evangelism is like halloween.
oh, that's bound to get me in trouble. I can hear it: "sacrilege!" "blasphemy!" "heathen!" or maybe you're thinking I've ...
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I made a mistake.
I didn't anticipate that assumptions would be made about what God had revealed to me before I could get to ...
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“Christ-centered Church.” I do not think it means what you think it means.
Lemme 'splain. No, there is too much. Lemme sum up. When I talk about "preaching Christ" I am NOT talking ...
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the gospel is more than evangelism.
Today, my pastor preached an evangelical sermon . . . Not one person left my church today without hearing how ...
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a metaphor for awakening.
In the middle of everything that was happening, I was struck with a memory that cut through 25 years. Buried ...
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going through the motions.
Consider this analogy. In a way, churches are like families. And when our family culture is all we know, we ...
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the wisdom of the wise.
"Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from ...
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desperate prayers. “mean” prayers.
So I prayed. I prayed desperate prayers. Some might call them “mean” prayers . . . And as I prayed ...
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desperate.
Corporate prayer is safe and appropriate to the occasion...Conversations are about the logistics and scheduling of programs and service...I couldn’t ...
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