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The Problem with Pizzazz – Interview with Chuck Swindoll
Has entertainment replaced Scripture as the center of our worship? A Leadership Journal interview with Chuck Swindoll. A survey in 2009 asked pastors to identify the most influential living preacher. Chuck Swindoll came in second only to Billy Graham. How does one use that kind of cachet? Apparently to call the church back from its captivity…
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Stand Alone Post: Theologically Profound and Hope-Filled Quotes on “The Cross of Christ”
“For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” (1 Corinthians 2:2 ESV). As we approach Good Friday and then Resurrection Sunday in a few days, I thought I would pass along to you some of the “best of the best” quotes that I have come across recently on the…
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Stand Alone Post: Halftime – Clearing Up Confusion, Moving Ahead
So far in my series entitled “What I Wish (as a Pastor) that I had Known, Understood, Believed and Lived 30 Years Ago,” we have covered SIX of the TWELVE “lessons” in the series. One of my long time pastor friends from North Carolina was kind enough to remind me that it has been a…
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Lesson #6: What I Wish (as a Pastor) that I had Known, Understood, Believed and Lived 30 years ago
Subtitle: “The importance of your daily habits.” This week, we continue with Lesson #6 in the series “What I Wish (as a Pastor) that I had Known, Understood, Believed and Lived 30 Years Ago.” Here is Lesson Number 6: The daily habits of your life will be one of the greatest single factors in your…
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Stand Alone Post: “The Hole in our Holiness” & Reviews of Rob Bell’s “Love Wins”
One of the young pastors that I enjoy reading on a regular basis is Kevin DeYoung. Kevin is an accomplished author and speaker (only in his late 30’s, maybe early 40’s at most). I find that he has a great deal of wisdom and insight on everything from theology to church ministry to Christian living…
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Stand Alone Post: Read through Desiring God with John Piper!
Beginning Thursday, March 31, 2011 from 12:00-1:00 PM (EST) John Piper will be hosting a series of five interactive roundtable discussions with the guys at Bethlehem College and Seminary based on his book Desiring God. And they will be live-streaming it on the web. This is a great opportunity to reacquaint yourself with Desiring God, or to read it…
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Lesson #3d: What I Wish (as a Pastor) that I had Known, Understood, Believed and Lived 30 years ago
Subtitle: “The dangerous draw of pragmatism.” This week, we continue with our focus on where we derive our primary identity from…our ministry or from Christ. Last week we looked at the first two “dashboard lights” that signal that our identity is being derived from our ministry rather than from Christ. Today we look at numbers…
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Lesson #3b: What I Wish (as a Pastor) that I had Known, Understood, Believed and Lived 30 years ago
Subtitle: “Who or what defines your identity (who you are)?” This week we continue with our focus on where we derive our primary identity from…our ministry or from Christ. Number 3: Your identity is defined by your relationship with Jesus…not by your ministry! Where we derive our primary identity from will have a profound impact…
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Stand Alone Post: Tears of the Saints
I wanted to share two incredibly powerful and excellent ministry-related resources with you today from the historic Lausanne Congress that just wrapped up last weekend in Cape Town, South Africa. The first is a heart-grabbing, tear-producing video entitled “The Tears of the Saints” relating the latest statistics on the needs in our world today. I would encourage…
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Stand Alone Post: Think – The Life of the Mind and the Love of God
This past weekend I had the privilege of participating in the 2010 Desiring God National Conference in Minneapolis, MN. The theme for this year’s conference was: “Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God.” The speakers this year ranged from… Francis Chan R.C. Sproul R. Albert Mohler, Jr. Rick Warren Randy Alcorn…