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Topic: A Pastor’s Home |
h5463
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Forum: Day 40: Home Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 11:10 am Subject: A Pastor’s Home |
I am grateful to read this 40 days of devotional on pastor and pastoral ministry. Especially after more than ten years of practice, it is time to make some sort of conclusion for the first period in m ... |
Topic: A Guideline |
h5463
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Forum: Day 30: Righteous Ruts Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2016 4:01 pm Subject: A Guideline |
There are things better to have guidelines. Recently we leadership team discussed how to handle people who want to rent our church for wedding. There was a couple wanting to rent the church but they a ... |
Topic: In the name of discipline |
h5463
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Forum: Day 23: The Rod Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 11:30 am Subject: In the name of discipline |
Church discipline is indeed the most difficult part of church ministry. In our area, we frequently saw church lay leaders even disciplining pastors. It was sad to see such a painful process, especial ... |
Topic: A lonely watchdog |
h5463
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Forum: Day 21: Dogs Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 11:53 pm Subject: A lonely watchdog |
As pastors we are lonely. We need to make decision whether to “sallow the red pill†(a class scene in the movie of “The Matrixâ€) for being more truthful to ourselves and to the ... |
Topic: A threat from inside |
h5463
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Forum: Day 17: Recognizing the Wolves Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2016 4:21 pm Subject: A threat from inside |
I once confronted with a couple in our church, when they’d been invited to join a local Unitarian Universalist gathering. On a particular Sunday they missed our church service for going to the ... |
Topic: Lost in denomination |
h5463
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Forum: Day 10: Lost and Found Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 4:27 pm Subject: Lost in denomination |
Two years ago an incident broke up in our Baptist church. A devotional and highly respected Christian couple decided to join our church membership. It is a good thing to see your congregation having d ... |
Topic: Carry on feeding |
h5463
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Forum: Day 7: Feed My Sheep Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 9:09 am Subject: Carry on feeding |
It’s pleased to know the author once brought bibles and materials to pastors in Mainland China. When young I heard of report from my pastors some missionaries did have such a ministry bringing ... |
Topic: Study as digging wells |
h5463
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Forum: Day 5: Spring Up, O Well! Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:39 am Subject: Study as digging wells |
After years of preaching and teaching, the passion for preparation may somehow die out. Rarely counsel with commentaries. Avoid Greek or Hebrew. Study the audience to earn their approval instead of a ... |
Topic: Continually feeding the needed water |
h5463
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Forum: Day 4: Streams in the Desert Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 2:57 pm Subject: Continually feeding the needed water |
I share Our Daily Bread on our church social media, WeChat. I share the devotional as frequent as possible in the group chatting. I also see other pastors sharing in a similar way. It is a trend now. ... |
Topic: Call for compassion |
h5463
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Forum: Day 2: PROVISION Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 8:07 am Subject: Call for compassion |
The call of a pastor is compassion. Without compassion we may be a good Bible teacher but not pastor. Compassion made Jesus different from the Pharisees. To be like Jesus as pastor, we are called for ... |
Topic: Pastoral life in the Wilderness |
h5463
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Forum: Day 1: The Wilderness Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 1:38 pm Subject: Pastoral life in the Wilderness |
The first chapter reminds me of Psalm 91:5,6— “You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that ... |
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