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Book Review: Total Church

Total Church was a freebie for me that I picked up at Advance O9.  My first reaction to the book […]

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Preaching Christ Builds Faith

“Faith is not built by preaching introspectively (constantly challenging people to question whether they have faith); faith is not built

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Pastors, Read & Study!

“What has exceedingly hurt you in time past, nay, and I fear, to this day, is lack of reading. I

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Our Redeemer Always Remembers

My Father-in-law, Herb Ayers, died this past Sunday, August 16 at a few minutes after 7 in the morning.  It

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Preaching on Sin

Preachers who are faithful ministers of the gospel present the whole glorious gospel of Jesus Christ. That means that we

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Book Review: Spiritual Leadership

I’d like to think that reading is truly a spiritual discipline. We certainly know that’s the truth when we think

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Preaching Christ Means Preaching His Cross

In light of David’s posts on Preaching Christ, we must also remember to center our preaching of Christ on his cross. 

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Be Careful to Preach Christ, Part 2

“We must throw all our strength of judgment, memory, imagination, and eloquence into the delivery of the gospel; and not

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Be Careful to Preach Christ, Part 1

“Our great master theme is the good news from heaven; the tidings of mercy through the atoning death of Jesus,

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Training Our Children

“This world is rated R, and no one is checking IDs.  Do not try to make it G by imagining

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The Power of the Word

As pastors, how can we raise the bar for biblical understanding and practice in our local churches? Collin Hansen at

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Spiritual Adoption: From Orphans to Heirs

I came across this from Mark Stibbe as I was doing some research on the doctrine of adoption.  What a

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