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One thing that I am probably a little self conscious about is being so young and trying to teach families how to raise their children. Sometimes I guess I feel like I don’t even deserve to be able to tell parents about what God has called them to do with their children. I’ve never…
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The popular hymn says, “You can have all this world, but give me Jesus.” This is the point that I’m at in my relationship with God. I’m slowly learning just how much of the stuff of the world really doesn’t matter to me. I’m discovering that anything, when put beside Jesus, doesn’t matter at…
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We have heard it said that 20% of the people in most churches do 80% of the work. While that stat seems to be accurate and correct, we can’t forget about the 20% that do choose to invest in the ministry of the local church. I think our tendency is to try to get…
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The volunteer base in most churches is horrible. Most churches have trouble finding good volunteers and just as much trouble keeping volunteers. There are, however, always some that are willing to do whatever needed, whenever needed. These are the ones that understand that the work they volunteer to do is important to the church,…
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This morning, I had an opportunity to preach about something that I believe is one of the most important concepts found in the Bible. It’s the concept that the family is the primary spiritual disciplers of their children. For years, the church has refused to talk about this. After all, putting work back on…
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If I could say 5 things to Christians, these would be them…. 1. Tradition means nothing in the course of eternity. It doesn’t matter what we’ve always done or how we’ve always done it. What matters are the amount of eternities being changed. When tradition stops the progress of the Holy Spirit, it’s time…