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Christian Peacemakers Reflect the Love of Jesus

Christian Peacemakers Reflect the Love of Jesus

Why Christian Peacemakers Matter Today In December 2022, the first Jesus Now Summit was held in Dallas, Texas. Hosted by the Barna Group in partnership with several other influential organizations, about one hundred ministry leaders gathered to consider the why, how,...

Practice Solitude for Spiritual Renewal

Practice Solitude for Spiritual Renewal

Why Leaders Must Practice Solitude When we look at the life of Jesus, we see a busy man. He’s healing the sick, he’s feeding the poor, he’s preaching the good news to the world, he’s developing the leaders around him, and he’s fulfilling his mission on earth. However,...

Let Go of Control and Trust God’s Timing

Let Go of Control and Trust God’s Timing

Why Christians Must Let Go of Control The stars are always brighter when you drive up into the Rocky Mountains. But one night during the first week of my final year in college, I didn’t make the drive joyfully. I was frustrated. I was an intern at a ministry called...

Mature Leaders Are Disciples First

Mature Leaders Are Disciples First

Leadership Requires Maturity in Christian Leadership We are in desperate need of leaders who are maturing. We are in desperate need of leaders who are even more fruitful. But what does being fruitful as a leader mean? Leadership Requires Maturity Beyond Church Growth...

Biblical Knowledge Attention Spans

Biblical Knowledge Attention Spans

Biblical Knowledge Attention Spans in a Distracted Age I was a pastor for a long time. Every week I went through the same cycle: Prep eagerly and earnestly, do my best in the pulpit, greet everyone after church, nap, and then immediately start thinking about next...

Words Create Worlds

Words Create Worlds

How Words Create Worlds Through God’s Design Words Create Worlds God spoke this world into existence. That’s how the Bible begins. God said, “Let there be light,” and BOOM! There was light, then water, land, animals, plants, and solar systems. From the sub-atomic to...

Bible Engagement in an Age of Distraction

Bible Engagement in an Age of Distraction

Short Attention Spans and Bible Engagement: A Growing Challenge—and an Innovative Aid Every pastor knows the congregation that listens with appreciation during the sermon, then taps on their screen or slips away from Scripture as soon as they return home. It's not...

Women Leadership, Faith, and Calling

Women Leadership, Faith, and Calling

What Do Leadership, Women, and Work Have to Do with It? Some of you may remember the song “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” by Tina Turner. Tina was reflecting on an abusive relationship, noting that love wasn’t enough to keep things together. Tina was married to Ike...

Young But Useful: Why Young Believers Matter

Young But Useful: Why Young Believers Matter

Spiritual Maturity Matters More Than Age In 1 Corinthians 13:11 Paul declared, “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.” Notice Paul did not say, “When I...

Christian Peacemakers Reflect the Love of Jesus

Christian Peacemakers Reflect the Love of Jesus

Why Christian Peacemakers Matter Today In December 2022, the first Jesus Now Summit was held in Dallas, Texas. Hosted by the Barna Group in partnership with several other influential organizations, about one hundred ministry leaders gathered to consider the why, how,...

Practice Solitude for Spiritual Renewal

Practice Solitude for Spiritual Renewal

Why Leaders Must Practice Solitude When we look at the life of Jesus, we see a busy man. He’s healing the sick, he’s feeding the poor, he’s preaching the good news to the world, he’s developing the leaders around him, and he’s fulfilling his mission on earth. However,...

Let Go of Control and Trust God’s Timing

Let Go of Control and Trust God’s Timing

Why Christians Must Let Go of Control The stars are always brighter when you drive up into the Rocky Mountains. But one night during the first week of my final year in college, I didn’t make the drive joyfully. I was frustrated. I was an intern at a ministry called...

Mature Leaders Are Disciples First

Mature Leaders Are Disciples First

Leadership Requires Maturity in Christian Leadership We are in desperate need of leaders who are maturing. We are in desperate need of leaders who are even more fruitful. But what does being fruitful as a leader mean? Leadership Requires Maturity Beyond Church Growth...

Biblical Knowledge Attention Spans

Biblical Knowledge Attention Spans

Biblical Knowledge Attention Spans in a Distracted Age I was a pastor for a long time. Every week I went through the same cycle: Prep eagerly and earnestly, do my best in the pulpit, greet everyone after church, nap, and then immediately start thinking about next...

Words Create Worlds

Words Create Worlds

How Words Create Worlds Through God’s Design Words Create Worlds God spoke this world into existence. That’s how the Bible begins. God said, “Let there be light,” and BOOM! There was light, then water, land, animals, plants, and solar systems. From the sub-atomic to...

Bible Engagement in an Age of Distraction

Bible Engagement in an Age of Distraction

Short Attention Spans and Bible Engagement: A Growing Challenge—and an Innovative Aid Every pastor knows the congregation that listens with appreciation during the sermon, then taps on their screen or slips away from Scripture as soon as they return home. It's not...

Women Leadership, Faith, and Calling

Women Leadership, Faith, and Calling

What Do Leadership, Women, and Work Have to Do with It? Some of you may remember the song “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” by Tina Turner. Tina was reflecting on an abusive relationship, noting that love wasn’t enough to keep things together. Tina was married to Ike...

Young But Useful: Why Young Believers Matter

Young But Useful: Why Young Believers Matter

Spiritual Maturity Matters More Than Age In 1 Corinthians 13:11 Paul declared, “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.” Notice Paul did not say, “When I...

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