by Matt Dirks | Jan 4, 2023 | Ask Pastor Matt
My first ministry internship was at a large church with a popular radio preacher where we ran out of seats in the auditorium every Sunday. There was no evangelism happening. Where would we put more people? Our church’s relationship with our neighborhood was...
by Matt Dirks | Dec 21, 2022 | Ask Pastor Matt
Christmas is when we come together with our family to be reminded just how weird our family really is. There’s always the uncle who makes offensive comments. The auntie who kisses you a little too long. The distant cousin whose style changes radically every time...
by Matt Dirks | Dec 15, 2022 | Ask Pastor Matt
I’ve got plenty of sins to deal with, but unforgiveness has never really been a problem for me. Most of that is due to my short memory: I can’t hold a grudge against you if I can’t remember why I was mad at you in the first place. Once or twice in my...
by Matt Dirks | Nov 30, 2022 | Ask Pastor Matt
I get some version of this question all the time (“Why don’t you talk about ______ more?”), and I answered it here. Short answer: It might always seem like we’re not emphasizing something enough (and the thing will be different for each person), but that’s so we can...
by Matt Dirks | Nov 23, 2022 | Ask Pastor Matt
God loves it when different churches partner together. He created members of the body differently to serve different functions, and the same can be said of churches. When we leverage the different strengths of different churches, we’re all strengthened. We’re better...
