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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
By Peter Mead on Jul 19, 2024
Finishing a sermon is neither easy nor natural. Peter Mead offers some observances of poor sermon endings and some hints on how to finish strong.
Scripture: John 19:28
Tags: Preaching, hermeneutics, Leadership General, preaching
By SermonCentral on May 21, 2020
In this two-minute video John Piper reminds us that vision often leaks and it's our role to articulate it in fresh new ways.
Tags: vision, leadership, Leadership General, Leadership
By Larry Osborne on May 23, 2020
Larry Osborne offers time-tested wisdom to help leaders avoid two dangerous mindsets that often destroy pastors.
Tags: leadership, Character, Leadership General, Leadership
By John Holm on Jul 19, 2021
"I've rarely coached someone who decided that more knowledge or more skill would help them become a successful leader. Instead, what they needed to learn was more about themselves."
Tags: Leader, Character, define, Leadership General
By Michael D. Warden on Jun 4, 2020
Do you know where to draw the line between your role as a top-level leader and everyone else's role in the church?
Tags: leadership, Preaching, Leadership General, Leadership, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Ron Edmondson on Jun 15, 2020
Are you too nice as a leader? Maybe it's time to put away the "nice hat," at least temporarily, to address the issues and problems impacting your ministry or leadership team.
By Bob Hamp on Apr 5, 2023
Spiritual leaders influence more than they direct, and they inspire more than they instruct.
Tags: Power, leadership, Counselor, Leadership General, Leadership (view more) (view less)
By Ken Collins on Jul 27, 2020
Have you ever taken the time to define the "why" of your weekly task? Here's one list from a veteran pastor.
Tags: Preaching, motivation, goals, education, Leadership General (view more) (view less)
By Charles Stone on Jul 25, 2023
Recently our church staff held our annual in-house evaluation retreat when we reviewed the prior year’s goals and plans. God had given us a good year and we wanted not only to discuss how we could improve, but rejoice in His blessings.
Scripture: Psalm 9:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Tags: Thankfulness, gratitude, Leadership General, church leadership
By Joe Mckeever on Sep 7, 2023
Disciples of Jesus Christ must never try to calculate the cost/benefit of some act of ministry.
Scripture: Colossians 3:23-24, Luke 18:8, Ecclesiastes 11:6
Tags: Faithfulness, Leadership General, questions, measuring success
By Brad Lomenick on Apr 15, 2020
52 insightful quotes from Brad Lomenick that pertain to the preaching and pastoral audience.
Tags: pastor, Pastors, Leadership General, Young, Church, leadership (view more) (view less)
By Bill Couchenour on Jan 25, 2024
Relationships are more important to church growth than preaching, media or music. How are yours?
Tags: Building, Preaching, relationships, lead, Leadership General, preaching (view more) (view less)
By Ron Edmondson on Dec 30, 2021
The way others expect you to respond often determines the way they respond to you.
Tags: Communication, Perception, Leadership General, pastoral leadership, communication (view more) (view less)
By Michael Duduit on Jan 28, 2022
My friend Clayton King, who has never served as a senior pastor (and had not expected to), suddenly found himself leading one of the nation’s largest congregations as interim pastor of NewSpring Church in Anderson, South Carolina.
Scripture: James 5:16
Tags: Spiritual Warfare, Isolation, Leadership General, pastoral leadership
By Gavin Ortlund on Apr 29, 2022
Leadership is hard. I rank it up there with pain, parenting, and preaching as one of those things in life that we never fully master, but only hope to keep learning over a lifetime.
Scripture: John 13:15-16, John 16:12
Tags: Teamwork, Leadership General, servant leadership, Jesus' leadership
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