Chuck Lawless

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  Nov 9, 2025

  10 things I wish I knew when I started ministry at age 20

  I started in full-time ministry at age 20 — not much different from where my students are now. Here are some things I wish I’d known when I was their age.

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  Aug 31, 2025

  Things I didn’t know the first time I ever attended church

  I knew nothing about church, but God reached me in the midst of my church ignorance.

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  May 25, 2025

  5 reasons many church leaders are workaholics

  I write this post as a confession and a request for prayer.

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  Mar 16, 2025

  When ministry unexpectedly hurts

  Sometimes doing God’s will still hurts. What do you do when that happens?

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  Mar 9, 2025

  7 reasons even pastors don’t pray like they should

  I wish I could say that every local church pastor is a great prayer warrior — but multiple studies over the years have shown that’s not the case.

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  Jan 19, 2025

  When waiting on God is really hard

  God listened to my prayers for 47 years before He answered them. 

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  Dec 15, 2024

  Why I started studying spiritual warfare: Domestic abuse in childhood

   When you know a very real spiritual enemy wants to deceive, distract, and destroy you and your family, you’ll pray more.

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  Sep 1, 2024

  Reflections 50 years after my baptism as a believer

  One week prior to my baptism, God made me His child when I gave my life to Him the best way I knew how as a 13-year-old.

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  Jul 21, 2024

  The wisest thing I ever heard a student say

  For young pastors in the class who aspired for more recognition, the words challenged them at a heart level.

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  Apr 21, 2024

  12 things I would do differently if I were starting ministry again

  This month, I celebrated 43 years in full-time ministry. It’s hard to believe I’ve been at this work that long — maybe because most of the years have been great joys. Here are some things I would do differently, though, if I were starting again