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8 Principles for Churches That Want to Grow
When it comes to numbers, churches tend to err in one of two ways: they either discount them as unimportant or they put too much emphasis on them. The reality is that numbers are important, and...
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Why I Love Re:Train
I love Re:Train and am excited about this upcoming year. Here’s why. I love the mission of Re:Train, which is to train leaders for Jesus-centered, gospel-saturated ministry to serve their churches in...
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Film & Theology: 'The Avengers' | Is Bowing Natural?
"KNEEL! Is not this simpler? Is this not your natural state? It's the unspoken truth of humanity that you crave subjugation. . . . You were made to be ruled. In the end, you will always kneel." While...
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Feedback Is Scary—But You Need It
Leaders, you need feedback. But most of us aren't getting it. Why? Because feedback is scary. Let me tell you the story on where this post is coming from. Learning to Prune Last year I moved to...
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Are You Pinning to the Glory of God?
The Good Pinterest Life The world of Pinterest is an art heaven. Ideas, photos, projects, and creations galore invite you to enter and explore. We peruse the art, drool over the recipes, marvel at...
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Random Thoughts on Communications
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Love Your Enemies, Huh?
A few years ago, a documentary called Collision was made where Douglas Wilson debated Christopher Hitchens on Is Christianity Good for the World? Hundreds of hours of footage was shot and edited down...
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11 Pieces of Advice for Assistants
In my world as a pastor’s assistant, the need for hard-working, high-capacity, tough-as-nails assistants is growing. As people continue to meet Jesus and churches continue to be planted in various...
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Divine Interruptions at Bedtime
Impatience Is Not a “Lesser” Sin I’m often astonished by my lack of patience. I’m also convicted by it, as Paul establishes patience as a fruit of the spirit (Galatians 5:22). By implication, my lack...
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Why Every Leader Needs a Coach
I made a terrible decision over ten years ago when I suddenly resigned from a church as its lead pastor after a six-month-long, emotionally intense battle with another elder. It is not always wrong to...
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Admit It. You're Stuck.
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:23–24 Have...
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Gospel Homework
Pastor Matt Chandler interviews Pastor Jonathan Dodson about his latest Re:lit book, Gospel-Centered Discipleship, and the "exciting" idea of gospel homework. Pick up your copy of...
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God’s Refrigerator Art
Try Harder My father loved me as best he knew how. I know he did. But he had a way of communicating to me about most everything I did: “Not quite good enough. You’ve got to try harder.” Grades and...
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Why You Should Send Your Worship Pastor to Re:Train
Just a Guy Playing a Guitar In my experience, I’ve often observed the preaching pastor to be more of the theological heavyweight of the church and the worship pastor usually can get by with just...
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Jesus Loses No One
“All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the...
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"I Can't Get No Satisfaction"
Sin isn’t just a personal thing—it’s a cosmic thing. While the gospel shows us that depravity is very personal, that it’s in us, the gospel also shows us that depravity affects earth’s very social...
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Should Christians Believe in Evolution?
In the previous post in this series we examined the concept of a worldview and how, philosophically speaking, Christianity supports scientific investigation more fully and consistently than any other...
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5 Things Mentors Should Model
Dave Kraft writes about his early mentor Warren Myers, what he learned from this man who had a significant impact on his life, and the value of having strong Christian mentors. My mentor, Warren...
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Your Problems or Your Purpose: Where Is Your Focus?
How you approach your job or your ministry makes a difference in how effective and helpful you are to the larger goal. Pastor Sutton writes about what being a helpful team member looks like. When I...
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Got Music?
How many of you were around back in the day during the old school Mars Hill bands? How many of you wish you'd been there? Well, we made an epic discovery the other day. While doing some spring...
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