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I'm preaching this sermon tomorrow based on Micah 6:1-8. In light of current events, and the divisions within our culture, God's people need to hear again the call to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God. I hope your Sunday is glorious!
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More world citizens and more Americans go hungry each day than ever before in the history of the world. One billion people out of the 6-billion who inhabit the earth, do not have enough to eat. Almost 17% of the world's population -- 1-in-6 people in other words
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Somebody did it again. They compared one of our political leaders to Hitler. It really doesn't matter who did it because this is becoming a regular tactic for the extremists. The frustrating thing is they get what they want -- publicity. The media pounce on their pronouncements as
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My latest interest focuses on exploring pastoral care as outreach. I talk to lots of small church pastors and leaders, picking their brains for stories of smaller churches doing effective ministry. More and more I'm hearing stories of people helping people -- people caring for people -- as
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"Here's a foolproof evangelism program that requires no budget, no training, and can be implemented immediately." That's the way I introduced one of my seminars at The Billy Graham School of Evangelism last week. Participants suspected there was some kind of catch, but showed
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I've seen an increase in readers to this blog since the fall, and I want to say two things: 1. Welcome! 2. Here's why I do this: * To be helpful. I try to offer practical, effective, and affordable ideas for small churches (and other sizes, too)
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The Privilege of Seeing the Future December 28, 2008 – First Sunday of Christmastide Luke 2:22-40 22When the time of their purification according to the Law of Moses had been completed, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23(as it is written in
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Well, we did it! Two years ago Outreach magazine gave me the opportunity to blog under their banner. It took a while to pick up momentum, but, we've hit the big time now. As of today, we have crossed 150,000 page views in only two years! Thank
2 Samuel
Here's the sermon I'm preaching tomorrow from 2 Samuel 7:1-16. Not the usual Christmas text, but I think you'll see the connection. I hope your final Advent Sunday in a blessed one. David and the Subprime Housing Crisis 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16
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One of the things I learned while I attended seminary in Texas was that dominoes are for more than lining up and knocking down. Be that as it may, we're headed for an ecclesiastical domino effect brought to us by an economy in recession -- a recession, we
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I'm playing around here and this is the rough draft of 101 Outreach Ideas for Small Churches. Any others you want to add? I'd love to hear any stories you have about any outreach ideas you've used. I'm working on a book,
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Here's the powerpoint I used in my NOC2008 workshop, Small Churches Make Good Neighbors. I'm using the abbey church model, and discussing the 10 aspects of the ancient celtic abbeys applied to churches today. The ppt is on SlideShare, so you can view and download the