The Week In Review
In case you missed any of this past week’s posts, here’s the week in review:
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10 Differences between Baby Believers and Believers Who Are Babies
I suspect all churches have at least one of these persons. Baby believers are those young believers who are just now learning how to walk with Christ, but who are fresh in their faith. Believers who are babies, on the other hand, are usually longer-term believers (often undiscipled) who don’t act like mature believers.
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10 Characteristics of Pastors Who Finished Well
Today, I’m thinking about pastors I knew who finished well—those who faithfully served God all the way to death.
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6 Ways for Pastors to Raise Up the Next Generation of Pastors and Missionaries
I think most of us are missing it, pastors. My perception is that we give little attention to “calling out the called” among us; we instead lead reactively here, only talking to potential pastors and missionaries if they first come to us.
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10 Ways to Improve Your Ministry Today
Here are some simple ways from the ministry of Jesus to improve your ministry today.
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10 Things I Wished I’d Done as a Young Pastor
I’ve written previously about my lessons learned as a young pastor, but I’m thinking today about things I wish I had done back then.
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Young Pastors, Why You Need to Talk to Some of Us Older Pastors
Young pastors, I challenge you to find an older pastor and have some conversations. I’m not even saying you need to find an older mentor (though I do think we all need older mentors); I’m simply saying, “Take an older pastor to lunch and talk.”
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12 Random Questions for Church Leaders to Consider
I talk with a lot of church leaders, and the conversations often wander into many varied directions. If you’re a church leader, take some time today to think about these random questions.
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10 Ways My Mentor Has Changed My Life
One of the most influential people in my life today is my mentor. As a young man whose parents divorced at an early age, I have never had a man commit himself to walk alongside me as I sought to pursue Jesus.
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10 Life Lessons I’d Love to Teach Young Ministers
Perhaps we can learn these lessons only through ministry and life experiences – and maybe we wouldn’t have listened to them anyway when we were younger – but here are some lessons I’d love to teach young ministers.
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