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How We Know the Bible Is True
Is there a way for uneducated, ordinary people around the world to have a well-founded confidence that the Bible is true?

Worship Is Not Made-to-Order

We love to have our individual preferences and desires met, and this craving does not disappear when it comes to worship. The Pharisees, like unfaithful Israel before them, taught “as doctrines the commandments of men” — their individual preferences in worship led God to condemn their practices as “vain” worship (Mark 7:6–8). 

Let Me Repeat Myself? – Part Two

So how do worship leaders know whether to repeat or not repeat? I’ll try to get very practical here:

Three Tips for Teaching OT Narratives

David Murray reflects on a a sermon he recently heard, and how the preacher excelled at preaching the narrative of Naaman the leprous Syrian, in 2 Kings 5. When the preacher shared his secrets, the following suggestions came out:

New Poll Reveals the State of Theology in America

A new poll reveals the theological beliefs of Americans about God, sin, salvation, heaven and hell, the church, and the Bible.

Single Men, Consider the Single Mothers in Your Church

Many mothers in our churches need husbands, and their children need fathers, yet for all the pro-family, pro-marriage, pro-life talk among Christian young men, weddings like the one I just mentioned are uncommon. 

The Early Bird Gets The Link 

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Princes Are Not Redeemers — Politics in Perspective
Even in a free nation, such as America, we still find ourselves being promised the world through politics. Crooked politicians (and yes, most of them are crooked) continue to compete for votes, and often they lie, cheat, and steal their way to the top. Beware of putting your trust in politicians. The answer for America, and our world, is not found in politics, it’s something far greater. Keith Mathison writes, “Because our citizenship is in heaven, our hopes do not ride on earthly election results. We do not hope in candidates with ‘Messiah complexes.’” [2]

Hearts in Heaven

Those who live with this heavenly perspective discover abundant life as God intended it here on earth. Ironically, those who pursue earthly comforts are really the most uncomfortable people on earth.

How Scripture’s Authority Shapes What We Do On Sunday Morning

What we consistently see is there are faithful ways to worship God and unfaithful ways to attempt to worship God. How are we to know the difference? How could we obey, unless we’re told how? How could we abstain, unless we are warned?

Christians and Election 2016

Some thoughts from Dr. Moore after the debate. 

“But What If We’re Wrong?” Wondering How the Future Will Judge Us

“Take up and read.”

That’s the advice I received from a good pastor friend regarding the books of Chuck Klosterman, one of the finest pop-culture observers and thinkers of our day. And anytime a pastor uses the conversion story of Augustine to convince me to pick up a book, well, it’s hard to resist.

The Early Bird Gets The Link

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Hope y’all survived last nights debate. Much was said but nothing new. Here are some good reads for your day.

The Three Most Common Sentences of Dying Churches

If churches could speak, what would their words be on their deathbeds?

For the Bible Tells Me So: Biblical Authority Denied … Again

Evangelical Christianity has a big problem, says Andy Stanley, and that problem is a reliance on the Bible that is both unwarranted and unhelpful. 

3 Types of Codependency

This is very helpful.

Jesus’ Work of Redemption

What does redemption mean? 

A Conversation with Emily Thomes

Today, I’m publishing an interview with Emily Thomes (@Emilysatt19), a young Christian lady who once identified as a homosexual. I initially met Emily at a recent G3 Conference, and since then she has been actively speaking out about her former sin struggles and her new life in Christ and as a wife to her husband Benjamin.

The Early Bird Gets The Link 

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Hope you had a. Leased weekend. Here are some worth while articles, videos and audio clips.

Andrew Fuller on Humanity’s Ultimate Desires

I enjoy when the David Prince site posts these thoughts from Andrew Fuller.

The Real Focus of Successful Leaders

Control, for the most part, is illusion.

What happens when you try to control something outside your control?
How Not to Become a Christian Chihuahua

So, the questions I have for myself are simply these: Am I the Chihuahua in the room? Am I the kind of person who arrogantly thinks he has all the answers? Do I selectively cloister myself with like-minded believers? Do I obnoxiously defend what I believe with ruthless animosity? Am I more of a nuisance than a blessing? Have I elevated my pet theological positions to the level of essential Christian doctrine, even when they are non-essential issues?

No Place Like Home

While we need to be good stewards of the health the Lord has given us, we must remember that the “buildings” we currently occupy were not built to last forever. An important part of cultivating a heavenly perspective is looking forward to the physical realities of heaven.

What Is God Doing in My Pain?

