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Why Is It That Christians Don’t Want to Grow Up?
This was a question posed on a paper from a student in my Hebrews class. The passage was Heb. 5:11-14. What a great question. We could blame pastors or the church. That’s the easy target. And it’s not...
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What Are You Doing Pastor? Growing the Church
So what exactly is the job of a “pastor”? It would seem it is about the formation of God’s people and not about the gathering of people (God’s or otherwise). The call to serve the Church by serving a...
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Long Distance Mentors
I have a few mentors that I can meet in person. Others have mentored me from a distance and through their writing. One of the great “long distance” mentors in my life has been Dallas Willard. The...
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Are you dwelling in the knowledge of Christ?
Remembering some great quotes from Dallas Willard, I ran across this one from his book, Knowing Christ Today. Whatever your situation, there is nothing more important on earth than to dwell in the...
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Let’s Be Honest
Mark Driscoll (pastor of Mar’s Hill – Seattle) just blogged a reply to the question “Do you think it’s wise to take up a pastoral position at a church with which you differ on a few doctrines but agree...
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Being the Least
My local fellowship has been traversing the landscape of Matthew’s account of Jesus and yesterday we were called to account for the “least” (Matthew 18:1-20). The “kingdom of heaven”, after all,...
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Imitating Christ in our pastoring
Jason B. Hood’s book, Imitating God in Christ: Recapturing a Biblical Pattern is well worth your time. Hood’s contention is we need to pick up the model of imitation once again. We are best served...
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How much is too much?
“Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will be.” (Matt. 6:21, NLT) I am not good at all when it comes to criticizing or holding back criticism of ministries or ministers that I...
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Gauge Your Success
We’ve tried to stress getting away from a pure “numbers” issue when it comes to success. Urban or rural, I think we need better markers to evaluate true long-term success of ministry. What are YOUR...
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Be Yourself But Better
This is a quip I have often told my preaching students, “Be yourself, but better!” The old wisdom was “Be yourself” but as far as I’m concerned we all need improving. If we were to just “be ourselves”...
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