Tag: Failure

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Ending Well or Ending Poorly: The Scary Public Ending of Eugene Peterson

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I am uncertain whether you heard the “firebomb” that blew up the evangelical world last week, but the very popular evangelical author and pastor Eugene Peterson came out to make some comments that clearly supported the LGBTQ movement, but then he later retracted his statements (the interview was done by Jonathan Merritt of the Religion Read more about Ending Well or Ending Poorly: The Scary Public Ending of Eugene Peterson[…]

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3 Actions to Take When You’re Going Through Hard Times

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 If you have found this blog encouraging or helpful, please subscribe in the upper right-hand part of the site (if on a laptop) or at the bottom of the site (if on a mobile device). Thank you! Here are my notes to a devotional that I gave recently at a meeting. I hope these points Read more about 3 Actions to Take When You’re Going Through Hard Times[…]

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My True Story of 9 Failures Underlying My Educational Success

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If you’ve found the content on this blog helpful or encouraging, please subscribe via email on the top, right-hand side of the website (if on a laptop), or at the bottom of the screen (if on a mobile device). Thank you! I have friends, both from the past and currently, that are insecure about pursuing Read more about My True Story of 9 Failures Underlying My Educational Success[…]

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7 Lessons That Trials Teach Us

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If you find my blog encouraging or informative, please subscribe in the top, right-hand side of the website (if on a laptop) or at the bottom of the page (if on a mobile device). Thank you! It has been said that you are either going through a trial, have just finished going through a trial, Read more about 7 Lessons That Trials Teach Us[…]

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How to get away with adultery, drunkenness, and many other sins within the church!

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Subscribe to my blog in the top, right corner of the website, or if you’re on a mobile device, subscribe at the bottom of the screen! Thanks!  You can also see some of my previous posts on the Church Growth Movement here. How can one get away with adultery, drunkenness, and many other sins within Read more about How to get away with adultery, drunkenness, and many other sins within the church![…]

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Encouragement for Ministers and Yet Another Forgotten Verse of the “Church-Growth Movement” and Ezekiel 2-3

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Greetings! If you find this content encouraging and useful, then please subscribe to this blog in the top right-hand corner of this website! Thank you! What would you do if God told you to go do a particular job and that you would visibly fail as you did that job? This is the story of Read more about Encouragement for Ministers and Yet Another Forgotten Verse of the “Church-Growth Movement” and Ezekiel 2-3[…]

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Random Thoughts on Trials and the Glory of God

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*If this blog is encouraging to you, then feel free to subscribe at the top, right of the page. Also, I’d Love to hear your comments and questions below in the “Comment” section. God Bless you! During this Easter season within churches, there is much discussion of Christ’s death and resurrection. Falling under the discussion of Christ’s Read more about Random Thoughts on Trials and the Glory of God[…]

Pastor: Are you keeping a shop or leading your people spiritually?

Is the Pastor a Shopkeeper and is the Church a Shop?

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(In my last post I presented Jesus’ statement of “Feed my Sheep” as a primary purpose of a pastor in contrast to the “entertainment” model as held forth by the Church Growth Movement [CGM] philosophy).   What do you think is the purpose of a church and its ministers? I want to continue my critique Read more about Is the Pastor a Shopkeeper and is the Church a Shop?[…]