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The Bible is Not About You
The reason so many people interpret the Scripture in the wrong way is because we think the Bible was written for us. Let me make it clear to everyone – the Bible was not written for me. It helps us. It guides us. It transforms us but the writers didn’t have us in mind when…
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Members or Missionaries?
If your church is full of members, you get an occasional missionary. If your church is full of missionaries, the rest is just about geography. Most churches don’t send missionaries because they don’t have any. – Erwin McManus Pastors and church leaders make a deliberate effort to turn members into missionaries. Every member is a minister and…
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False Energy
What are some things that we try to say we do as a church that we don’t actually do? I think this is a question every church planter and pastor needs to ask especially after working for a year in church. I have visited so many churches in the past that had their vision and…
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Why the Self-Righteous and the Rebellious Sinner are in the Same Boat
If you read through the story of the Prodigal Son, you would see that there was really no stark difference between the two. Both of them needed the same thing. Both of them needed the same God to save them. One was a rebellious sinner while the other one was moralistic and legalistic. But their…
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When the Church is a Movement
When the church becomes an institution, people are nothing more than volunteers to be recruited. When the church is a movement, our stewardship becomes the unleashing of our God-given gifts, talents, and passions. – Erwin McManus