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5 Step Process to Take a Dream to Reality

I like to see dreams and goals become reality. In my personal experience, however, and from viewing the experiences of others, most...

Fighting the Beast

Writing songs is a beast of an undertaking. Or maybe I’m just bad at it. It has been a long time since I’ve...

We Will ACTIVATE the Campus

If the first part of the 2016 Vision is about helping the individual be the church wherever they are–the second part is about...

Sunday Inspiration From The High Calling: Is There a Place for Sadness in Authentic Christianity?

I am worn out from sobbing.     All night I flood my bed with weeping,     drenching it with my tears. Psalm 6:6 I grew up in a culture,...

Over 300 Churches to Participate in Porn Sunday

This Super Bowl Sunday, many churches will be talking about...porn.

Free eBook: Morning & Evening, by Charles Spurgeon

"For thousands of Christians over the last century, Spurgeon's Morning and Evening has been a daily devotional guide through life's ups and downs."

Humbled but Not Discouraged

How can we discover our own sins and failures and not be discouraged?

The Journey of a Church Planter

"Sometimes God gets in the way to show us the way," says Mark Batterson.

Leading with a Lead Pipe

Lead people to create something for them rather than to extract something from them.

4 Essentials to a Great Sermon

Four practical suggestions to revitalize your preaching.

Piper: The Secret of Invincible Joy

Jesus revealed a secret that protects our happiness from the threat of suffering and the threat of success. That secret is this: Great...

7 Top Issues Church Planters Face, Issue #1: Leadership Development and Reproducing Culture

In my introductory post for this series, I explained the research process that informed the 7 Top Issues Planters Face. I have partnered with my...

We Will BE The Church

The 2016 Vision that we have been crafting for more than a year will be presented in its’ final form to a gathering...

Church Trends with Perry Noble

Perry Noble is the senior pastor of NewSpring Church, a multi-site church in South Carolina. He planted the church about ten years...

Popular Theories About Why Early Christians Considered Jesus Divine: Part 2

In my last post, I began considering popular theories about why the early Christians considered Jesus to be divine. The first theory pointed...

The Way a Leader is Expected to Respond…

Have you learned a valuable principle about your leadership? The way others expect you to respond often determines the way they respond to you. If they...

Does My Worship Contain Envy and Rivalry?

It is a sigh of relief to know that we don’t have to be perfect to worship God. If God required that we...

It’s No Accident You Live in This Time and Place

When the following was posted last month on the Desiring God blog, written by Michael Oh, I was very touched by it. Read...

7 Deadly Leadership Sins

We have all seen leaders make mistakes and lose their position or influence.  Often leaders can recover and become a force for good in the lives...

Is “Leadership” Biblical? A Few Reasons to Say “No.”

There’s been much ranting and raving on the inadequacies of leadership in the church. See Darryl here,  Bill Kinnon here, and the man who...

Early Christian Scripture and Ancient Codices Draw Collectors’ Eyes to Paris

Amid all the preparations to turn Paris into a venue for the Olympic Games that begin in less than 100 days, one small corner of the French capital is preparing for another modern form of competition based in antiquity: Christie's auction of early Christian texts from North Africa.

Rebecca McLaughlin on Whether Christians Can Agree To Disagree About Same-Sex...

Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can respond to common arguments that use the Bible to affirm same-sex relationships, the “why” behind God’s design for marriage, and the “beautiful and glorious vision” Christianity has for friendship.

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