, Pastor Kristopher Whitby explores how tur

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  • Understanding Christian Marriage2:51

    Understanding Christian Marriage

    How is the relationship between Jesus Christ and the Church the model we are to follow in marriage? Pastor David Shadday explores Scripture to answer this in his new, eight-session Bible study Reclai

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  • What the Old Testament Teaches About Vocation

    What the Old Testament Teaches About Vocation

    There are plenty of places in the Bible to turn to when you need guidance. While the New Testament is filled with Christ’s parables that offer strong advice, the Old Testament is also...

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  • Digging Deeper into Scripture: Luke 7:18–28

    Digging Deeper into Scripture: Luke 7:18–28

    Visiting the homebound, the hospitalized, those living in nursing homes, and the imprisoned is a privilege and a joy. Those in such circumstances are welcoming and happy to receive...

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  • 1 Corinthians: An Overview

    1 Corinthians: An Overview

    Waves of the Aegean Sea lap the north shore of the Saronic Gulf in southeastern Greece. From Athens on the east end of the gulf to Cenchreae on the west, the apostle Paul had a 65-mile...

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