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Be Courageous! Don’t Avoid Hard or Awkward Conversations

Pastors can neither be people-pleasers on the one side, nor take pleasure in hurting people on the other. A loving courage for the sake of the final blessedness of the flock is the goal.

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Rely on God’s Word, Not on Techniques

If the Word of God isn’t central to a revitalization effort, no genuine, long-lasting transformation will ever occur.

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Can Single Men Serve as Elders?

Does "husband of one wife" disqualify single men from serving as elders?

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Looking to the New Testament for Models of Corporate Prayer

There is evidence in the New Testament that the Holy Spirit wills to use prayer meetings to pour out his power again and again on local churches.

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Pastors Forum: Can You Reverse-Engineer a Multi-Ethnic Church?

Can you manufacture a multi-ethnic church programmatically, pragmatically, or consumeristically?

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Discipling Guys

Boys don’t enter the world knowing how to be godly men. They have to be trained.

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The Reform of First Baptist Church of Durham

On Sunday morning, August 19, 2001, I began corporate worship at First Baptist Church (FBC) Durham by calling on the members of the church to repent.

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Book Review: Simply Christian, by N. T. Wright

Most pointedly, I don't believe this book tenderly and clearly warns individual sinners of their peril or calls upon them to flee to Christ as the only remedy for their sin before God.

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Book Review: The God-Centered Life: Insights from Jonathan Edwards for Today, by Josh Moody

This book is a cogent and succinct summary of the central themes of the life of Jonathan Edwards, and Moody does his best work applying those themes to our present context.

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A Pastors and Theologians Forum on Biblical Theology

If there's no steady diet of biblical theology, what do our churches and church members really lose?

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Is there a formula for deciding what to preach?

Preach always in such a way that God’s words are made clear and God’s message comes straight from the text.

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