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SOUND AND EFFECTIVE CHURCH LEADERSHIP: IT’S TIME TO GET OUR ACT TOGETHER! PART 3: Suture and Rapture
Continuing with our series "Let's get our Act together" aimed at bringing about "Sound and effective church leadership for general church growth", after "Capture" and "Nurture" activities, let's focus on two other important facets of Early Church , which we can "weld"...
MOUNTAIN TOP EXPERIENCES, PART 8: The Cross and Mount Roberts
Four summers ago, my family and I had the privilege of visiting Alaska. We had a lovely trip, only slightly "dampened" by the fact that it rained the entire time we were in this amazing state. While visiting Juneau, the capital of Alaska, we had the opportunity to...
The Sufferings of Jesus: A Lenten Series, Part 8: The Darkness and the Separation
We pick up the story with Jesus' troubles at their peak. His blood loss is incredible. He is weak with hunger, dehydrated, His bones are out of joint (see Ps. 22), and the pain is astronomical. He is slowly asphyxiating, and just when things didn't seem like they can...
Lessons on Rebirth from the Christmas Story, Part 5: The Stable Birth
Last Thursday, in LESSONS ON REBIRTH FROM THE CHRISTMAS STORY, Part 4, we are reminded by the Wise Men that the rebirthing process is all about being familiar enough with Scripture to recognize when God is calling us, to make Jesus our #1 priority, and to be prepared...
Protecting Your Spiritual Gates, Part 4: What do You do When You Try to be Careful, But…
Though parts 1-3 of this series, we've look at the importance of protecting our spiritual gates - our eyes, our ears, our noses, our mouths, our feet, etc.-and we've examined practical ways of protecting them. But what happens when we do our best to protect ourselves...
Reasons to Go On, Part 5: When it Seems Like Everything is Against You…
In this series, REASONS TO GO ON, we have looked at a number of different examples of people who had no reason to go on, and what it was that motivated them. We have learned the following lessons: 1. Naomi taught us that without our hard times, God can't work the...
Weather! Parts 10 & 11
Part 10: HEARTFELT What do we see in the world today? Disbelief, disregard for Christ, all the ‘isms’ of distrust and hatred, and we have terrible drought, flood, earthquake, fire and volcano disasters. Millions are in desperate need of simple basics; food, water,...
LESSONS IN LOVE FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 13, PART 6: Love is not Envious, Boastful or Proud
"It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." (1 Cor. 13:4) We live in a “me first” society, and the world teaches that you have to “look out for number one” and make sure you get what you want, no matter whom you have to step on to get it. It is a day,...
Sound and Effective Church Leadership: It’s Time to get our Act Together! Part 4: The Recipe for Success
As I pointed out earlier in this series , both the Early Church clergy and laity together worked for building up the Kingdom. Now what were the reasons for effectiveness of the laity? In the concluding part of the series "Let's get our Act together" let's have a look...
LESSONS IN LOVE FROM 1 CORINTHIANS 13, PART 7: It Does NOT Dishonor Others
"It does not dishonour others . . . " (1 Cor. 13:5) Dictionary.com defines dishonour as "to deprive of honor; disgrace; bring reproach or shame on" when used in the verb form. We will do a lot to protect our reputations, won’t we? But to what lengths will we honestly...