This is one fire you want to stoke …
What was the power that fueled the apostles, transforming them from timid men to bold and courageous examples of faith? What was the power behind the birth […]
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Jun
2013
Blog Tag
Church
09
Jun
2013
What would YOUR neighbors say?
In Luke 9:18 we read, “One day Jesus left the crowds to pray alone. Only his disciples were with him, and he asked them, ‘Who do people […]
05
Jun
2013
A tale of two resorts …
Consider this tale of two resorts … My vacation to Jamaica wasn’t at one of the large, posh resorts you often hear about. Instead, I stayed at […]
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May
2013
What’s so important about the Gospel?
Two kinds of rhetorical questions for consideration, one for preachers and one for Christians who are not preachers vocationally: Which would you rather hear preached: how to […]
26
May
2013
Who is really the worship leader here?
Do you know who the worship leader is at your church? No, it isn’t the guy in skinny jeans and funky shirt trying to look uber cool […]
08
May
2013
You cannot make a difference without being different …
That truth from pastor Alistair Begg is opposite of what we have heard from too many pastors for far too long. Embracing culture instead of engaging it, […]
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Apr
2013
The wonderful world of Disn … oops, uh … church …
Why is it that one of the most profound absences in many churches is the great scarcity of disciple-making disciples? Why is it that more church congregations […]
18
Apr
2013
Make leaders, or make disciples?
While visiting a Swiss town, an American businessman watched a man painstakingly carving the casing for one of the fine, hand-crafted cuckoo clocks made in that region. […]
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Apr
2013
Evil is ugly, but it shouldn’t surprise us …
Yesterday, once again, the peace of our nation was pierced by the ugliness of evil. Some of the responses of people across the country were quite understandable […]
02
Apr
2013
It’s not just common folk God uses in big ways …
A common message we hear from Bible teachers is that God uses the least likely, most common among us to do some of the greatest things. There’s […]