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Crucify Your Ministry
Your ministry will change lives only if you crucify your own agenda and invite Jesus to resurrect His plans for your work. Here's how.
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Christianity and Islam: How Common is the Ground?
As this column goes to press, hundreds of presumably Muslim protestors in Sudan are shouting for the execution of a British school teacher. Her offense? Insulting Islam because her class of 7-year-olds named a teddy bear Muhammed.
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The Golden Compass: Briefing Your Concerned Congregation
Another book/film combo has given Christians a real challenge -- one that will require careful thinking and intellectual engagement, but not fear.
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The Pastor as Coach
A professional coach who was a pastor for 18 years answers questions such as how the roles and responsibilities of pastoring are similar to coaching.
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MacArthur: The Emergent Church is a Form of Paganism
Paul Edwards interviews pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church John MacArthur about the emerging church movement in America.
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Let the Spirit Lead Your Church
The Holy Spirit has a particular purpose for your congregation. Learn more about The Ministry of the Missional Church.
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Where Does He Get Those Wonderful Sermon Illustrations?
"I love to preach and teach, but the hardest part for me is finding just the right story or quote to reinforce what I'm teaching..." If that sounds familiar, click here.
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The pain in being a pastor
I've had some interesting conversations about this topic this week - there can be a lot of pain in ministry. The highs are really high but sometimes the lows can be really low. I heard one person suggest that being a pastor sometimes means you have a target on your back. Friends, being in the ministry is so worth it. Is it difficult? Yup. Will it test you in ways you don't want to be tested? Oh yeah.
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End Times for Evangelicals
A New York Times article places a finger on the pulse of evangelical Christianity regarding the real and growing divide between generations of evangelicals in terms of emphasis, spirit and method.
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Understanding the Word: An Interview with Eugene Peterson
Michael Duduit recently sat down with Peterson to talk about how his work with the biblical text related to his years as a pastor and preacher.
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Bible and Bible Reference Survey 2007
Each year brings a continuing flow of various study bibles and this one has been no different. Some such Bibles seem merely to be the result of marketing efforts, but others are truly helpful.
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Preaching the Psalms as Stories
I had an epiphany while listening to Johnny Cash that transformed the way I preached the Psalms.
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An Alphabet of Grace
A 26-word parade of hope: beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same. Brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment, yet solid enough to weather two thousand years of storms and questions.
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An Interview with Max Lucado: Preaching John 3:16
his newest book, 3:16, Lucado explores that great passage we know as John 3:16. He recently visited with Preaching editor Michael Duduit about the sermon series that led to the book, then discussed his own approach to preaching.
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A Battle for Integrity
You want to shock the world? Start here--demonstrating the guts to do what's right when no one is looking.
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Making Room for Atheism
An informed biblical worldview supports pluralism, democracy, and freedom. Christians should neither tolerate coercive secularization of the government, nor should they aim to establish a theocracy.
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Competent to Rule: Qualifications of Church Leadership
Good government isn't a given. Not in the state, and not in the church.
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Preaching and the House Church Movement
House Church. For pastors, the mere term once conjured up images of angry men and women gathered around a kitchen table, condemning the mistakes and failures of the traditional church they had left for one reason or another...
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Preaching by Lectionary
The heart of preaching is found in the interplay between the preacher coming to God’s Word in Scripture and then bringing people to God’s Word...
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Preaching Dangerously
An Interview with Mark Labberton, Sr. Pastor of First Presbyertian Church of Berkley, Califonia.
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