By Thom Rainer
If I feel entitled, I complain about my job.
If I am thankful, I am grateful to have a job.
If feel entitled, I complain about the meal I’m eating.
If I am thankful, I am grateful to have food on the table.
If I feel entitled, I complain that the ...
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Pastors
Correcting in a Culture of Offense
By Jonathan Dodson
Loving correction is an important gospel ministry.
It can seem like a kindness to overlook sin, but it can also be the kiss of death: “Better is open rebuke than love that is concealed. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but deceitful are the kisses of ...
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Three Ways to Lead at Home
By Louie Giglio
In my home, my wife and I have a partnership, I’m even lucky enough to work with my wife. We don’t have kids, just our goldendoodle, London, and I lead all three of us. Most leaders forget to include themselves in the leadership of their homes. I have to lead ...
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3 Spiritual Reasons Why You Should Take Control of Your Calendar
By Michael Kelley
You probably have a calendar. In fact, you probably have several calendars. Unless you’re of the type who puts endless sticky notes on every surface to remind you of things, you likely use that calendar to organize your appointments, priorities, and dates to ...
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Five Key Steps to Make Changes at Church
By Carey Nieuwhof
When I started at my church, six people attended. As my wife, our child, and I joined, we increased attendance by 50 percent. Stepping into a leadership role in this church, I quickly found that leading change was easy since I had little to lose.
It’s easy ...
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The Five Choices of Declining Churches
By Thom Rainer
It’s simple and straightforward.
Leaders of declining churches have five choices.
Let me clarify. In theory, the choices are simple. But putting them to practice is not so easy. So when pastors or other church leaders ask me what they can do about their ...
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