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High Standards
“Preachers who love their congregations will hold them to high standards. They will refuse to lessen the high calling of discipleship. They will honor the gravity of Biblical truth with applications of equal gravity…Grace calls us to a higher standard … Continue reading
Assessing Your Talent
When I attended the University of Kentucky in the mid-1980s, the men’s basketball program had an interesting tradition. Every year they would schedule an open tryout for any students who wanted to try to earn a spot on the team’s … Continue reading
All Aboard!
Cruise ships often stop at different ports along the way and allow their passengers to disembark for shopping or sight-seeing. Passengers who leave the ship are told the exact time they must be back on board before the ship sets … Continue reading
Middle Age
Check out some of these quotes on middle age: Forget about jets, race cars and speed boats. Nothing goes as fast as middle age.—Anonymous Middle age is that time of life when a man will let his wife go anywhere, … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Humor, Leadership, Uncategorized
Tagged aging, Colossians 1:28-29, discipling others, middle age, spiritual growth
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Your Christmas Gift to the Church
When someone is baptized into Christ, two things happen. First, that person’s sins are forgiven. Secondly, that person receives the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38). The gift of the Holy Spirit enables each Christian to serve the church … Continue reading
Different Perspectives
One day three people visited the Grand Canyon—an artist, a preacher and a cowboy. As they stood at the edge of the massive canyon and marveled at its expanse, they each responded with a statement of exclamation. The artist cried, … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Communion Meditations, Humor
Tagged different perspectives, Grand Canyon, illustration, John 17, unity
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Joining the Church
We often talk about people “joining the church” when they accept Christ as their savior. Maybe there is nothing wrong with using this term, but it is not how the Bible refers to how new members become a part of … Continue reading
The Gospel Presented
Have you ever noticed how the gospel was presented to a wide variety of people when the church first came into existence? A quick glance at the book of Acts shows us that God’s plan to save the world through … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Communion Meditations
Tagged accepting Christ, Acts, baptism, evangelism, gospel, salvation through Jesus, sermon idea
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Frozen by Fear
Two farmers were talking one hot July day. One of them asked the other, “How is your cotton doing this year?” “I didn’t plant any,” came the answer. “I was afraid of the boll weevil.” “Well, how is your corn?” … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Church, Humor, Leadership
Tagged fear, illustration, laziness, Matthew 25, parable of the talents, taking risks
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