I recently led a breakout session at regional conference in Oklahoma City dealing with how churches think strategically about their weekend services as it concerns the unchurched. Now I know that within even my own tribe we have good and godly churches with different strategies on how to make disciples (e.g., attractional, incarnational, etc.), so
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A few years back I walked into the office of Bruce Wesley, my friend and lead pastor of the church I serve, and with great exasperation told him I thought I needed to quit. I didn’t want to jump ship on serving the local church, I just thought it might be time for me to
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I often tell young preachers that if there is only one person in the room that believes what they are preaching please let it be them. Those called to preach must root themselves in their identity in Christ, the bedrock of their calling, and the grace God gives in the preaching event. Why is this
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