Chip Ingram: Discover Your True Self
How to Silence the Lies of Your Past and Actually Experience Who God Says You Are (Baker)
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How Do You See Yourself?
Excerpted FromDiscover Your True SelfBy Chip Ingram Let me ask you a couple of very important questions about your identity. First, what is your image of God? A.W. Tozer taught us that we tend by a secret law of the soul to move toward our mental image of God. He also said that what comes […]
Nona Jones: From Social Media to Social Ministry
A Guide to Digital Discipleship (Zondervan Reflective)
Planning Your Facebook Campus
Excerpted FromFrom Social Media to Social MinistryBy Nona Jones As an executive and entrepreneur, I believe sustained success starts with a clearly defined vision by which opportunities are evaluated and from which decisions are made. To put it as Stephen Covey did in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, we should “begin with the … Continued
The Mystery of Our Salvation and Kenosis Self-Emptying
Excerpted FromThe Way Up Is DownBy Marlena Graves If I want to be full, open to receiving abundant gracemore human, selflessfirst I must be emptied. He must increase, and I must decrease (John 3:30). The word I discovered is kenosis. Oh, its not that I never heard the word. On the contrary, Im quite familiar with the concept of kenosis self-emptying […]
Reaching and Keeping Young Adults in Faith
Excerpted FromNot Done YetBy Beth Seversen The small percent of young adults growing in their faith stand out in a culture of indifference and disillusionment. And this has led me to uncover a new script being written in certain churches scattered across North America. When researching my own denomination, the Evangelical Covenant Church, I discovered […]
The Magic of Paying Attention to What God’s Already Doing
Excerpted FromEverywhere You LookBy Tim Soerens From a landscape view of much of the church, at least the church in North America, we can make a case that we are just as much communities with a savior’s complex as we are communities confessing the need for a Savior. But before we beat ourselves up too … Continued
Aaron Menikoff: Shepherding in the Fruit of the Spirit Character
Aaron Menikoff discusses the importance of shepherding the fruit of the Spirit character in his book, Character Matters.
Bearing Fruit Is Essential and Guaranteed
Excerpted from 'Character Matters' (Moody), this article discusses the vital importance of bearing good fruit in life.
Letters to a Young Pastor
Timothy Conversations Between Father and Son (NavPress)
