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February 25, 2020

Meeting House to House

  When my wife was in high school, her house was the place where her friends all wanted to hang out. There were snacks aplenty; they had a pool table and big screen in their basement; so lots of great…

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February 3, 2020

The No. 1 Threat to Pastors and Church Planters

  One of the (innumerable) benefits of reading through the Bible every year is that God causes me to notice different things than in previous years. As most pastors acknowledge, there is no end to the depths to which we…

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July 31, 2018

Leaving an Enduring Legacy

A Sending Church By all accounts, the Church at Antioch described in the Bible was a “good" church, in a hard but rich mission field.  The capital of Syria and a major Roman military and trade city by the A.D.…

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December 5, 2017

Go… But First, Wait

And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized  with…

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June 22, 2017

Engaging Brokenness

  Maybe culturally accepted religious practice and the “return to Judeo-Christian values” many yearn for have done more harm than good to people's pursuit of true holiness and understanding of the life of following Jesus. Peter writes the following to…

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October 17, 2016

Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas

  Cultural celebrations are not man-made institutions. Like much of God’s creation, holidays can be—and have been—distorted for all sorts of less-than-holy purposes. But what if “Santa” really isn’t an anagram for “Satan”? What if we can we redeem this…

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August 15, 2016

Multiple Single personality disorder?

  If left to my own devices, the organization I lead would be fast-paced, effective, busy, and discontent. Because that’s how I am. Whatever shapes our yokes of leadership take, that truth adds weight as they sit on our shoulders.…

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June 2, 2016

Church Planting: 3 Key Steps

  As honest and experienced church planters will tell you, there are mountains of work that go into planting a church. “Three steps” in any title barely scratches the surface of the prayer, planning, people-gathering, fund-gathering, and other preparation that…

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May 10, 2016

How does the gospel apply to THAT?

  How would you respond to that question? Let me give you the context, and ask you again: you’re a night security guard, and presumably the only Christian in your workplace. Another guard suddenly sticks his head into your office.…

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