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Trauma and the stress that can accompany it often keep an individual hyper-focused on the event, re-creating the trauma over and over, trying somehow to undo the feeling of helplessness and powerlessness through the negative ruminations.
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By Dr. George Crabb, Monday, May 19, 2025

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Are You Neglecting Part of the Great Commission?

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, December 3, 2018
6 Characteristics of a Disciple-Making Church—Part 1
he Great Commission of Christ is to share the gospel and make disciples. Sometimes I paraphrase it, “go, win, baptize, teach.”
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Outreach & Discipleship
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Next Man Up

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By Lloyd Read, Friday, November 30, 2018
4 Truths I Have Embraced during My Transition into the Senior Pastorate
On June 17, 2018, Harvest Baptist Temple of Medford, OR, celebrated forty-one years of ministry. It was also the day that the founding pastor, Dr. Bob Gass, entrusted the heritage and history of that ministry to me.
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Pastoral Leadership
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How to Get out of Debt

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, November 26, 2018
10 Practical Steps to Eliminate Debt
According to statistics from 2018, Americans owe 26 percent of their income to consumer debt with the average American spending 10 percent of his or her monthly income on non-mortgage debts. And although average income is increasing, American consumers are buying more and increasing their debt.
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Christian Living
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3 Reasons We Should Be Thankful

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By Dr. David Gibbs Jr., Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Thanksgiving Day, made a national holiday in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln celebrates the feast the Pilgrims held after their first successful corn harvest in 1621. What many Americans fail to remember is that Thanksgiving is not just about being thankful—it’s about being thankful to the one true God.
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Christian Living
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5 Practical Ways to Celebrate Thanksgiving

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, November 19, 2018
I love Thanksgiving for many reasons, but perhaps the greatest is that it helps us schedule a day to do what we should be doing every day of the year—give thanks.
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Christian Living
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What I Learned by Eating Stringy Pumpkin Pie

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By Monica Bass, Saturday, November 17, 2018
Give Thanks for Your Blessings
You might call me stingy, but I prefer to think of myself as thrifty. Either way, I’m all about saving pennies where I can… which is exactly what I did some years ago when I salvaged several small pumpkins from being tossed.
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Ladies Ministry
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4 Thoughts on Walking with God

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By Dr. R. B. Ouellette, Friday, November 16, 2018
It would seem that a ministry devoted to helping preachers would not need to talk to them about having a time of daily devotions and a regular schedule to read the Bible. Unfortunately, my sad experience through the years has taught me otherwise.
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Christian Living
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11 Post-Election Reasons I Am Grateful to Be a Christian Living in California

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, November 12, 2018
The results of an election can reveal the character and heart of a people. And this most recent election, at least in the state of California, didn’t reveal a heart for God or loyalty to Christian values.
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Christian Living
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7 Ways to Limit Legal Liability in a Church

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, November 5, 2018
The heart-felt desire of every godly pastor is to do the work God has called him to do—preach the gospel, disciple new Christians, study God’s Word, prepare biblical messages, equip the church family for the work of the ministry, and serve as an undershepherd of God’s people.
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Pastoral Leadership
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Retreat for Who?

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By Sharon Rabon, Saturday, November 3, 2018
5 Suggestions for Hosting a Retreat
Do you enjoy hosting a ladies retreat or would you rather attend one?
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Ladies Ministry
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