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Tag Archives: love
Why Can’t We See Them?
As we walked the streets of our community this weekend giving away small bags of Valentine’s candy, my heart almost broke as I thought about all the people near our worship facility. Who are they? What’s their story? Do they … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus, christian life, Discipleship, Leadership Blog, Missional, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged caring, Christian, community, faith, love, Love neighbor, mission, missional
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Episode 099 – My Attitude: How Do I Respond to God?
As 2012 runs ahead full speed, Dr. Matthew Smith, lead pastor at Pacific Baptist Church of El Segundo, begins a 4-message series on the ABCs of Loving God. As we open Luke 10, we will look at our attitude and … Continue reading
Posted in Transformed
Tagged attitude, Christian, christian leadership, christian ministry, Christianity, love, love for God, Luke 10
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Serve Us or Service?
By Dr. Matthew Lee Smith As the Christmas season came to a close, I can remember how the focus for many was on themselves. They were interested in what THEY were going to get, what parties THEY were going … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus, christian life, Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged Christian, homeless, love, love of God, selfishness, selflessness, service
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Immigration and the Gospel (Guest Blog)
By Dr. Russell Moore The Christian response to immigrant communities in the United States cannot be “You kids get off of my lawn” in Spanish. While evangelicals, like other Americans, might disagree on the political specifics of achieving a just … Continue reading
Healthy Church Attitudes
Artwork Credit: southsidenazarene.ca Yesterday we spoke of four common attitudes in the sick church. However, we also said that healthy churches grow, according to the New Testament: “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, … Continue reading
Posted in Church Health, Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged adapt, adaptable, attitude, attitudes, church growth, church health, evangelism, evangelistic, helpful, humble, love, loving, transparent, yielded
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Evidences A Person Really Cares
Photo Credit: lagrange.edu Recently I have considering the question: “What drew 100s and 1000s of people to Jesus type of holiness?” It’s a question from Alan and Deb Hirsch’s book, Untamed! As I continue to think about the question, I … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged care, Christ-likeness, Christian, comfort, concern, confront, defend, empathize, Jesus, love, support
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2 Conditions of the Happy Man in Times of Distress
Photo Credit: danlew.com In difficult times, many “Christians” display less than the fruit of the Spirit, especially the fruit of joy. Strain can do awful things to the child of God when they are living their daily lives at a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Reading, Just Read It!, Leadership Blog
Tagged Bible, Christian, correction, deliverance, difficult, distress, God, happiness, joy, love, Old Testament, rescue
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Spiritual Discipline is Relational Discipline!
Image Credit: mimosaspirit.com Have you ever struggled with a “spiritual discipline” because you think the very nature of the phrase conjures up forced obedience? If you have, let me turn your thinking on the matter. I believe … Discipleship (Spiritual … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged dangers, desertion, discipline, divorce, drift, drunkenness, Jeremiah 9, love, relationship, relationships, sacrifice, spiritual disciplines
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7 Actions to Stop Spiritual Drift
Editor’s Note: We continue our series of blogs for those who are reading the Bible with us cover-to-cover this year. Interspersed with our thoughts on our daily reading, we want to provide some tips about reading the Bible in general. … Continue reading
Posted in Just Read It!, Leadership Blog
Tagged Bible study, Deuteronomy, faith, fear, God, love, obey, respect, serve, speak, Spiritual drift, spiritual life, worship
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