Can We Preach the Tithe? Hmm, do you think he makes his case?
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Cheap Grace
Cheap Grace “Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate.” SOURCE: Dietrich Bonhoffer “The Cost of Discipleship”
Leader’s Insight: Pastoral Ambition All this “success” is working against God’s purposes, and chipping away at our souls. by Kent Carlson, guest columnist I want to talk about pastoral ambition. I do so with some apprehension. A few years ago, our church was “successful” enough for me to be invited to a small, elite […]
Revival
As I look at the calendar this morning and realize that in our local area there are numerous revival meetings in the next weeks, I ponder again if this is really a matter of scheduling or need. If revival were to “break out”, what would we do?
Good article by Gordon MacDonald When It’s Time to Leave – Leadership journal – ChristianityTodayLibrary.com