The Church Leaders "Best Books" series is our way of helping leaders find, read, and recommend books on a variety of important topics related to ministry and the Christian life. Check out the rest of our best books lists.
We are joined today by Jonathan Parnell, recommending ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
Love the Church More Than Its Health by Jonathan Leeman
"There’s a temptation I have noticed that you and I are susceptible to: we can love our vision of what a church should be more than we love the people who compose it."
4 Ways to Serve a School by Derek and Colleen ...
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4 Ways to Make Multiplication Less Painful –
I remember the first time I heard the illustration of compound interest — it changed my whole perspective. Here’s the scenario: I will either give you $1 million right now, or I will give you a penny today and give you twice as much every single day of the month. Which would you ...
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5 Best Books for Evangelism – Jonathan Dodson –
The Church Leaders "Best Books" series is our way of helping leaders find, read, and recommend books on a variety of important topics related to ministry and the Christian life. Check out the rest of our best books lists.
We kick off our series with Jonathan Dodson's favorite ...
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The Aftermath of Church Discipline: 12 Tips –
by Jared C. Wellman
Church discipline. To say it's tough would be the understatement of a thousand lifetimes. But it's a biblical mandate, one that Jesus uncrates in Matthew 18:15-20. In short, his instructions are:
First, approach the one in sin privately.
Second, if he doesn't ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
The Top 30 Blogs Christian Leaders Need to Read in 2015 by Brian Dodd
A helpful list including our own Thom Rainer and Ed Stetzer.
How to Foster a Gospel Culture by Ray Ortlund, Jr.
"Gospel doctrine creates a gospel culture. The doctrine of grace creates a culture of ...
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2 Options for the New Year: Optimism or Hope –
by Doug Hankins
One of the most important tasks for any leader during a new season of ministry is to ensure that you start off on the right tone. As my band director used to remind us in high school, it doesn’t matter how well you play the musical piece if you don’t get the ...
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Ridley Scott’s “Exodus” – Let My Reason Go –
by Joshua Crutchfield
Hollywood has always been one to take notice and profiteer off of the telling public. Series like The Bible, that drew over 14.8 million viewers to the History channel, and the Emmy-nominated game show, The American Bible Challenge, that was the Game Show ...
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5 Most-Read Articles of 2014 –
Launched in April 2014, the Lifeway Church Leaders blog has been blessed to resource church and ministry leaders of all kinds. Thanks to our faithful readers, here are the five most-read articles of 2014:
5. The Dangerous Task of Expository Preaching by Michael Cooper
"I advocate ...
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America’s Pastor: An Interview with Grant Wacker –
by Barry Creamer
There are a few icons in American life that are so pervasive that we cannot ignore them. Not only can we not ignore them, but we so idolize them that we have a hard time separating the icon from the person. Billy Graham is one of those figures.
I sat down ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
Race in America: A First Person Report from #ATimeToSpeak by Bob Smietana
A report from "A Time to Speak," a discussion on race with Matt Chandler, Derwin Gray, Bryan Loritts, and more, and moderated by Ed Stetzer. Watch the video here.
5 Reasons to Give Your Church Jesus by ...
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