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What Is Your Value to God?

A lively illustration to bring home the point of God's love

Called to Preach, or Make Disciples?

Is the pulpit the best tool for making disciples? Jon Reid suggests not.

7 Tips for Interviewing at a New Church

Be gracious with your answers but remain firm in your convictions.

Maximize Your People for Ministry

As a leader, you’re responsible for helping people maximize the gifts God has given them.

Piper Interviews Warren on The Purpose Driven Life

A series of interview segments between John Piper and Rick Warren.

Are You Trying to Communicate Too Many Messages?

The important messages need to be repeated often.

Driscoll: 11 Things Repentance Is Not

Mark Driscoll deals with eleven often held misconceptions about repentance.

The Power of Simple, the Peril of Simplistic

Do you know the difference between "simple" and "simplistic?"

7 Questions for Your Next Leadership Meeting

Ask these important questions at your next meeting to help your staff and ministry grow.

Want to Be a Professional Speaker? Stick to the Limit

Pastors may be the worst time offenders.

King Daughter Leaves Eddie Long's Megachurch

Bernice King, daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., removed herself from the position of elder in Long's church this week.

Most Don't Expect Doomsday Any Time Soon

Despite any popular doomsday predictions, most Americans aren't concerned that the end of the world will occur in their lifetimes.

The Hidden Power of a Smile

This Ted Talk demonstrates that a happy heart really is good medicine.

6 Elements of a Healthy Church

Tony Morgan: "These elements are critical for organizational health, but not all of them are equal."

Powerful Sympathy: Jesus Knows Our Weakness

It’s so easy to fail to sympathize with those who struggle in areas we don’t.

15 Leadership Quotes From Dan Cathy, Chick-fil-A President and COO

Yesterday I posted my list of The Top 10 Christian Leadership Blogs You Should Be Reading.  Of the 10 blogs I mentioned, the one which received the most...

Piper and Chandler on Preaching

Advising other pastors, John Piper and Matt Chandler talk about preaching, personality, and faithfulness.

Cloud of Witnesses

My review of Clouds of Witnesses by Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom has been posted on Out of Ur. I’m seated at the front of...

How to Offer Criticism: Part Four

In an attempt to encourage healthy, honest dialog, and fruitful, Christian criticism I am offering five thoughts on how to criticize well....

The Power of 1000 Nature Gods

This month I came upon an older article on the royal nature of deities in the ancient Near East: “The Concept of God/the...

‘Understanding Precedes Refutation’—Preston Sprinkle’s Exiles in Babylon Conference Is Curious

The Exiles in Babylon conference, which is an outgrowth of Preston Sprinkle's “Theology in the Raw” podcast, “aims to help believers think Christianly about theological and cultural issues by engaging in curious conversations with a diverse range of thoughtful people.”

Steve Robinson: How To Create a Culture of Service in Your...

Steve Robinson joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can foster a culture of serving in their churches, raise up new leaders, and help people discover their giftings.

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