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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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They Were the Ruin of Him

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By Dr. R. B. Ouellette, Saturday, September 1, 2018
When God’s People Use the World’s Methods Destruction Follows
It seems as if we are surrounded with appeals to do the work of God in a new and “better” way. If only we will cancel our evening services, abandon our confrontational soulwinning, throw out our standards, soften our preaching, replace godly music with sensual music, and avoid politically incorrect subjects such as abortion, homosexuality, and submission on the part of a wife to her husband, then we will begin to see our churches grow.
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3 Life Principles We Should Teach Our Children

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By Dr. Tim Cruse, Thursday, August 30, 2018
Although I love all the seasons of the year, my favorite is Fall. There are three principles I would like to share that will be a help not only as we prepare our children to succeed in this new school year, but also as we think about fulfilling God’s will in the next season of our lives whatever that is for each of us.
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Christian Living
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7 Simple Ways to Connect with Your Pastor

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, August 27, 2018
Practical Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Pastor
I cherish the relationships God has given me with our church family. As an undershepherd, I am grateful for the privilege of visiting members in the hospital, attending our young people’s ball games, having families in our home for fellowship, going soulwinning with men from our church—connecting with our church family in any and every way I am able.
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4 More Ways a Pastor Serves His Church

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By Bruce Burkett, Saturday, August 25, 2018
Let Your Pastor Be Your Pastor—Part 2

This is part two of this article. Please click here to read part one.

1. The Pastor Is to Have a Faith Worthy of Following

Remember them which have the rule over you…considering the end of their conversation—Hebrew 13:7

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Pastoral Leadership
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3 Reasons Pastors Should Not Fear “Retiring”

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By Dr. Dwight Tomlinson, Friday, August 24, 2018
Some Things I Have Learned after Resigning the Pastorate
My wife and I began serving in full-time ministry in June of 1974. I had just graduated from Bible College, moved to a city where we knew no one, and at the age of twenty-four started an independent Baptist church with no one but our family. Forty-one years of pastoral ministry later, I stood before the congregation that I loved and at the age of sixty-five read my resignation letter.
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Making Disciples or Making Concessions

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Tuesday, August 21, 2018
We Are Doing One or the Other
Discipleship is central to Christianity. In the words of my friend, Dave Hardy, “We are either making disciples, or we are making concessions.”
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DIY Projects and Ladies Ministry

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By Sharon Rabon, Saturday, August 18, 2018
3 Parallels between DIY Projects and Ladies Ministry
Do the letters DIY mean something to you? Do It Yourself projects have become so popular. Why pay someone to do something that you can do yourself? In 1997, when my husband became pastor of our church, I decided to wallpaper his office.
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Ladies Ministry
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7 Things that Happen When a Pastor Comes Apart

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Benefits of Using Time Away for Renewal
Perhaps you’ve heard the phrase, “You must make time to come apart before you fall apart.” It refers to Mark 6:31 where Jesus told his disciples, “Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.”
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Pastoral Leadership
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Choosing to Respond with Grace

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By Dr. Mike Edwards, Saturday, August 11, 2018
3 Aspects of Responding Graciously
Recently, on a drive through North Carolina, a very rude driver cut me off on the highway for the very important need of gaining one spot in slow traffic. May I be honest? Everything within my flesh wanted to lay on the horn for as long as it took to feel avenged of this horrible, life-altering act by this thoughtless driver.
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Christian Living
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5 Graces of Servant Leadership

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, August 6, 2018
Growth in Grace Should Affect All Areas of Our Life
The military boasts of its ability to build leaders “from the ground up.” But God is interested in building leaders from Heaven down.
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Christian Living
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