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It plays funny games with us. It can think right or it can think wrong. It can have your body in a funk, or it can have your body thrilled. So weird, huh? I've concluded that we have full authority with what it gets stuck on. In other words, it's a mental...
Interesting……..by Focus on the Family
Halloween has become a major unofficial American holiday. Researchers at Hallmark Cards report that 65 percent of us decorate our homes and offices for the annual event. It is second only to Christmas in retail spending at about $5 billion, and it is the third biggest...
Jay Leno Quote
Jay on his new show: “I get a certain amount of satisfaction from pounding my head against the wall,” he said. “I’m not having a bad time at 10 o’clock now. I look at this as a job, and now I’m faced with a challenge, and it’s a challenge I find difficult but...
Alan Hirsch Catalyst 2009
Journeys of adventure can change you significantly. If you create a community that avoids all risk, the people are stifled. C.S. Lewis says, “Women are face-to-face creatures, and men are side-by-side creatures.” Take some journeys. You can change the world.
Nancy Ortberg Catalyst 2009
1. The Seduction of Influence It's tempting to do it for all the wrong reasons. In our lives, there may be a tearing away of the seductions and a refining of the right reasons. Word 1: Ego. We've brought the celebrity culture into our church and overlook people who...
Reggie McNeil Catalyst 2009
The Missional Church is: The people of God, We've been brought up in a world where church is a what, an it, something outside of me, something I go to, something I support, something I bring friends to. But the missional movement is about who. Until we get this, we...
Ed Stetzer Catalyst 2009
Forgetting the mission. Our motivations can naturally be mixed. We often focus on our own agenda rather than God’s agenda. You should want to plant a great church because of who God is rather than to prove something about yourself to others. God intervenes when we...
Bob Roberts on “Why Church Planting?”
“Right now, there are a lot of disgruntled people trying to reinvent the church. It will never work. The church has never been birthed from frustrated people trying to reinvent something that’s lost its punch. Instead, it will be created by those who are passionately...
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