4 key safeguards to make sure your church’s finances stand up under scrutiny
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“Churches must be proactive to be above reproach with finances. Four key safeguards will help your church stand up under scrutiny.” - CPost
The Church Needs Prophets, But It Wants Lawyers
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“American Christian culture is rife with congregants looking for lawyers, not prophets and not pastors. The church-shopping phenomenon puts us in churches that make us feel quite comfortable…. From all too many members of the congregation comes the cry, ‘Tell us what we want to hear!’” - French
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The Invasion
This is my 2020 Christmas Eve sermon. The video follows this text, below.
We don’t like intrusions into our world from outside. It makes us nervous. It makes us insecure. It makes us scared!
It’s why UFOs fascinate so many of us. Is it true? Could it be real? Is there actually life “out there?”
It’s why movies about Martians and aliens are so sinister. They always have better technology. They always want to hurt us, and they always scare us.
Those Martian movies are always variations on the same theme:
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Ravi Zacharias ministry confirms apologist 'did indeed engage in sexual misconduct'
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“Releasing an interim report by Miller & Martin PLLC, which the ministry hired to investigate allegations of misconduct … RZIM said, ‘Sadly, the interim investigation update indicates this assessment of Ravi’s behavior to be true.’” - CPost
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Joni Eareckson Tada Asks for Prayer After Contracting COVID-19
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“The 71-year-old ministry leader, who is quadriplegic and at risk, is in “bright spirits” and receiving antibodies treatment.” - CToday
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John MacArthur's church has multiple COVID cases, staff pressured to keep silent: report
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“L.A. County requires places of worship to report to the Public Health Department when there are at least three COVID-19 cases within a span of two weeks, after which the agency determines whether there is an outbreak. GCC did not respond to a request for comment by press time.” - C.Post
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Fred Luter, JD Greear speak out as prominent black pastors flee SBC over CRT dispute
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“Luter joined scores of Southern Baptists in endorsing A Statement on Justice, Repentance, and the SBC….we stand firmly in opposition to any movement in the SBC that seeks to distract from racial reconciliation through the gospel and that denies the reality of systemic injustice.
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Making Disciples Jesus’ Way
By Rich Van Heukelum
“If you can see your target, you have a better chance of hitting it.
If you can watch an expert, you have a better chance of doing it well.”
—Source Unknown
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Case Study: How to Start a Sermon Series Well
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“So you’re about to start a sermon series, but how should you approach the first few minutes of the first sermon in that new sermon series?” - C.Leaders
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Asia Harvest: Thousands of pastors go into hiding amid China’s rising persecution, attempts to eradicate Christianity
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“Tens of thousands of house church pastors and evangelists across China have gone into hiding as the Communist Party prepares for what seems like a ‘final assault’ on Christianity in an attempt to eradicate it from the country” - CPost
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