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"Life is busy, but overall, it’s pretty good. My job is going well. Kids are great. My marriage is pretty much dead.“

If you are a pastor, you need some kind of accountability. Someone to walk with you as a pastor. You know it. You also need friends, people who care for you, shepherd you and walk with you and your wife.

"Since we are called to follow Jesus, it should be our goal to be a friend of sinners as well."

St. Paul made a hard decision: he chose to send away his one friend and companion in his own moment of difficulty. He chose to be alone, and to cut himself off from a lifeline of material, social, and emotional support

Tolerance that tolerates only people who think like us is not tolerance. It is covert prejudice, scorn with a mask of niceness.

What does the process of redemption and restoration look like for a person scarred by a past that includes multiple sex partners and abortions?

Many church staffs have a performance-oriented driven-ness that is hard to quiet. There is a longing for more, but more of what?

It's a privilege to plant seeds for missions into this young person's heart. What should you tell him?