I’m quite sure I’m not qualified to determine THE most effective strategy the Enemy has ever employed against the Church since its inception. But the undermining of James 5:16 has to be near the top. James 5:16 gives us the promise and the pathway to healing. [Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray [...]
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Having an agenda to simply get people to join your Sunday service will cause people to question your sincerity.
Do you ever see Jesus, in the Gospels, witness to people the way we do? Giving them the best formula for salvation?
My best friend in the world/cousin just called me. Girl troubles. It’s not an uncommon occurrence. Every guy deals with the terrible reality of inter-gender communication. In his case, though, the problem is a bit more acute. A horrifying former lifestyle that seems to be relentlessly beckoning to the girl he loves, and he feels [...]
I have so many friends in the ministry all over the world, and they all seem to be dealing with the same issues. So I thought it best to do a post about the reality of ministry in our western culture. Here is a list of things that are common.
We deal with people, and that [...]
I recently attended a one-day conference for people in full-time (vocational) Christian ministry. During the conference it was advertised that the talks would be available for purchase as an audio and video package—$45 conference special ($55 post-conference). I sent an email to the people producing the talks, asking if I could just buy a single [...]
We fail to realize that, like it or not, Jesus is a product that we are selling. I know, I know, we don’t like this terminology. It cheapens what Jesus is really about. But regardless of whether we see it this way as insiders or not, this is how others see us.
