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Christian Educators, We Are Called to Such a Time as This
Pastor Resources · Christian Educators, We Are Called to Such a Time as This With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world as we know it has turned upside down in just a matter of weeks, leaving educators across the country scrambling to provide content and...
Pastoring During COVID-19:
Pastor Resources · Pastoring Durring Covid - 19 COVID-19 burst onto the global scene out of nowhere. Well, not out of nowhere. However, in terms of the things you expected to experience in 2020, yes, it figuratively burst onto the scene out of nowhere. Then...
The Gospel
Pastor Resources · The Gospel The word Gospel occurs multiple times throughout the New Testament. It’s first appearance is in Matthew chapter 4 and it’s last is in Revelation chapter 14 and most of the books in between use this phrase. Paul uses it more than...
Appreciating nature in your backyard
Pastor Resources · Appreciating Nature - Appreciating Nature I wanted to take a few moments to share with you how nature and creation has been really significant to us and to our family in these last few days. Like you, our lives have been turned upside down in...
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Pastor Resources · Can't We All Just Get Along “Can’t we all just get along?” became a popular saying after Rodney King uttered this question during riots in Los Angeles in 1992. Many would think these words are not needed in churches either because we have all...
Healthy marriage when you’re together
Pastor Resources · Healthy Marriage When You're Together 24.7 Like a lot of us, I’m stuck at home today. I’m blessed to be trapped here with my family. In fact, we’ve done a lot of things to try to make this new reality more enjoyable and more fun for all...
Glorious Finish
We are witnessing endless accounts of leaders who have received the flag of disqualification, raised the white flag of premature surrender, or thrown in the towel because of debilitating discouragement. No doubt, the complexities of modern ministry, the onslaught of...
When Blended Family Relationships Compete and Conflict
Blended family relationships naturally create loyalty conflicts—or maybe we could call them love conflicts. “Am I still loved? Who do you love more—your spouse/kids or me? Your old life or our new one?” What results is a household of competing relationships...
Analog Church
COMPARISON, COPYCATS, CARICATURES Today people have access to the best sermons and church music in the world, at the touch of their fingertips. So why don’t they just stay home and listen from the comfort of their beds on Sunday mornings? For those of us who...
HONESTLY, Did God Bring Us the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic?
Pastor Resources · HONESTLY - Did God Bring Us The COVID - 19 Pandemic A lot is being written about God's role in the COVID-19 pandemic. Some are suggesting that it is Divine retribution for mankind's wickedness. Others are promoting the idea that God is allowing...
Spiritual practices to calm your anxious brain
Pastor Resources · Charles Stone - Spiritual Practices To Calm Your Anxious Brain Hi, my name is Charles Stone and I’d like to talk to you about spiritual practices that can help us deal with our anxious brain because we’re living in a world of perpetual...
Understanding God’s Unfailing Love
Pastor Resources · Understanding God - Understanding God Hello, my name is Trillia Newbell and I am looking forward to talking to you about the hope we have in Romans 8. What interesting times we are in! I’m going to talk about one of the rhetorical questions...
Navigating your home during the unknown
Pastor Resources · Ron Deal - Navigating Your Home During The Unknown We are all trying to figure this out, without a doubt. This is uncharted territory. You can think of this as an unfamiliar wilderness. We don’t know which way to go. It’s helpful if you have...
Stepparents: Learn to Listen for Love
Pastor Resources · Building Love To bond with stepchildren, stepparents are prudent to lead with love and to apply the principles of the 5 love languages with wisdom. Further, as we discuss in our book Building Love Together in Blended Families, to dissuade...
Grieving a Spouse: Vital Financial Decisions You Must Make
Pastor Resources · Grieving A Spouse - Vital Financial Decisions You Must Make Dealing with the passing of a loved one is never easy, but it becomes more challenging when legal loose ends remain untied. In addition to navigating life without your spouse, you also...
Six Perspective Correctives and ACTion Steps to Move Forward during the Pandemic
Pastor Resources · Pastor Resource Narration For Maggie Rowe When the COVID-19 pandemic first began shuttering doors across America along with many other parts of the world, I read an editorial suggesting that we shouldn’t be concerned about being productive...
A Higher Vision for Integrity and Endurance
Pastor Resources · Glorious Finish Reading Henderson We are witnessing endless accounts of leaders who have received the flag of disqualification, raised the white flag of premature surrender, or thrown in the towel because of debilitating discouragement. No...
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Three Keys to Remaining Resilient in a Changed World
If you’re a pastor, your church may not be gathering together physically because of the COVID-19 pandemic. If you’re a traveling evangelist or minister, all your scheduled engagements may have suddenly cancelled. Your own income may be uncertain. As our world...
Am I ready to die in two weeks?
One evening I was quietly considering the news concerning Covid-19 when a still small voice asked, "Are you ready to die in two weeks?" I was startled and puzzled by the question and checked off some crucial things in my life: I am a follower of Jesus Christ,...
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