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Dave Zuleger

Dave Zuleger serves as pastor for preaching and vision at South Cities Church in Lakeville, Minnesota, and graduated from Bethlehem College and Seminary. He and his wife, Kelly, have four children.

Partnering with People in Their Pain

Partnering with People in Their Pain

My sweet wife has struggled with chronic pain just about every day for almost three and a half years. As it became clear that this could be a long-term struggle for her, I was struggling myself with how to walk…

A Hope Greater Than Healing

A Hope Greater Than Healing

In your neighborhood, across our nation, and around the globe, the world we live in is broken and futile in all kinds of ways.

When Worship Is Our Lifeline

When Worship Is Our Lifeline

Of all the ways we might provide a biblical basis for corporate worship, there is one that has risen to the top for me as a pastor in the nitty-gritty trenches of everyday ministry. It has become so obvious to…

God Brings Us Suffering for Others’ Sake

God Brings Us Suffering for Others’ Sake

God works all things for the good of those who love him. One way he works for us is to comfort us in suffering, so that we will be able to comfort others. Therefore, we must be ready share our comfort in the midst of suffering because God’s glory is at stake and because the sufferers are many.

Can a Good God Bring Pain?

Can a Good God Bring Pain?

Do you believe that God can author pain or suffering in your life for your good? Could affliction, from a larger, longer perspective, be a carefully, lovingly chosen method for blessing? Some say absolutely not. If our heavenly Father brings…

The Lasting Pain of Quick Fixes

The Lasting Pain of Quick Fixes

Many people do not grasp the distinctions between different types of pain, and so they fail to treat the pain correctly. Spiritually, attempts at quick fixes to chronic conditions can sadly produce deeper pain, deeper guilt, and a lingering sense that we aren’t doing enough to appease God.

Grace Turns Giving Upside Down

Grace Turns Giving Upside Down

Building God into Your Budget

God loves cheerful giving and will give more to cheerful givers so that they can give more away. We give more to give more.

12 Promises for Perseverance in Bible Reading

12 Promises for Perseverance in Bible Reading

Many Christians begin another year with fresh energy and resolve to read their Bibles. Here are twelves promises to keep you reading all year long.

Does Same-Sex Attraction Disqualify Someone from Ministry?

Does Same-Sex Attraction Disqualify Someone from Ministry?

The Bible does not disqualify the same-sex attracted from the ministry. Will you?

Five Ways God Relates to You

Five Ways God Relates to You

Every healthy relationship requires regular rhythms of communication and affection. We need to reminded of the love and security we enjoy with God. Here are five ways he cares for you.

Beware the Busyness of Summer Break

Beware the Busyness of Summer Break

We all look forward to summer break, but many of us fill it too much to enjoy it, and we miss out on more of God in the process.

The Best Friends Are Born for Adversity

The Best Friends Are Born for Adversity

No one is okay on their own. We all need blood-bought brothers and sisters born for adversity, friends ready to take on every trial and hardship with us.

New Mercies Every Morning

New Mercies Every Morning

Every day brings new burdens to bear. Fortunately, it also brings new mercy and grace. Here are three ways to fight fear and anxiety with faith.

Don’t Trade Away God’s Help Today

Don’t Trade Away God’s Help Today

When life gets busy, prayer is often the first thing to go. We far too easily set aside the greatest power and privilege any person has ever known.

Two Lies Satan Tells Us in Suffering

Two Lies Satan Tells Us in Suffering

Satan loves to whisper two lies in our suffering: God doesn’t care about you, and your comfort now is what matters most.

Uncertain but Unshaken: Four Anchors for the Waves You Face

Uncertain but Unshaken

Four Anchors for the Waves You Face

When the waves of life threaten to drown us, God reminds us that he is our protection, our pleasure, and our power, all for his glory.

Eat and Drink with Jesus

Eat and Drink with Jesus

Enjoying Our Lord at His Table

At the Lord’s Table, we meet with Christ, link arms as his family, and walk forward together toward eternal glory in the strength he supplies.

Well Pleased with Weakness

Well Pleased with Weakness

The world hides its weakness. The Christian boasts in it. In Christ, we can be weak, knowing that the Lord’s power is made perfect in our weaknesses.

When You Can’t Hear God, Keep Talking to Him

When You Can’t Hear God, Keep Talking to Him

When it feels like you’re “sorrowful and barely rejoicing,” lay aside the weight of “getting it together.” Bring all your pains and troubles to the God who loves to listen.

When You Do Not Know What to Do

When You Do Not Know What to Do

When you do not know what to do next, resist the impulse to take things into your hands, and lift your hands instead to God.

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