The Pastor's Library

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  Why Churches Are Unfriendly and Cliquish When I ask people how churches received them as visitors, two complaints are voiced: “No one spoke to us” and “The people seem cliquish.” Joe McKeever Apr 16, 2018
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  Understanding God's Call to Love Brother Abdul pastors a small church in northern Nigeria. Once a radical Muslim, Abdul met Christ when he was infiltrating a church to terrorize Christians. Dr. Jodie Chiricosta Apr 02, 2018
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  5 Ways Church Should Look More Like a Family Business Are people rejecting the words and the work of Jesus because they’ve not made it through the manufactured, corporate, obstacles we have placed between them and the Gospel? John J. Thompson Mar 26, 2018
• 4 Ways America and the Church are on the Wrong Track "Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?" Psalm 85:6I'm not referring to all churches collectively in this article, but to the large majority who have drifted away from God. The... Shane Idleman Mar 19, 2018
• Why Pastors Need to Stop Preaching What People Want to Hear With the availability of churches–varieties of sizes, architecture, programs, music, preaching, doctrine–no one need stay where they are unhappy. So, they keep moving. Joe McKeever Mar 12, 2018
• Yes, the World's Gone Crazy; Here's Why That's Good for the Church Sometimes it feels as if our world’s imploding—with ongoing threats of nuclear war, hate groups, school shootings, and economic experts predicting financial doom. But what if all this chaos... Jennifer Slattery Mar 05, 2018
• How the Words of a Faithful Preacher Led Billy Graham to Christ No matter where you go in this world, most all of us know of Billy Graham or have at least heard of his powerful life and ministry through the years. But many of us may have never heard the name Mordecai... Debbie McDaniel Feb 26, 2018
• Why Should Churches Be More Outspoken about Mental Health? Too many times, we're just told to, "Pray a little harder." Or "Have a little bit more faith." Jarrid Wilson Feb 19, 2018
• What New People at Your Church Want You to Know I will never forget being a visitor and, honestly, the experience has shaped almost everything I do in our current church. Christine Hoover Feb 12, 2018
• Dear New and Overwhelmed Christian Don’t ever get over Christ and what He has done for you. Paula Hendricks Marsteller Feb 05, 2018
• Stop Trying to Reach Millennials Nothing says, “I don’t want to get to know you,” more than a preacher saying, “I already know you because I know all about millennials.” Caleb Phelps Jan 29, 2018
• 12 Ways Satan May Try to Destroy You, Pastor The Puritans viewed human history as one continual conflict with evil spiritual powers. This is one reason I have so long appreciated the writings of the Puritans, men who were not afraid to expose the... Paul Tautges Jan 22, 2018