by Micah Fries
The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ – Luke 7:34
Jesus was a friend of sinners. This is clearly established throughout the gospels. Jesus was among them, in relationship ...
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Community


Small Groups and the Transformed Life –
Much of Christian discipleship resourcing deals with what you need to know, not who you need to be with. That is sad, because if we get the relationships right, the information will follow.
In other words, if we connect people in real gospel community, they will learn, but the ...
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Small Groups, Rebar, and Culture Blindness –
No one comes to a building in its early stages and marvels at the extensive nature of its rebar. Instead, we wait until the structure actually starts to go up; we don’t want to see what makes it stable—we want to see what makes it pretty.
Even though rebar isn’t pretty, it’s ...
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5 Best Books on Spiritual Disciplines – Nathan Finn –
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.
Nathan Finn joins us today to offer his five favorite ...
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3 Things You Miss When Your Groups Aren’t Aligned –
by Brandon Hiltibidal
I’m sure growing up you experienced the feeling of knowing everyone else was at some glorious, talk-about-what-happened-for-years sort of party while you sat at home in your Ninja Turtle pajamas playing GameBoy, eating frozen yogurt, and talking to your ...
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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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