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Small-Group Ministry Best (and Needed!) Practices for 2018

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The New Testament is jam-packed with instructions to bodies of believers—churches—on how to live the gospel faith in a world that is not conducive to the gospel message. These instructions are easy to apply to today’s church setting. But consider this: The New Testament era church thrived on the trust and fellowship of small … [Read more...]

Putting the NEW in New Creation

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Abolition minister Henry Ward Beecher is quoted as saying: Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page.   It makes complete sense, too, that the most popular image used to depict the new year is a baby. Perhaps you can use this new year as an opportunity to explore with your … [Read more...]

The Holy Wow

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Holy Wow.   It can be elusive and hard to define. But you know it when you see it. Or feel it. Or touch it. It’s those “wow” moments in Scripture that bring pause, when Truth reaches past your protective shell and grabs your heart, leaving you better in any number of ways: more resolute, courageous, awakened, convicted, … [Read more...]

It’s More Blessed to Give than To Receive. Who Said That?

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  We all know the adage: It’s more blessed to give than to receive. But where did this come from? Is it simply an adage? Did Jesus say it? Or is it one of those phrases like “God helps those who help themselves” that sounds scriptural, but isn’t?   Well, let’s dig in a bit. And as we dig, you’ll see that this … [Read more...]

5 Ways to Personalize Luther’s Reformation

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In the early 1500s, while the world was in what’s known as the Dark Ages, the church was suffering through dark ages of its own. It had degenerated into man’s default approach to a relationship with God—that you must earn that relationship, that God gives grace to those who work for it. What’s worse, the church had figured out … [Read more...]

Teaching the Abundant Life…When Life Isn’t So Abundant

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Complete this sentence: I have come that they may have life ____________. It’s a familiar passage. And depending on the Bible version you’ve used TOmemorize the passage, you might complete the sentence with something like: …and have it more abundantly.   But what exactly does this mean, especially when life doesn’t … [Read more...]