Navigating Conflict within Church Politics
Dear church congregants; Don’t make it hard for him. Be responsive, be prompt, and be cooperative in every way you can. You will give him such joy.
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Dear church congregants; Don’t make it hard for him. Be responsive, be prompt, and be cooperative in every way you can. You will give him such joy.
The issue of “fear of man” became my main focus rather than “fear of God” (Prov 1:7). In other words, as Ed Welch said it well, people became big, and God became small.
As Christians, suicide is seen in a very different light. Shikishima’s belief is tied to his behavior, and he says, “That monster (Godzilla) will never forgive us”
Life isn’t easy, is it? The holiday season comes to an end, the credit card debt needs to be followed up, often, these are times when counseling and financial consultation are most acquired based on statistics and census reports. We may be able to retreat from the battle for a little while, but life is full of complex situations that …
“The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares for this, or exhibits this, or results from this….” – C.S. Lewis
How can we help others grow in spiritual maturity? How can we help our children to be more Christ-like?
How does the Bible inform and help navigate through the mind of a master manipulator? How can we identify and examine whether we are master manipulators?
1`What is a local church and why do they exist? If there’s no alignment, then everyone is doing what is right in their own eyes.
How are Christians to respond to this entire month of June for being a Pride month? How can we model and emulate Christ amid all that people are going through?
Satan wants to split the church in half like our country is divided in so many areas. Satan wants to do everything in the church to bring division and get Christians off the course!
We are to give Jesus our top priority. I don’t want to ever miss that as a Christian.
Easter all took place in the city of Jerusalem about 2,000 years ago. Yet, this truth is for all of us as well.
One of the greatest sins in the church may be a lack of forgiveness, which stems from pride, and it stems from not preaching the gospel to ourselves.
Understanding and knowing the biblical prescribed marriage is not only for the deep theologians who can distinguish the differentiation.
A strong courageous leader must learn to overcome past mistakes and failures in Christ.
Thanksgiving to God is fundamental to a believer’s life for it is the only means of communicating with God which is inclusive of praise, prayer, and proclamation of God’s sacrificial death on the cross.
There’s nothing that will save us from such eternal punishment except a saving faith in Christ by the grace of Almighty.
Prayer is one of the humblest postures a man can take. Then the opposite is true. Prayerlessness is pridefulness.
Salvation is the mysterious working of the Triune God as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit call upon all people to repent.
How can we withstand the attacks of the enemy for such a time as this? How can we go forward with this as we are being sanctified in the image of Christ?
Is your church or ministry struggling to reach the next generation?