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Getting everyone to serve in your small groups by Steve Gladen If you can get people in your small groups to step up and serve – even in a small way – it will change their lives. One way to make this happen is by designating “purpose champions” in each group. In this issue, Pastor Steve Gladen explains how this works at Saddleback and how you can develop leaders in your small groups. |
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"Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber." - Rick Warren |
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"And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." - Romans 8:28 (NASB) |
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Wayne Grudem Systematic Theology lectures - Listen as Wayne Grudem lectures on a variety of doctrinal issues, such as the place of Scripture, interpreting the Bible, God, and more. Whether you agree with his theology or not, you’re sure to grow by interacting with the material. Assimilating new guests - In this Rev! article you’ll find tips on how to make guests feel at home and include them in the life of the church. Real Relationships - Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott are some of the most well-respected Christian relationship experts in the country. Their book Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts is one of the most used premarital counseling curriculum in circulation. Besides having all of their resources available on the site, you will also find a variety of helpful relationship assessments as well. Exponential Conference - The Exponential Conference exists to provide a national voice for church planting. This cross-denominational conference is designed to connect, inspire, equip, and challenge church planting leaders. The conference brings over 2,000 church planting leaders from over 35 different denominations, networks, and heritages together in one place. |
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The case for the real Jesus, Part Five: the misquoted Jesus - Lee Strobel Pullman’s compass: leading children away from God - Richard Abanes Does your church need armed police presence? - Steve Sjogren Building a drama ministry - Jeremy Barnes Living a balanced life in 2008 - Mary Southerland |
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Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. We must become holy not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live his life fully in us. Much that we hold fast to we will let loose, and much we have lost we will find, and for those as long accustomed to the dark as we, the great light will doubtless bring great tribulation as well as great benediction before we rise up in the splendor of it whole and new at last. But greater things than this we shall see is the promise, and, by God’s grace, greater things than this we shall become. I cannot give you the formula for success but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: try to please everybody. According to a Gallup poll, 27 percent of Americans are satisfied with how things are going in the country, while 64 percent of the population is satisfied with what’s happening in their personal lives. |
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