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Life and Ministry Lessons Learned in the First Decade of Pastoral Ministry

Here are the most important lessons God has taught me in these first ten years of pastoral ministry.
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By Bruce Burkett, Thursday, June 26, 2025

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Living for Truth in a World of Lies

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By Dave Delaney, Friday, December 9, 2022

We are tempted to think that the time in which we live is the worst time in the history of civilization. That’s nonsense. The Bible speaks of a time when “every man did that which was right in his own eyes.” (Judges 21:25). What is new, however, is the way in which Christians have succumbed to social pressure during such a time. I believe some Christians’ lack of indignation at what we see in our world today is not a sign of their spirituality but of their indifference.

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Doctrinal Drift

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By Dr. John Goetsch, Monday, September 19, 2022
Have You Strayed from Your Message?
Sometimes in preaching it seems that the Scripture text has as much to do with the sermon as the National Anthem has to do with a football game—it gets everything started, but you never hear from it again.
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The Importance of Spending Time with God

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By Dr. Kevin Folger, Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Your Relationship with God Withers When it Is Neglected
If I asked you a question about your own devotional life, would you be uncomfortable? Some Christians spend little—if any—time with the Lord on a daily basis.
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Christian Living
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18 Questions to Discern if Your Church Is Maturing

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Maturity Does Not Happen Automatically
It’s true for people, and it’s true and for churches: the passing of time does not guarantee the development of maturity. When it comes to church growth, it’s easy to fall into a pattern of measuring only numeric growth or decline.
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Pastoral Leadership
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Making Decisions by Principle

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By Dean Herring, Monday, January 17, 2022
When it comes to making purchases I am a research guy. By that, I mean that before I reach the store I have used my computer to research what my best purchase would be.
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Christian Living
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How to Set God-Honoring Goals You Can Reach This Year

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Friday, January 7, 2022
Setting SMART Goals
Do your new year’s goals ever feel repetitious? Do you find yourself making the same goals year after year with little progress? It may be that the weakness isn’t so much with your resolve as it is with your plan.
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Christian Living
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How to Respond to an Impossible Situation

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Wednesday, December 22, 2021
3 Principles from Joseph’s Response to an Impossible Situation
I’ll never forget hearing Dr. Tom Malone say, “When God wants to do something great, He starts with the difficult. But when He wants to do something miraculous, He starts with the impossible.”
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Christian Living
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7 Oxymorons of Christmas

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By Kevan Bartlett, Sunday, December 19, 2021
The King Became a Man
I’ve always liked hearing oxymorons. They are often ironically humorous. The word oxymoron itself comes from oxus which means “sharp” and moros which means “dull.”
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Christian Living
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Choosing to Give Thanks

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By Dave Delaney, Wednesday, November 24, 2021
It’s inevitable! This Thanksgiving season we face several harsh realities–our biased media, high prices, indefinite restrictions as a result of COVID-19, and I can go on and on.
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Christian Living
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When the World Calls Wrong Right, and Right Wrong

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Friday, November 12, 2021
3 Actions for Christians to Take in a Confused Society
We live in a day of amazing confusion. But what makes the confusion especially disorienting is that those who are creating it don’t act bewildered or perplexed. Instead, when we point out what seems obvious, they tell us with a straight face that we are confused, that these issues are more complex than we could understand, that the problem is with us.
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