Category: Church
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There’s plenty of books, websites, and leadership resources that talk about the importance of encouragement. As Goethe said in 1768, “Instruction does much, but encouragement everything.” The following example comes from Phil Cooke who is a media producer, speaker and writer. Some time ago, our team was called into a major, national media ministry because…
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Is a person whose memory is often presented in a kind of secularised version. It would be no exaggeration to say that Dr. King is presented as one of the heroic crusaders for “truth, justice, and the American way,” with the civil rights movement in view as the specific focus. This version…
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I think in our churches today it is imperative that we have a culture of raising and releasing our own and not rejecting our own.
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In recent years much has been said about not needing the title “leader” to be a leader. You don’t have to be the “Director” or “Manager” or whatever that title is at your organisation to lead. Just because you aren’t a “leader” on the org chart doesn’t mean you can’t lead in your role, that’s…
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According to studies cited in Timothy D Wilsons book ReDirect-Changing the stories we live by, there are three ingredients that contribute more than anything else to human happiness. I have commented on all three below and how all three are connected to a healthy life of faith. 1. MEANING: Finding meaning. The better we understand and explain…
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This article first appeared at http://newlife.id.au/prominent-biblical-scholars-on-women-in-ministry/ Some Christians think that only people who have a “loose approach to scripture” can believe that women should be leaders and teachers in the church. I strongly doubt that any evangelical Christian would regard these scholars and theologians as having a loose approach to scripture, and yet each of them…
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When you are a person of vision and wanting to see things move forward it can be the most frustrating thing in the world to feel stuck. This is true in every field of work and life. Helping to identify why you are stuck is a huge help. Here are 7 reasons why churches get…
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“It happens way too often: You’re sitting there in the audience, listening to someone talk, and you know that there is a better and great talk in that person, it’s just not the talk he’s giving.” That’s TED’s Bruno Giussani, a man who cannot stand seeing potentially great speakers blow their opportunity. The point of…
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Here is something I recently shared with our staff at Christian Life Church: I have modified it slightly to share with you…hope it helps! You will have more than you think: Many are going through situations that mean they are responsive to God: First Impressions Matter: How easy is it for them to find the…
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Met Mark several yeas ago and I love his work. Check out this from his blog. For the most part, our lives are defined by our relationships. And the joy of life is often determined by how well we function in those relationships. Yet ironically, this is the area of life we get the least…
