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N.T. Wright – How to Study the New Testament

N.T. Wright - January 22, 2024

When we study the New Testament, we need to think about the context in which it was written. #Biblestudy #NTWright #NewTestament

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How Not to Be a Spiritual Drifter

Clint Archer - January 19, 2024

Don’t let your ego make you a spiritual drifter, unclaimed and useless to the Universal Church of Jesus Christ.

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The Hope of Heaven Fuels Life Today

Ray Hollenbach - January 19, 2024

The hope of heaven is not a destination; it’s a resource available to us now. Even in the valley of despair, a door of hope remains open, because heaven is open to us now.

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The Spiritual Wilderness Is Not a Waste—4 Reasons

Dustin Crowe - January 17, 2024

The wilderness experience pushes us to the edge of despair and giving up. We feel our limits, insufficiency and inability to deliver ourselves.

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5 Methods of Volunteer Recruitment

Church Fuel - January 17, 2024

I’ve never had a church leader come to me and say, “We have too many church volunteers.” Instead, we hear the opposite time and time again: how do we encourage volunteer recruitment?

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Why ‘Forgiveness Is a Gift You Give Yourself’ Is a Dangerous Myth

Leslie Leyland Fields - January 14, 2024

Biblical forgiveness is a gift to the offender. We release another person’s debts for their sake and for Christ’s sake. But there are myths surround forgiveness that keep us from biblical forgiveness.

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3 Reasons Churches Struggle To Empower Younger Leaders

Eric Geiger - January 14, 2024

Some churches struggle to hand significant responsibility to younger leaders, to empower younger leaders to launch new initiatives, and to joyfully allow themselves to be led by a new generation.

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5 Ways Pastors Can Help Heal the Brokenhearted in Their Care

Scott Ross - January 13, 2024

When we know we're loved by God, we can trust he is with us through any difficulty that comes our way. Here are 5 ways pastors can help those in their care experience God's love.

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How Should We Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Ray Hollenbach - January 12, 2024

How should we honor Dr. Martin Luther King? Everyone reveres the prophet after he’s dead, but will we allow his message to reach us, again, today?

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This Is Why You Don’t Put New Wine in an Old Wineskin

Clint Archer - January 11, 2024

Don’t be satisfied with the old wine of your traditions and risk refusing the new wine of Christ’s grace. If you are pertinaciously clinging to an inappropriate, legalistic tradition, there’s something you can do today: let it go!

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15 Signs of Leadership Fatigue

Chuck Lawless - January 10, 2024

The longer the social upheavals of our time rage on, the more likely the possibility of leadership fatigue.

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7 Habits of Truly Joyful Pastors

Ron Edmondson - January 8, 2024

Outward pressure to “perform” is not what pastors need right now. I want to share some things I’ve observed in what I am calling truly joyful pastors.

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How to Deal With People Who Don’t Like You

C. E. Stowers - January 5, 2024

God created us to be social, and if we’re honest, all of us care if people like us. So, how do we keep from withdrawing when we have to deal with someone who doesn’t like us?

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10 Hard Lessons About Leading God’s Church – Joe McKeever

Joe McKeever - January 5, 2024

There are lessons to be learned if you are ever to do this well, and most of them are learned the hard way. When it comes to leading God's Church, your scars will attest to your education.

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4 Advantages of Advanced Planning for Sermons

Eric Geiger - January 4, 2024

Advanced planning not only helped me when I was teaching and preaching, but it also helped other facets of my church.

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3 Ways Prayer and Fasting Opens Doors

Kie Bowman - December 31, 2023

That unexpected open door led to what we commonly call Paul’s first missionary journey (Acts 13:1-4). The world was permanently changed out of that prayer and fasting in that meeting when a new door.

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10 Characteristics of Pastors Who Finished Well

Chuck Lawless - December 30, 2023

There are pastors I knew who were faithful unto death, who faithfully served God all the way to the end of their lives. Here is what set them apart.

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10 Dangerous Myths About Church Growth

Brian Orme - December 29, 2023

Have you fallen for one of these superstitious church-growth myths?

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God Sees What Is Done in Secret

Ray Hollenbach - December 29, 2023

I open the door and begin my day: “If I trust him to see what is done in secret, I will not need to be seen by men.”

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New Research for Better Preaching

Charles Stone - December 27, 2023

Jesus illustrates to us how we can best effect durable learning by better preaching. But ultimately it requires a learner’s active engagement and God’s work to effect transformation.

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