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Questions to Ask Before You Take an Associate Position
Recently a good friend asked whether he should take a position that’s been offered to him. As I took some time thinking about this, I considered this is his first foray into a church ministry staff position. Since he’s young, I wanted to give … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Ministry
Tagged budget, calling, career, church, doubt, expectations, family, Job, Leadership, ministry, pastor, positon, purpose, staff, supervisor, Vision, will of God, youth
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Transformed Podcast #264: When the Culture Crumbles!
“May you live in interesting times” is an English expression purported to be a translation of a traditional Chinese curse. Despite being so common in English as to be known as “the Chinese curse“, the saying is apocryphal, and no … Continue reading
Posted in Engaging Culture, Transformed
Tagged America, authority, Bible, children, conscience, culture, discourse, end times, faith, family, gentleness, glorify, God, good, goodness, Gospel, hate speech, homosexual, joy, kindness, Law, lifestyle, light, love, loyalty, pastors, patience, peace, public, purity, salt, SCOTUS, self control, sensuality, shame, truth, wickedness, wil, worship
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Changed Lives Get Noticed!
Artwork courtesy of campusfellowship.com Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead When people truly change, no one can keep quiet … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus
Tagged change, confess, Confession, disciple, discipleship, family, father, friend, God, Gospel, Jesus, life, marriage, mission, neighbor, pain, possess, possession, prison, publiicity, repent, surrender, transform, transformation, twelve
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Am I Worthy of Jesus?
Artwork courtesy of: en.wikipedia.org Want to earn the loyalty of those you lead? Be loyal to them. For example, the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar was asked by a former soldier to testify for him in a lawsuit. The busy emperor … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus
Tagged Christ, Christian Music, confess, family, Jesus, love, loyal, loyalty, pastoral ministry, priority, relationship
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Episode 140 – Where Is God When Your Family Rejects You?
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. When your family rejects you, God is still with you! As the teenage Jacob shows us, God will show up, back up and take up our cause when we trust our lives to His care. … Continue reading
Posted in God Is With Us!, Transformed
Tagged appreciative, birthright, broken, delay, destroy, El Elohe Yisrael, Emmanuel, family, Genesis, God's will, honest, hope, hopeful, Immanuel, Jacob, murder, obedient, pain, persistent, plan, presence of God, problem, promise, rejection, relationships, repent, repentant, Satan, vow
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Episode 116 – From Forgiveness to Forgiving!
An unforgiving spirit poisons the community in which it lives, and an unforgiving, forgiven person becomes an open scandal. Such people destroy the churches, the marriages, the families, and the friendships in which they live. Jesus obviously believed that forgiveness, … Continue reading
Posted in Transformed
Tagged Bible, Christian, church, family, forgive, forgiveness, forgiving, friendship, irreconcilable differences, marriage, reconcile, Reconciliation, unforgiveness
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Scott Hammond Talks About Being an Every Day Dad!
Eagles In Leadership caught up with Scott Hammond recently and talked about his book, Every Day Dad: The Guide to Becoming a Better Father. Hammond mentors fathers on how to attain their personal best in parenting while creating a legacy … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews, Transformed
Tagged Become a better father, dad, Every Dad Dad, families, family, father, Jim Tunney, parenthood, Parenting, Scott Hammond
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A Part of the Family!
Feel free to forward this to a friend! “For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.” ~ Jesus Family is the cradle of our hopes and dreams, the support for our hurts and … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus, Eagles E-Letter
Tagged alone, choice, comfort, difficult times, dreams, end of your rope, extended family, failures, faith, faith family, family, help, hope, hopeless, hurting, hurts, intimate, Jesus, love, misery, obedience, open, parents, relationship, relationships, responsible, security, small group, support, transparent, will of God, without hope
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