Pastor Blogs

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  All I Really Need to Know I Learned in... My First Church Several years ago, Robert Fulghum wrote a bestselling book with an intriguing title: "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." It talked about playing fair, putting things back where you found... Dr. James Emery White May 12, 2016
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  How to Find the Sweet Spot of Worship What do we do when everything shiny and distracting tries to pull us away from that intimate encounter with the Lord? Rhonda Rhea May 12, 2016
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  5 Ways We are Doing Evangelism Wrong How did our way of spreading the good news about Jesus somehow get to be bad news for so many? What are our mistakes? Mary Schaller May 05, 2016
• Why Christians Need to Reclaim What it Means to be 'Evangelical' Evangelicalism has unfortunately often come to be subordinated by politics, rather than the the other way around in the Christian life. This, in turn, has obscured the Gospel, the message at the very heart... Veronica Olson Neffinger May 05, 2016
• Worship is More than Singing What's true worship of God really all about? God. It's about God. Kendra Fletcher May 05, 2016
• 10 Things a Good Pastor Will Never Say As a pastor for over four decades and a minister for five-and-a-half, here are some statements you will never hear from me: Joe McKeever May 05, 2016
• Does God Care What You Wear to Church? "What's appropriate to wear to church?" We ask that question a lot, but maybe it's not the question we should be asking. What if what we're wearing isn't the point, but what our heart is like coming into... Brittany Ann Apr 28, 2016
• Christians Have an Opportunity to be Thoughtful on the Transgender Issue In America this month, it’s difficult to miss the strident panic over bathroom rules. Drs. Scott and Jennifer Myhre Apr 28, 2016
• How Important is Church Attendance in the Christian Life? Our view toward church attendance can begin to be transformed when we consider a few important things that remind us of the privilege of meeting each week specifically to focus on God and His people. Veronica Olson Neffinger Apr 28, 2016
• How to Teach Your Congregation to Pray The Lord’s people want to pray. Most of the Lord’s people want to learn to pray. You are the one to teach them effective praying, pastor. Joe McKeever Apr 28, 2016
• How to Have a Funeral for an Aborted or Miscarried Child Many women are grieving alone. It’s time to help them bring closure to a dark part of their lives. That’s what funerals are for. Dr. Roger Barrier Apr 28, 2016
• 5 Misconceptions from Jesus' Teachings Following Jesus is hard enough without having to deal with lies about how he feels about us or what he said or didn’t say. Will Davis Jr. Apr 21, 2016