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  • Home For The Holidays

Zac Smith’s Story

Zac Smith may have just celebrated his last Christmas with his family, and yet he still sees the goodness and […]

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Personal Work=Soul Work

Pastor, what role does personal, one on one work play in your ministry and in the ministry of your church? 

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A Season For Work

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“Some pastors and preachers are lazy and no good.  They do not pray; they do not read; they do not

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Knowing Our Book

“It is a sin and shame not to know our own book or to understand the speech and words of

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It is Finished

I just thought that we could all stand to be reminded that when Christ said it was finished upon the

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Quick Looks

Travis Agnew does a great job of looking at The Arrogance of My Generation’s Church Leaders. Just because you are

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Lessons I Am Learning

In the conclusion of his biography of Augustine, Luther, and Calvin entitled, The Legacy of Sovereign Joy, John Piper offers

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Preaching: What You Say and What They Hear

Perception is reality. I learned this well early in my ministry when, in a sermon, a senior adult lady in

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A Radical Call to Gospel Centered Stewardship

John Piper seems to often have a way with words. As a “retirement age” pastor, he has the experiential weight

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Pastor’s Work = Book Work

“The Word of God that saves and sanctifies, from generation to generation, is preserved in a book.  And therefore at

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Feed Your Soul, Feed Your People

“What a preacher Augustine became in his passion not to be ‘silent’ about the all-satisfying pleasures at God’s right hand! 

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Three Books Worth Your Time

The Gospel in Human Contexts by Paul Hiebert. Hiebert’s book is written with a focus on international missions, but in

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