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Reflections on the Newspring Leadership Conference 2010
On September 16, 2010, I attended one of the best leadership conference I’ve ever been a part of—the first NewSpring Leadership Conference held at NewSpring Church in Anderson, South Carolina. The...
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C.J. Mahaney, Leaves of Absence, and a Merciful Confrontation
I first heard about this from Justin Taylor. C.J. Mahaney is taking a leave of absence as head of Sovereign Grace Ministries. Nothing unusual about leaves of absence. Yet the transparency of C.J. is...
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Gospel-Gripped Leadership: Three Ways to Deal with a Complaint
I am preaching through Acts at my church (Boone’s Creek Baptist Church, Lexington, KY) and have come to Acts 6:1-7, which I will preach this coming Sunday (July 31, 2011). In verse 1, we read that, in...
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Harmony in the Church At All Costs (Tozer)
[Taken from Tozer Daily Devotional by Literature Ministries International.] Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. –1 Peter...
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Book Review: “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” by...
Historians over the last century have ranked Abraham Lincoln has one of the top two presidents in the history of the United States—most rank him first by a long shot. On the surface, the reason many...
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The Role of Skill in Church Music and Worship
Our Music Team at Arapahoe Road Baptist Church and I are meeting about every six weeks to two months for a number of reasons: encouragement, direction, and focusing on leading God’s people in worship....
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“I’ll Pray for Your Leadership, You Pray for My Follow-ship”
After a particularly joyous Sunday at our church where I pastor (with a fellowship to follow), one of our dear senior adults came up to me and engaged me in a conversation about the service. Since...
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For the Person of Christ or for Personal Preference?: Critiquing the Cause of...
“So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift at the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come...
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The Five Points of Criticism–and How to Respond
The book of Nehemiah is a fascinating account of how God instills a vision for His glory and the good of His people, then how God works in Nehemiah and the surrounding circumstances to carry it out....
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Leadership Development from … the Book of Acts?
I like Phil Newton a lot. He is decidedly biblical as pastor of South Woods Baptist Church in Memphis, taking that church in a solid direction based on Scripture and not tradition. His booklet, The Way...
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