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sermoncentral.com/pastors-preaching-articles/joe-mckeever-when-a-private-apology-is-not-enough This article is certainly thought provoking. I think he is saying something that at times can be important. I’d welcome a response from any of you. Pastor Frank By: Joe McKeever (JoeMcKeever.com) and SermonCentral.Com “Nothing is so lovely and so welcome and so healing in a church as for a member to go before the […]
thrivingpastor.com/remember-this-when-youre-tired-of-people-2/?refcd=518301&utm_campaign=Remember+This+When+You’re+Tired+of+People By: John McGee July 10, 2017 / Focus on the Family Have you ever been tired of people? Have you ever looked down on your Caller ID and let out a soft groan when you saw who it was? You know you’re supposed to be kind, compassionate, and helpful, but sometimes, instead of […]
By: Frank G. Tunstall Robert Hough was the first graduate of Southwestern Christian University to become a missionary. Known as “Bob” to his many friends, he moved his wife, Velda, and his daughters, Robin and Faith, into the boiling cauldron of the Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro in 1957. Cuba at the time was […]
http://charismamail.com/ga/webviews/4-669759-28-11733-12176-33297-b4e2e2e47b BY: BARRETT JOHNSON 8:30AM EDT 6/16/2017 Every imperfect and normal family wants their kids to turn out right. So, we establish goals for character development and try to create an environment where our kids can mature. Church, school, sports teams, family relationships … each of these provides a context where our kids can […]
Pastor Rick’s Ministry Toolbox <info=pastors.com@mail143.wdc02.mcdlv.net By: Rick Warren Ministry is a marathon: it’s not how you start in ministry; it’s how you finish. If you look at 2 Corinthians 4:1-18, Paul gives seven suggestions for finishing the race: Remember God’s mercy (v. 1): God has given us our ministries. We don’t have to prove our worth […]
www.logicallyfaithful.com/the-case-of-the-non-submissive-wife/ By: Professor Khaldoun A. Sweis, Ph.D. <p”>So my wife and I get into it! What a surprise. Early on in our marriage, I did what any insane, first-year married man would do, I took her to marriage counseling to fix her. What happened next was not what I expected. The marriage counselor told me […]
christianitytoday.com/pastors/2017/june-web-exclusives/success-affair.html?utm_source=leadership-tml&utm_medium=Newsletter Why do so many adulterous relationships begin when ministry is going well? By: Mike MacKenzie Jake’s father was a successful politician and his mother was a lawyer. He had a proclivity toward philosophy and music, and he looked like a rock star with his unkempt hair, flannel shirts, and tattooed forearms. While attending a […]
ChristianityToday.com cambodians-usher-in-miraculous-moment-for-christianity.html One of the great revivals of modern times is now happening in Cambodia, a 97% Buddhist nation. The church has grown from 200 Christians in the country in 1979, when the brutal Communist dictator Pol Pot lost power, to over 300,000 believers today. History holds Pol Pot responsible for the deaths of 1.5 million […]
http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2017/may/house-churches-good-or-bad.html?utm_source=edstetzer&utm_medium=Newsletter Hillsong has just released about twenty of their lyric videos to Sermon Spice. Since a growing number of our churches use lyric videos in worship, I decided to share this ad with you; it is included at the end of this article by Ed Stetzer. Dr. Stetzer will be one of the speakers at the […]
christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2017/may/1000-churches-in-your-lifetime.html Ed Stetzer will be one of the speakers at the upcoming IPHC General Conference. — Pastor Frank By: Ed Stetzer Churches need to be planted and then quickly need to plant other churches. In order to start a movement and plant 1,000 churches in your lifetime, you need to think about church planting through […]