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Category Archives: Church Leadership
An excellet article!
I’ve learned a lot about grief. I have seen how it attacks meaning and motivation. Grief creeps up and seizes a moment, an hour, an afternoon. I think it’s going to be like this for a while. Continue reading
Posted in Church Leadership, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Loss, Qualifications for leadership, Suffering, Trials
Tagged Hardships, Leadership, Loss, Trials
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Lord, help us be united
Unity is challenging because the relationships in the church are not to be superficial or casual. The picture of life together for those who follow Christ is … Continue reading
Posted in attitudes of unity, Church Leadership, Community, Emerging Leaders, Leadership, Local Church, Qualifications for leadership, Small Group leaders, Testimony, Unity, Walking with God, Wisdom, Witness
Tagged Church growth, church leaders, Church Membership, Church unity, Debatable matters, local church life, unity, Unity in the Church
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Prayer, testimonies, and hearing from God
Words of caution for the journey. Continue reading
A closer look at Colossians 3:11-14
Among those who have been forgiven through Jesus Christ, a new identity has been formed — one that overcomes differences that separate people from each other. Our new identity also transforms the way we relate to and respond to other people. Continue reading
Posted in Attitude, attitudes of unity, Church, Church growth, Church Leadership, Church membership, Conflict, Disciple-making, Discipleship, elders in the Church, Local Church, Spiritual transformation, Unity, Wisdom
Tagged Church unity, Colossians 3, small group study, Spiritual change
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Our Mission
The zeal of God’s people is this—that without exception (every knee and every tongue)should acknowledge the supreme honor given to Jesus. Continue reading
Unfortunate debate over Romans 9-11
I wrote this because of the temptation to focus so much on debated doctrines in Romans 9-11 that we miss the need to humbly worship the God who is revealed so amazingly in these chapters.
I also see an urgency to place the chapters in the larger context of… Continue reading
Posted in attitudes of unity, Book of Romans, Church, Church Leadership, Church membership, Community, Doctrine of election, elders in the Church, Elect, Gospel, Gospel-centered, Local Church, Reformed Theology, Romans, Salvation, Unity
Tagged Book of Romans, Church unity, Doctrine of election, Predestination, Reformed Theology, Romans 9-11, Unity in the Church, unity in the gospel
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Five-fold path to spiritual renewal
Five commands to help shake off spiritual indifference and hypocrisy. Continue reading
The hypocritical dead Church, pt. 1
You have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. Continue reading
Posted in Church, Church building, Church growth, Church history, Church Leadership, Church membership, elders in the Church, Emergent Church, Local Church, Market-Driven Churches, Mega Church, Revelation 2-3, Seven Churches
Tagged 3, Church growth, Revelation 2, Seeker Churches, Seven Churches
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Friendship between the friends of Jesus of Nazareth
How can God entrust great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things? Continue reading
Encountering God in Church
Do we want people walking out of Church saying, “That was pretty cool.” or “It didn’t even feel like Church”? Continue reading