Many of you have been in situations where you look at something in your life and wonder, “Is God even aware? What could he possibly be up to right now?” Maybe your circumstances are so dismal that you aren’t even sure there is a God. You’re in pain, you can’t see the end of it, and you can’t see any purpose in it.

https://youtu.be/tJHBhQvdy1g 
What Type of Steward of God’s Word Are You?

It’s Monday morning and I’m slowly recovering from Sunday. I take a brief look at the text for the upcoming Sunday. What I say to myself in that moment will determine what type of steward I am of God’s Word. There are two types of stewards in the Bible. When we consider handling the Bible, only one of these types of stewards is faithful to the master.

The Early Bird Gets The Link 

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The Early Bird Gets The Link is a daily roundup of interesting and thought provoking articles, videos, or audio clips.

A Heavenly Worldview

In other words, we don’t seek to escape this life by dreaming of heaven. But we do find we can endure this life because of the certainty of heaven.

A Lesson from Martin Luther to Modern Day Reformers

This might have the right doctrine and biblical practices at the heart of it, but that kind of how-to attitude is destructive. Many young pastors burn with a desire to see reform, but how they go about it can be devastating.

the Making of a Celebrity Pastor

The local church calls men to the ministry. The local church equips men for the ministry. We must stop this process where individuals steeped in a “be an epic difference maker” culture are the deciding factors as to whether or not they are called into ministry.

The Attraction of Idolatry

We know as Christians, on an intellectual level, that we have idols—be it family, food, football or whatever. But to see the allure of idolatry can be hard for those of us in the Western world.

5 Things Not to Trust in Your Preaching

But the one thing we must not do is trust after-sermon comments as a final measure of how faithful or effective our preaching is. We don’t (or shouldn’t!) preach for an “Amen.” We don’t (or shouldn’t!) preach in the fear of man. We don’t (or shouldn’t!) begin to think those few comments (and they are few) represent the entirety of the church or the entirety of God’s work. The Master works his plan well beyond the sight of men. So we shouldn’t finally trust the comments of our people, or even our own assessments.

The Early Bird Gets The Link 

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The Early Bird Gets The Link is a daily roundup of interesting and thought provoking articles, videos, or audio clips.

What Does TV Say About Sex?

What lies does our culture tell us about sex? I once conducted an informal experiment, watching ten random minutes of a television show popular with teens and young adults in order to see what it would tell me about sex.

In ten minutes, I heard at least three lies:
What is Preaching, Anyway?

Preachers approach God’s word as its recipient, its servant, and its deliverer, not its author, manager, or marketer. Because our triune God is holy, infinite, almighty, and wise, we preach like he is.

Making Disciples Who Engage the Culture

Video clip worth watching!

Fear in Ministry

Fear can be crippling in many situations, even ministry. Here are 3 ways fear can derail ministry and what to do about it. Don’t just read about, Akin, Nuñez and Kynes speak on their fears in ministry.

6 Essential Reminders for Every Christian Leader

No one begins pursuing leadership with the goal of heresy, apostasy or burn out. Those tragedies happen slowly over time as a person loses sight of the Gospel and the practices that reinforce Christ’s work in life and leadership. We just don’t have what it takes to persevere in Christian leadership without life enhancing practices that keep us sourced in Jesus Christ.

The Early Bird Gets The Link 

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The Early Bird Gets The Link is a daily roundup of interesting and thought provoking articles, videos, or audio clips.

How to Overcome Satan’s Temptations

As long as we’re awaiting the resurrection, we’re going to have temptations. And we’re going to stumble—sometimes quite often. But we don’t have to throw our hands up and simply give in. If we know a little about Satan’s tactics, we can have much more confidence when he attacks.

Pete Wilson and the Importance of the Sabbath

We all must remember God created the sabbath (rest) for man. Also we all must remember Pastor’s are humans like us, they need rest, rejuvenation, a daily spiritual walk. With that in mind here are 5 ways you can pray for your pastor. 

Six Reasons Why Your Church Members May Not Be Friendly to Guests

So how do so many church members have such a disconnect with reality? I see six common reasons:

4 Questions Parents Should Ask of Extracurricular Activities

Scenarios and questions related to church and family are always complicated. Is it wrong to play on Sunday? Are we offering a poor Christian witness if we miss games and practices for religious events? Is the grandparent’s anniversary party more important than the playoff soccer game? Should we just accept consequences for missing games?

Find a Friend to Wound You

This sentence has me thinking much this morning. “Your soul needs friends who are willing to risk wounding your pride in the moment for the long-term good of your soul.”