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Hope For Today #178 – Jesus Is Our Peace!
Christmas is a little over a week away! Today we focus on the character of King Jesus and what He brings us: Wonder, Counsel, Peace, He Never Leaves Us, and Peace! And as we turn our focus to the HOPE … Continue reading
Will We Ever Learn?
Have you noticed how many times you have witnessed a divided church, a divided family, a divided workplace? Jesus tells us that there are only TWO bleak futures for such a group … “However, knowing what they were thinking, … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, faith, Leadership Blog
Tagged Bible, church, conflict, death, division, family, future, Jesus, Kingdom, split, workplace
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Transformed Podcast #183 – We Are Sometimes Bragged Upon By God!
Why is it, when we are doing all we know to do right, suffering happens? Why would God allow us to suffer setbacks, sickness and the sorrow of death when we are doing right? Welcome to the transformed podcast. Dr. … Continue reading
Posted in Suffering, Transformed
Tagged bad, competitive opposition, conflict, faith, faithfulness, fear, fighting, gentleness, God, goodness, group rivalry, hate, integrity, jealousy, joy, kindness, losing your temper, love, loyalty, mature, obsession, patience, peace, problems, Satan, self control, selfishness, suffering, test, wisdom
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How do you deal with difficult people?
Photo Credit: studentlinc.net If you have been in ministry for 1 day, you know there are EGR people – “Extra Grace Required” people. The truth is that some people are just beginning their Christ-likeness journey. While others within the fellowship … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged Christian, conflict, conflict resolution, difficult people, Jesus, Matthew 18
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The Challenge of Unity (Part 3)
Ministry can be a tug of war … often local churches struggle with different factions pulling against one another for the leadership of the agenda of their church. Sometimes it looks like this … 1) First, there is the pastor … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged agendas, church, conflict, ministry, Unity
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Conflict and Accusation!
Feel free to forward this to a friend! “To be confident is to act in faith.” ~ Bernard Bynion If you have attempted anything in ministry, you know all about conflict! It seems like the greatest obstacle to forward movement … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus
Tagged accusation, accusations, anger, assertions, Beelzebub, Bernard Bynion, blasphemes, change, church growth, church health, condemnation, conflict, credibility, demons, division, evil motives, fear, foolishness, Jesus, ministry, mission, opposition, possibility, Satan, serving others
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