Category: Pastors and Church leaders
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For the record
But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. – Galatians 1:8 I’ve noticed a frightening thing in church culture lately: A failure to communicate the essentials of the gospel message. Although I trust that God can…
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Mountain Climbers: A parable.
Once upon a time, in a community just like yours, there was a mountaineering club. Their goal was threefold: 1) To get more people interested in climbing mountains and in joining the club. 2) To train those people up to be great climbers 3) To send them out on expeditions to climb uncharted mountain ranges…
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if your gonna be great
And the LORD said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me. – Judges 7:2 Here is a principle that you can take to the bank: If…
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living in the overflow
I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. John 15: 5 “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” John 7:38 How…
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go!
“Every Christian is either a missionary or an imposter.” – Charles Spurgeon I was reading this afternoon about a church mission trip in a foreign city this past week. The group did all sorts of great stuff — taking time to talk to people on the street, getting to know store owners and business people.…
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Convenience versus Compassion
And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things. Mark 6:34 Jesus was moved with and operated in compassion. That was his mode. This unfortunately is in opposition to the…
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suggestions
For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God. Acts 20:27 ——— This verse along with many others in the New Testament sets the standard for Biblical, New Testament preaching. Simply put — sermons are not suggestions. This is a word specifically to pastors and those who teach the…
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miracles
This is my lovely little daughter Gemma at one of her favorite past-times — ice cream. As I was putting her to bed last night — we were discussing the Bible story we had just read, about Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. And she asked this all important question: “Does God still do miracles?”…
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“Great arguments aren’t enough — we need power“. – Brian Brodersen.
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Getting outside of the Box
I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. I Corinthians 9:22 This is my box (a parable) In it is contained the way that God works (or at least the way He should work). In this box, there are all the methods that must be used if…
Invited & Called 