Church Leaders Update

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  Powerful Reasons to Use Object Lessons to Engage and Teach the Male Brain (Women and Kids Love it, Too!) It takes 20 hours to prepare a message – and 20 minutes for men to forget it. God’s Word is preached thousands of times each week. Why isn’t it having greater impact? It would be easy to pin it on poor... David Murrow Aug 27, 2019
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  13 Critical Reasons Abuse Survivors Are Leaving the Church Instead of seeing abuse survivors as tutors leading us toward compassion like Jesus, we repel them. With the crisis of sexual abuse in our midst, it’s critical we understand 13 reasons why survivors are... Mary DeMuth Aug 20, 2019
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  7 Steps to Healing Our Polarized Church It’s never become clearer that we need love to heal us. Divisions abound and fear saturates too many of our relationships. What does the church have to do with this? Dan White Jr. Aug 20, 2019
• What Is Excommunication and is it Biblical? Excommunication is the most severe expression of formal spiritual pronouncement in the process of church discipline. Excommunication is not punitive, but rather restorative. The aim of excommunication is to... Dr. Michael A. Milton Aug 20, 2019
• What Does the Bible Say about White Nationalist Terrorism? Obviously, any sort of murder ought to shock and alarm any person, and usually does. Few people, except the terrorists themselves, will justify in any situation the killing of innocent bystanders. But we... Russell Moore Aug 13, 2019
• What Are ‘Theophanies’ in the Bible and What Can Christians Learn from Them? Before Jesus steps onto the scene in the New Testament, God reveals himself in a number of ways in the Old Testament. These appearances, known as theophanies, are manifestations of God that are tangible to... Hope Bolinger Aug 13, 2019
• Get Back, Satan! 5 Tips for Using Scripture as Defense Battles hit us in many forms. You feel helpless, hopeless, despairing, angry, hurt, anxious, and worse. What do you do now? Here are 5 ways to fight the good fight. Alicia Purdy Aug 13, 2019
• What Is the Holy Grail? Is it in the Bible and Does it Really Exist? The holy grail, a supposed “Christian” relic, has dotted the lines of medieval literature. This cup, or cauldron, or stone (depending on which version of the legend). Supposedly, the holy grail was a vessel... Hope Bolinger Aug 13, 2019
• Why Is it Easier to Fight Than to Love? I’m for government policies to protect the family and to care for the poor. I’m for missions activity for people I’ll never see or know. But I have to remind myself that “fighting” for such things is a great... Aug 06, 2019
• "I Kissed Faith Goodbye:" What to Make of Those Who Renounce Jesus Christ So, there are those who depart from the Faith because they never truly had it. And there are those who fall for a season but are returned to the Flock. There are no other categories. If you tell me that... Dr. Michael A. Milton Aug 06, 2019
• What Does the Bible Say about the Homeless? God longs to use you and me to assist the homeless and harassed. What does the Bible say about our responsibility to these brothers and sisters of ours? How are we to respond? David Sanford Aug 06, 2019
• Should Church Leaders Ever Address a Woman about Modesty? Discussions about modesty are difficult in a desensitized culture, but church leaders have the responsibility to strategically educate and equip congregations from God’s word concerning immodest clothing and... Dawn Wilson Aug 06, 2019