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Issue #331
10/3/2007
God is looking for holy people to use
by Rick Warren
God uses all kinds of vessels to do his work: young, old, short, tall – but he doesn’t use dirty vessels. If you want to be the kind of leader that God uses, then you have to seek to live a clean and holy life. What does it mean to be holy? This week we’ll take a look at four characteristics of holy people according to the Bible. [more]
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Evaluating your church on purpose
by Tom Holladay

We bristle sometimes when people use numbers to measure ministry results. But if our goal is to move people into the purposes of God, we need a way to evaluate our church’s health. In this article, Pastor Tom Holladay offers practical guidance on how to make meaningful measurements at your church. [more]

Good to Great in God’s Eyes
Chip Ingram (Baker, 2007)  

Jim Collins’ book Good to Great became a bestseller because it isolated some of the characteristics of great businesses. According to Chip Ingram in Good to Great in God’s Eyes, Christians need a bigger goal – to become great in God’s eyes. In this book Ingram shares 10 qualities that great Christians have in common. These qualities include dreaming great dreams, taking great risks, and empowering great people. It’s an excellent personal growth book for a pastor’s library.

 
   


"God can do tremendous things through people who don’t care who gets the credit." - Rick Warren


"Fear of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment." - Proverbs 9:10 (NLT)


How a minister can “flunk” retirement - If you’re in ministry, you don’t get the option to retire – only to be redeployed. Missionaries from the World War II generation are currently redefining what retirement means.
Global Summit on AIDS & the Church - Through this summit, you’ll get the opportunity to be part of a network that will make the movement to eradicate AIDS stronger. Learn how you can get involved in your community and around the world.
Encouraging Music - Check out this site for resources from Saddleback’s worship pastor, Rick Muchow.
Foursquare NextGen Summit ‘07 - Join 8,000 empowered students to help embrace orphans, stop human trafficking, and fight poverty. The summit includes a great line-up of speakers and bands.


God calls church in New York City to care about HIV - Manda Gibson

How to grow a healthy church - Rick Warren

Pastors and the gift of limits - Pete Scazzero

Are you praying for open doors? - Kenny Luck

Unleashing God’s power - Mary Southerland


These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own. - G.K. Chesterton (1906)

My son, always respect and honor the other fellow's point of view. Unless it's different from yours, of course. - Hagar in the Hagar comic strip (March 3, 1999)

Religion is the fashionable substitute for belief. - Oscar Wilde

We mortals have many weaknesses. We feel too much, hurt too much, or too soon we die, but we do have the chance of love. - Sir Walter Raleigh in the upcoming movie “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”

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