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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Many eschatologists believe the re-instatement of Israel as a nation propelled us into the end times. There are six specific prophecies about Israel that Scripture says will be fulfilled before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Before the nation of Israel was reformed, none of these could have been fulfilled. Today we will explore what
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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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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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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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Join us for this five-part series on helping you and your family S.T.A.N.D. firm and shine. Guilt, worry, fear, perfectionism, or self-loathing stop me in my tracks. I complained to God or others, and I found my son doing the same? Do your children see you fret, complain, or put yourself down? Do you
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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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We Need to Have a Conversation about the War Often, I have said things to my children that I thought I’d never have to say in my life. Most of those times they were silly things like, “Don’t put that gum you just scraped off the bottom of a table in your mouth.” Unfortunately, due
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Many, many times since launching stand firm I preached from Luke 19:11-27, the Parable of the Ten Minas. At Stand Firm events, I’d often share a simplified overview of end time events and point out how short this age is when compared to the eternal age to come. Then I’d read the mentioned parable. This
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