Subtitle: A Humble Life, Lesson 4 This week, I wanted to share some “quotable quotes” on humility… “But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that…

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Subtitle: A Humble Life, Lesson 3 J.I. Packer writes these incredibly profound and comforting words (I urge you to allow these words to take root deep within your soul)… “There is unspeakable comfort, the sort of comfort that energizes, in knowing that God is constantly taking knowledge of me in love and watching over me…

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Subtitle: A Humble Life (Part 2). This week, we continue with Lesson #7 in the series “What I Wish (as a Pastor) that I had Known, Understood, Believed and Lived 30 Years Ago.” Lesson Number 7: Humility is always the right choice! Humility is “foundational” to the Christian faith, as well as effective, God-honoring ministry….

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Subtitle: A Humble Life (Part 1). This week I’ve come to lesson #7a in my “What I Wish…” series.  I will be spending a few weeks on this particular point because I feel it is one of the most important of all the lessons that I am sharing in this series. I wrote briefly about…

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Has entertainment replaced Scripture as the center of our worship? A Leadership Journal interview with Chuck Swindoll. A survey in 2009 asked pastors to identify the most influential living preacher. Chuck Swindoll came in second only to Billy Graham. How does one use that kind of cachet? Apparently to call the church back from its captivity…

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“For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” (1 Corinthians 2:2 ESV). As we approach Good Friday and then Resurrection Sunday in a few days, I thought I would pass along to you some of the “best of the best” quotes that I have come across recently on the…

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So far in my series entitled “What I Wish (as a Pastor) that I had Known, Understood, Believed and Lived 30 Years Ago,” we have covered SIX of the TWELVE “lessons” in the series. One of my long time pastor friends from North Carolina was kind enough to remind me that it has been a…

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Subtitle: “The importance of your daily habits.” This week, we continue with Lesson #6 in the series “What I Wish (as a Pastor) that I had Known, Understood, Believed and Lived 30 Years Ago.” Here is Lesson Number 6: The daily habits of your life will be one of the greatest single factors in your…

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One of the young pastors that I enjoy reading on a regular basis is Kevin DeYoung. Kevin is an accomplished author and speaker (only in his late 30′s, maybe early 40′s at most). I find that he has a great deal of wisdom and insight on everything from theology to church ministry to Christian living…

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Beginning Thursday, March 31, 2011 from 12:00-1:00 PM (EST) John Piper will be hosting a series of five interactive roundtable discussions with the guys at Bethlehem College and Seminary based on his book Desiring God. And they will be live-streaming it on the web. This is a great opportunity to reacquaint yourself with Desiring God, or to read it…

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