Keeping people OUT of your marriage …
Marriage is a covenant relationship between a man, a woman, and God. Those are the only three people in the marriage covenant, yet by the way some […]
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May
2014
Articles by Dr. James Scott, Jr.
Scott Free Clinic Blog
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May
2014
Is obedience important?
If you want God’s blessing on and in your life, you have to obey Him. Bil Keane, creator of the Family Circus cartoon strip, told of a […]
15
May
2014
BOOK REVIEW: A moving story worth reading …
I’ve said several times that everyone has a story, but not every story should become a book. Tricia Lott Williford has a story, and fortunately it has […]
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May
2014
Setting the right goal …
The philosophy of the positive-thinking, motivational speaker crowd has so infiltrated the church we’ve adopted a lot of their platitudes and language. For example, a lot of […]
12
May
2014
Mix it up, because it all matters …
We can be quick to minimize our means of serving others. We’re fast to find the least we can do and then take credit for having done […]
08
May
2014
How to do ministry better in the 21st century …
Some guys get loud — even downright rude — in trying to defend their common practice of looking to business leaders and business models to inform them […]
08
May
2014
BOOK REVIEW: Worst book I’ve read on men’s ministry …
“Building A Ministry Of Spiritual Mentoring” by Jim Grassi (published by Thomas Nelson) is the worst book I’ve read on the subject of building a men’s ministry. […]
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May
2014
The blonde who was stopping traffic …
I’m sitting in Starbucks trying to get some work done. As I’m busy thinking, I glance out the window and see a young man in a car […]
05
May
2014
Do you really want to die like an amoeba?
John Ortberg wrote the following in his book, “If You Want To Walk On Water, You’ve Got To Get Out Of The Boat”: Too much comfort is […]
03
May
2014
Leaders need to have management skills …
There’s a ton of junk being passed off as leadership wisdom in conferences pastors and other church leaders attend. One of the biggest falsehoods so easily embraced […]