The Baptist Press released the findings of Lifeway Research’s annual study on the greatest needs of pastors this week. This week’s article focused on one question from the survey which asked, “What is the primary people dynamics challenge pastors face in their churches?” Overwhelmingly there was a consensus—75% of pastors said the main people dynamic […]
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The first episode of my new podcast, Stand Firm Parents, dropped today. I’m stoked about taking what I’ve learned through Stand Firm and applying it to parenting. I’m amazed every time I record an interview for, they never go as I plan. They’re better. I invite guests on for them to make specific points and
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My Journey to the new Stand Firm Parents Podcast I’ve been on a journey for the past ten years. Though less exciting than that of Bilbo Baggins, I do feel it’s been as unexpected. Ok, maybe not dwarfs, elves, and dragons unexpected, but unexpected nevertheless. In 2012, I became greatly burdened with the warning in
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Prophetic Thin Ice If we’re on prophetic thin ice, we shouldn’t be surprised if it breaks at any moment. Where is the weakest part of this ice? Where is the ice the thinnest? I believe we can know and that we’re possibly standing on it. You’re likely lost if you missed the previous three posts,
Parents, Teach with the Small Things I have an unofficial minor in marriage and family ministry. At one point I wanted to be the next Dr. James Dobson, then I did my first marital counseling as a pastor. Quickly I decided that wasn’t where I needed to be (I’m sure that couple did as well).
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You Are Here: Identifying our Nearness to the End – Part 3 In the past two articles we’ve looked at end time signs in Scripture and how that most of them are immeasurable unto themselves, but two particular signs stick out as being more measurable. These two signs can be like the old mall
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Almost all the signs in Scripture of the end times are immeasurable unto themselves. This doesn’t mean they’re irrelevant it just means it’s hard to go by them solely to know our proximity to the end of the age. All though nearly all the signs are to a degree immeasurable there are two signs in
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Saying we’re living in the last days or near the last days seems to roll off the tongue easy these days, especially when we’re watching the news. But are we really living near the end of the age? Can we even know the nearness to the end of the age? As written in a previous
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Standing firm in the faith calls for knowing not only the challenges we face now, but those we will encounter in the future. Through the Bible we can. Over a third of the Bible is prophecy—we’re warned about what is coming. There’s a lot of debate and confusion over Bible prophecy—especially the end of the
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You may feel like I’m not talking to you, but even if you don’t recall an end time sermon in your repertoire, you already interpret and teach end time prophecy. Let me prove it with the goal to bring down the walls that are associated with modern preaching and end time prophecy. I get introduced
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