Bait-and-switch disciple-making is a failure …
“I knew it was too good to be true!” is something most of us have said at some time in our lives, often after someone has pulled […]
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Jun
2013
Articles by Dr. James Scott, Jr.
Scott Free Clinic Blog
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Jun
2013
Playing spiritual cop will cause you to miss the mark …
In 1992, a Los Angeles County parking control officer spotted a brown El Dorado Cadillac illegally parked next to the curb on street-sweeping day. The officer dutifully […]
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Jun
2013
Kind of like sweating Gatorade …
Several years ago, Gatorade featured basketball legend Michael Jordan in an ad that showed him covered in orange drops of sweat. The image suggested Jordan is so […]
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Jun
2013
You might want to stand up for this …
If you want to conduct a meeting that is concise, short, productive, and doesn’t wander from a focused topic, try holding a “stand-up” meeting. This kind of […]
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Jun
2013
What could happen if …
Revival had started to break out in the Scottish Hebrides in 1949 before Duncan Campbell (pictured above) arrived there. But the ladies who had prayed for revival, […]
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Jun
2013
Looking good doesn’t mean you are …
Yesterday, a Facebook friend posted the picture of Dragon Castle in Schloss Drachenburg, Germany that is shown above. Beneath the photo was her comment, “Wow! Wonder what […]
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Jun
2013
Tell them His name!
Talking about a friend of his, Paul Newsham once told a story that relates how the Holy Spirit keeps a testimony in different cultures. A missionary went […]
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Jun
2013
Nothing left over …
Why does the church seem to be so impotent in our culture? Perhaps one reason is similar to the problem folklore tells us Mark Twain occasionally suffered […]
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Jun
2013
Getting real about who your friends are …
In the church — especially among church planters — and in business, there’s a well-known phrase that provides good guidance, which simply says: “Go with the go-ers.” […]
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Jun
2013
It’s not as easy as some parents think …
‘Tis the season for graduations. Parents are flooding their social media sites of their children posing in cap and gown as mom and dad stand next to […]