What To Look For When Hiring A Pastor

by Jack Wellman
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If your church is hiring a new pastor, here are important attributes the church should be looking for. Humility I’ve sat on a few pulpit search committees before, so if your church is hiring a new pastor, here’s what the church should be looking for. I think the attribute that may be most important is […]

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How To Find God’s Purpose For Your Life

by Jack Wellman
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Have you ever wondered why God created you? Well, God created you for several purposes, and here are just a few of them. Glorifying God I believe the greatest purpose God created us for was to give Him glory; or to glorify God. How do we do that? We can do that by living holy […]

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What Is The Last Day Or Last Great Day Of The Feast?

by Jack Wellman
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The very last Jewish festival or feast day is the Last Great Day, so what does that have to do with Christians? The Last Day The very last Jewish festival or feast day is the Last Great Day, so what does that have to do with Christians? So what is the feast day all about? […]

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What Makes Jesus So Different From Other Religious Leaders?

by Jack Wellman
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What makes Jesus so different from all the other religious leaders in history? Where you spend eternity depends on you knowing the difference. His Resurrection Is there really any evidence for Jesus Christ’s resurrection? Paul says the gospel is “of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with […]

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What Was God’s Purpose For Calling You?

by Jack Wellman
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Have you ever asked yourself why God called you? What’s your purpose for being created by God? God Calls the Least If you came upon the story of Gideon, who was hiding in a winepress trying to thresh out some barley so that the starving Israelites could eat something, he would be the last person […]

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How To Have Joy In Your Christian Life

by Jack Wellman
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How can you have joy in your life, even when the bad times come? Happiness of the World Joy is never found in things or in the people of this world, but in a Person, and that is Jesus Christ. When we trust in Christ, we can finally rest in the sovereignty of God, and […]

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Why Jesus Is Our Only Hope In These Perilous Times

by Jack Wellman
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Looking at the world from a human standpoint, it’s hard to have much hope about the future, but believers can rest in the hope we have in God during these perilous times. No Hope without Christ Looking at the world from a human standpoint, it’s hard to have much hope about the future, but believers […]

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Should Christians Debate Over Differing Views Of Doctrine?

by Jack Wellman
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There is something to be said about searching for biblical truth, but what happens when there are differences between Christians over non-essential biblical doctrine? Non-Essentials Clearly, there is something to be said about searching for biblical truth, but what happens when there are differences between Christians over non-essential biblical doctrine? One example would be the […]

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How Tests And Trials Separate The Chaff From The Wheat

by Jack Wellman
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Trials and tests come into everyone’s life, but for those who profess Christ, tests and trials can separate the chaff from the wheat. Tests A faith that’s not tested is a faith that’s not trusted. We test drive cars, we try out sunglasses, and generally look over a product before buying it, and so God […]

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How Persecution Can Help Your Church Grow

by Jack Wellman
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Most people try to avoid persecution, but persecution actually grows the church. Here’s how. Evangelize or Fossilize Most of us try to avoid being persecuted, but persecution is actually good and it can cause the church to grow. First of all, the New Testament church was an evangelizing church. They went out into the world […]

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