You Were Never Meant to Be a Fountain
There's a difference between a faucet and a fountain. A faucet needs pipes. It needs pressure built up somewhere else. It needs a source it doesn't
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The Gavel Was Never Yours
You heard about the divorce. You heard about the relapse. And before the story was even finished, you'd already made up your mind — they were never really saved
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The Door Locks From the Inside
Some folks won't let the preacher tell them anything, won't let the church say a word, and won't even let the Bible have the
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A Captive Audience Doesn't Stay
The moment a congregation starts to feel like a captive audience, they start making other plans. It might take a while, but they always find the door. The first sign
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You Were Never Called To Reach Everybody
What is this for — the sermon, the business, the work God put in front of you today? Somewhere underneath the doing, there's a want. Maybe a full sanctuary.
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Stop Following Families. Start Loving Yours.
There's a problem hiding in plain sight — on the coffee table, on the phone in your hand. A generation of Christians can name every child on a reality
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Rules Can Restrain a Man. Only the Spirit Can Change Him.
You can't see the Holy Spirit. Neither can I. And that's exactly why so many Christians would rather live under a rule than trust a Spirit
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You Can Win Every Argument And Lose Your Family
The Pharisees told a man Jesus had just healed, "It is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed." And you know what? They were right. Nehemiah says
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Somebody Has To Go First
There's a pool in John 5 called Bethesda, which means house of mercy. An angel troubles the water at a certain season, and whoever steps in first gets
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