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Thanks to John Noseworthy for sending me this fabulous email. I think our church may have been infiltrated. Latest news reports are that five terrorist cell groups have been operating in many of our churches. They have been identified as: Bin Sleepin, Bin Arguin, Bin Fightin, Bin Complainin, and Bin Missin. Their leader, [...] Have you ever felt afraid to share your true feelings and questions in church? What would you say if you could ask or share anything, and you knew that it was safe? That’s the question Anne Jackson asked on her blog in 2008 that opened a floodgate of online confession and healing. Christ has not called [...] As a pastor, there are several patterns I see repeating themselves in Christians’ lives. These are painful things for me to see so often, because people expect us pastors to banish some of them from their lives forever with one prayer or word from God. But as much as we’d like to… we can’t. I [...] “fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.” (Philippians 2: 2 NKJV) In the same way that Heb. 11: 1 defines faith, and 1 Cor. 13: 4 – 7 defines love, so these words define true Biblical unity. To be like-minded is to: Have the same love [...] Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. (Philippians 2: 1, 2 NASB) Here Paul [...] Just came from a meeting with Pastor Samuca from Brazil, and he gave this great word: Seven Marks of Disloyal People, which was basically a study on Joab’s relationship with David. An Independent Spirit (2 Sam. 3: 21 – 28) In age where leadership is taught and extolled so frequently, it’s refreshing to note the Bible doesn’t even mention it by name. But it does have a lot to say about following. What if we had fewer leaders and more people who really knew how to follow? What if we spent less time learning to lead [...] |
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