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Christmas, the Titanic, and Cults

This Christmas, let’s follow the Apostle Paul’s example by using Christmas as a big chunk of rope to pull them into the safety of the Savior.

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The Practice of Pondering Christmas

This Christmas, ponder your position with God, ponder the praise of angels and shepherds, and ponder the Son on the cross.

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Leaders Lean into Conflict–Part 1

As pastors, we cannot escape conflict, and we shouldn’t avoid it, but we can find healthy, effective ways to lean into conflict.

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Leading in Hospitality this Christmas Season

Hospitality is often left up to the ladies of the church, and we lean on them to provide it. But hospitality is first the job of the Pastor.

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The Pastor’s Essential Library: The Peacemaker

Ken Sande provides practical biblical guidance for conflict resolution that takes you to life-changing reconciliation with others.

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The Importance of Personal Spiritual Disciplines for Pastors

Brother, don’t let the ministry keep you from Jesus. Spiritual discipline as a means to godliness will help you maintain perseverance and joy in ministry and keep you in Jesus.

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Learning to Patiently Respond to Hurt and Heartache

The Christian must learn, in life and ministry, how to patiently respond to hurt and heartache.

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Uprooting Pornography

Church leaders can speak the truth in love about pornography and offer hope for repentance and restoration.

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Thanksgiving and Value

Thanksgiving opens our hearts and minds to God and causes us to discover that the world is full of the goodness of God.

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The Pastor’s Essential Library: Come, Let Us Adore Him: A Daily Advent Devotional

This book will help you slow down, prepare your heart, and focus on what matters most this Christmas: adoring our Savior, Jesus.

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The Pastor’s Essential Library: Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

Desiring God is a paradigm-shattering work that dramatically alters common perspectives on relating to God. According to John Piper, the pursuit of pleasure in God is not only permissible, it’s essential.

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Knowing and Honoring Your Wife

Knowing your wife in an understanding way will equip you to honor your wife as the Word of God commands and to love and lead her well.

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6 Steps to Upholding Sexual Purity in the Church

Stetzer reminds us that we can demonstrate a more excellent sexuality as a missional embodiment of what Jesus desires for all of humankind.

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7 Steps to Establishing a Grandparenting Ministry in Your Local Church

Larry McCall discusses seven steps to a paradigm shift to establish a grandparenting ministry in your local church.

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Reframe Your Teaching on Pornography

Nick Stumbo shares steps we can take to become places that truly transform the broken sexuality of our congregation and of the world.

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The Pastor’s Essential Library: The Christmas We Didn’t Expect

Be amazed once more by the unexpected details of Jesus’ unique birth and saving work with these short daily devotions and prayers, and renew your worship of our humble, generous and loving Savior.

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Church Growth: It Happened After I Met Arnold Schwarzenegger

Evangelism is another word for compassion. If we don’t love people, we won’t evangelize to save the lost and bring them into the church.

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Thanksgiving: Guilt, Grace, Gratitude

True gratitude before God is centered on the gospel from which all the other benefits flow. God-centered gratitude includes more than the gospel, but the gospel is certainly the beginning. 

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Raising Pastors’ Kids–Together

When church leadership is healthier and more balanced, it will be more healthy for the pastors and particularly their families.

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A Time for Thanksgiving

Direct your heart towards God’s gifts so that thanksgiving may overflow to your visitors as you serve them with a thankful heart.