Jesus’s View of Leadership
Becoming a great leader by the method of Jesus completely contradicts what the world usually assumes about leadership. In a fascinating incident...
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Step Up to the Plate
Some years ago I helped coach the Little League baseball team on which our son, Robbie, was playing. As an assistant, my place was in the dugout...
Read more The Woman’s Head Covering
1 Cor. 11:2-16 is the passage where Paul deals with the woman’s head covering. Underlying this entire discussion is a foundational statement...
Read more Consider Carefully What You Can Do
For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but...
Read more What Makes A Great Church
Each of us should want the local church to be as great as it can be. Even when things are going well, the congregation is growing, and times are...
Read more Presidents And The Bible
For each of the last 30 consecutive weeks I have published in the Bulletin a quotation from one of our nation’s presidents. These quotations have...
Read more Extremist Thinking In The Church
Maybe you have heard about the distracted driver who was getting into the edge of the road, when he over-corrected and swerved directly into the...
Read more Cutting The Roots – But Still Expecting Fruit
Here’s a quote from the U.S. Supreme Court which may surprise you: “Where can the purest principles of morality be learned so clearly or so...
Read more Things Visitors Notice
I have visited the services of a great many congregations. We have long made it a point to visit when we travel. Over the years, I...
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