Church Leaders Update

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  4 Reasons Why the Church Needs to Reform Its Teaching on Mental Illness Recently I sat and heard another message where a pastor shared alarming facts and figures around the number of adults and children on antidepressants and anti-anxiety medicine in our country. I was...
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  5 Marks of a Powerful Sermon People are starving for the greatness of God.This is the opening line of the preface to John Piper’s excellent work, The Supremacy of God in Preaching, first published in 1990. Over thirty years later—in a... Blake Glosson Sep 27, 2022
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  Did Judas Have Free Will? Did Judas have free will? How does a man who spent at least three years following Jesus become his betrayer? Here is what the Bible tells us about Judas' heart and motivations leading up to the Last Supper. Hope Bolinger Sep 27, 2022
• 4 Church Money Gimmicks That Need to End Webster’s Dictionary defines the word gimmick as “an attention–getting device or feature, typically superficial, designed to promote the success of a product, campaign; any clever little gadget or ruse.”... Dr. James Emery White Sep 20, 2022
• 7 Ways the Church Is Bad at Communication – And How to Fix It As a greeter at church, I can say with absolute confidence that a certain conversation plays on rewind every Sunday. The conversation starts something like, “Hey. How are you?” “Good,” the other person...
• Healthy, Biblical Tips for Dealing with Conflict Conflict is an inevitable part of life, whether it’s conflict in marriage, on the job, with a friend or family member. It’s so inevitable that it happens at times when you’d least expect it to. For example,... Frank Santora Sep 20, 2022
• Why Is Your Church Ignoring These Sins? When we speak about "the Church" doing this or that, we tend to paint a picture of pastors, elders, or those in leadership at the forefront — as if they bear responsibility for sin issues on the rise in... Rachel-Claire Cockrell Sep 13, 2022
• 3 Misconceptions about Spiritual Gifts A false understanding of spiritual gifts can easily lead us down faulty and dangerous spiritual paths. Thus, to ensure that we have a biblical understanding of spiritual gifts, it is important to know some...
• 5 Ways We Subconsciously Make Worship about Us You’ve probably said it – or at least heard someone else speak the words: “I wasn’t really into the worship this morning.”You may even be someone –or know someone—who has left a church because of a “worship... Cindi McMenamin Sep 13, 2022
• Is the Church Driving Men Away? Are American churches really drawing more women than men? Do a significant number of committed Christian men hate – or, at least, strongly dislike – going to church? If so, why? Chris Bolinger Sep 06, 2022
• The Church Must Unite under Biblical Standards So let’s do what we can, as individuals, to awaken a sleeping church so that the church can awaken the rest of society by being what Jesus wants us to be—“the light of the world.” (Matthew 5:14, NIV)
• 4 Ways Churches Can Support Families with Special Needs All types of people should be not only welcome but deeply loved, brought into relationships, and included in all activities. Megan Moore Sep 06, 2022