When I show up in the mornings to spend some time with God, many times I jump straight to what is important to me – petitioning for my needs. Recently at a training retreat, I was encouraged to change this up a bit. The suggestion was to enter my time seeking God by meditating on [...]

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Christians are called to lead and manage their households well.  This is a prerequisite of serving as an elder in the church, per  1 Timothy 3:4-54.
He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,  for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he [...]

Instructions on how to download and install this wallpaper on your iPhone are included in body of this entry.

Instructions on how to download and install this wallpaper on your iPhone are included in body of this entry.

… the most important reason why people stay at your church plant is relationships. Hopefully we hammered home the importance of you preparing and implementing strategies to build the relationships necessary to “earn the right” to keep serving these newcomers for our Lord. From David Jacksons Blog on “Five More Reasons Why People Will Stay [...]

When is the right time to go into verbal battle over an issue of Christian doctrine? What topics prompt a call to arms and which ones are allowed to pass through your territory unopposed? Can we truly agree to disagree for the sake of unity and still preserve the purity of the Church? It seems [...]