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Does God Just Want Any Sort of Obedience?

Posted in Church, Theology on May 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Tullian T.: …many Christians think God cares only that we obey. In fact, many believe that it is even more honorable-and therefore more righteous-when we obey God against all desire to obey him. Where did we get the idea that if we do what God tells us to do even though “our hearts are far [...]

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Carl Trueman Interviews J. I. Packer

Posted in Church, Theology on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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Most Churches Don’t Really Have a Culture of Leadership Development

Posted in Church, Leadership/Management, Theology on May 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Mike Breen: Leadership is one of the most over-used and overwrought topics in Christian ministry today. Yet for all the books, blogs and conferences, there are two staggering realities we must come to grips with: First, while most churches believe they have leadership development programs, in actuality they have programs that recruit and train volunteers. [...]

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Making Disciples is Not Just for Super Christians

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Church, Theology on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Nathan Creitz: Not everyone is a “Super Christian.” We don’t all have stories of how we glanced at the stranger seated next to us on the plane and led them to Jesus right there on the spot. Most of us are probably missing about 9 out of every 10 opportunities we have to share the [...]

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Aren’t You Being Intolerant?

Posted in Church, Theology on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

How can we answer people when they say that we are intolerant? Check out some good advice given by author Greg Koukl:

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Hypocritical Leadership

Posted in Church, Leadership/Management on May 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Tim Keller: Perhaps the greatest dilemma of the pastor – or any Christian leader – is the danger of hypocrisy. By this I mean that, unlike other professionals, we as ministers are expected to proclaim God’s goodness and to provide encouragement at all times. We are always pointing people toward God in one way or [...]

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Sometimes It’s So Hard To Go To Church

Posted in Church on May 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Stephen Altrogge recently wrote a great blog post: Let’s face it folks: sometimes it ain’t easy going to church. Church can be really messy, sticky, frustrating business sometimes. There’s that friend of yours who has really been ticking you off lately. He keeps making comments on your Facebook wall that are so irritating! And if [...]

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The 10 Warning Signs of an Inwardly Obsessed Church

Posted in Church on May 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Thom Rainer writes: Worship wars. One or more factions in the church want the music just the way they like it. Any deviation is met with anger and demands for change. The order of service must remain constant. Certain instrumentation is required while others are prohibited. Prolonged minutia meetings. The church spends an inordinate amount of time [...]

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Free AudioBook of the Month

Posted in Books, Church on May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

ChristianAudio is offering Ken Sande’s Resolving Everyday Conflict free this month.

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How We Grow

Posted in Church, Theology on April 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Timmy Brister writes: Growing up, I was trained to think the way Christians grow is from experience to experience. Church services were the weekly “experiences” intended to give you the fuel you need to “make it through the week.” Youth camps where the “mountain top” experience where you “rededicated” your life to live more wholeheartedly [...]

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