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Substance Before Style, Says EAUK Director

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-053 (Leadership Issues) EAUK DIRECTOR URGES CHRISTIAN LEADERS NOT TO PUT STYLE BEFORE SUBSTANCE In a culture obsessed by image and spin, Christian leaders must guard against promoting style over substance warns Evangelical Alliance General Director, Joel Edwards. Effective Christian leadership runs much deeper than personality and needs to be firmly based […]

Faith In The Workplace

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-027 (Practical Christian Living) FAITH IN THE WORKPLACE: Christianity in a Pluralistic Office BreakPoint with Charles Colson (Commentary #020131 – 01/31/2002) Sarah is in sales. All week long she sells complex, technical specialty software to computer companies. On Sunday she goes to church and drives home wondering how her faith in Christ […]

Priesthood By St John Chrysostom. (Interesting Quotes)

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CONTEMPLATIONS ON THE PRIESTHOOD. By St John Chrysostom. “For the priestly office is indeed discharged on earth,but it ranks amongst heavenly ordinances; and very naturally so:for neither man, nor angel, nor archangel, nor any other created power, but the Paraclete Himself, instituted this vocation, and persuaded men while still abiding in the flesh to represent […]

A Story From New York

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I live in the United States, specifically in Brooklyn, which is one of the five boroughs comprising the City of New York. Unlike popular thought, Brooklyn is New York City, not just Manhattan. At one time Brooklyn itself was a separate city. Many feel its downfall came when it allowed itself to become part of […]

C P R For Leaders

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Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-036 (Sermon notes) C P R FOR LEADERS (Reading – Exodus 3:1-12) by Kelvin Cole INTRODUCTION * Do you remember the plane where the engine shattered as it was taking off from the airport? * This morning I would like you to imagine that you are a passenger in that plane. * […]

Teaching Quotes

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To know how to suggest is the art of teaching. – Henri-Frederic Amiel To teach is to learn twice. – Joseph Joubert A gifted teacher is as rare as a gifted doctor, and makes far less money. – Author unknown A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. – Thomas Carruthers A teacher who […]

Who’s In Charge Here?

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by James C. Dobson, Ph.D A former superintendent of public instruction in the state of California is quoted as saying, “To say that children have an innate love of learning is as muddleheaded as to say that children have an innate love of baseball. Some do. Some don’t. Left to themselves, a large percentage of […]

The Teaching Ministry Of The Church

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A citizen was brought before the sawed-off king (in the comic-strip, The Wizard of Id), and charged with speeding through a school zone. Asked why he had sped through the school zone, the citizen replied, ‘A Natural Instinct for Self-Preservation’. ~~~ The kindergarten teacher was standing outside her room as the children entered one morning. […]

Narcissism Goes To Church: Encountering Evangelical Worship

By and others ⋅ January 5, 2003 ⋅ One comment

By Monte Wilson Have you attended any modern evangelical worship services lately? (Question: Is “Evangelical Worship” an oxymoron?) No? Well, let’s walk through one, shall we? “Good Morning!” bellows the greeter, Mr. Rapport. “Why don’t we stand and greet one another?” While every-one nervously pretends to happily welcome those around him with body language that […]

Congregations Offer Welcoming Tips

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By Michael Wacht* LAKELAND, Fla. (UMNS) — The third series of national television commercials featuring the United Methodist Church will begin airing three weeks before Easter. It’s part of the denomination’s four-year “Igniting Ministry” media campaign, which kicked off last September. To help churches participate in the campaign, clergy and lay members across the country […]

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