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Links of the Week
Mark Driscoll on Loving the pastor’s wife. This is mostly a thankless job, but if a church does not care for a pastor’s wife, it can and will eventually destroy the church. I’m grateful for the people...
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Links of the Week
Some helpful responses to the death of Osama Bin Laden: The Resurgence on Loving Your Enemies, John Piper on Is God glad Osama Bin Laden’s dead?, and Justin Taylor on How should Christians think about...
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Links of the Week
Mark Driscoll on The pastor and his wife get to pick their own friends Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. This is a helpful post as it is difficult to pick friends when you are a pastor or a pastor’s wife....
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Why we Try to Reach Men
Saturday I preached on what a man is. This has been the heartbeat of Revolution since day one. This video shows why. Filed under: biblical manhood, leadership, pastor, video Tagged: acts 29, church,...
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Links of the Week
Harvard Business on 8 ways to communicate your strategy. Dispelling myths of expositional preaching. I love expositional preaching and these are definitely myths. Leadership network on Finding and...
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Men, Husbands & Church Leaders
Came across this while I was prepping for my sermon for Saturday night at Revolution: When husbands and elders accept that God’s beloved people have been placed under their care and that he holds them...
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Links of the Week
Tim Keller on the mission of the church. Mark Driscoll on When Jesus was actually born. 7 things highly productive people do. Bob Franquiz on What keeps churches small. Trevin Wax on The danger of the...
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Books Recommendations for Young Leaders
I got this question the other day on Facebook and it made me think, so I thought I’d share it as you may wonder the same thing. The question was: Could you recommend a few books for emerging leaders....
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Links to Help You Get to Friday
12 words of encouragement for pastors. Great list. Al Mohler on The goal of sex within marriage and how porn robs that. Love the idea that sex within marriage is the fulfillment of the rest of the...
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When A Calling Gets Hard (You Know It’s Real)
At Revolution, we want to be a church that plants churches. This means, we have a lot of guys walking through our doors who want to plant churches. It also means I have “the calling” conversation on a...
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A Simple Time-Management Principle
Here’s my latest post from The Resurgence: There is an incredibly simple time-management principle that has guided my decisions and how I manage my time. While it is simple, it has far-reaching...
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Stop Giving Him an Out
One of the things I hear women do too often it seems, especially church planter’s wives is give their husband an out. Recently, Katie and I were talking about a new book she read called The Church...
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Preach Better Sermons || Darrin Patrick
I’m watching the online conference Preach Better Sermons today and wanted to share some of the learnings I picked up. One of the speakers is Darrin Patrick founded The Journey in 2002 in the urban core...
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Links I Like
Links I Like is a collection of blogs, articles and books I’ve come across recently and thought they were worth sharing. Click here for past Links I Like. Barnabas Piper on You’re asking the wrong...
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A Man Feels Called to Plant a Church but His Wife Does Not. Should He Plant?
From time to time I’ll meet a couple. He feels like God has called him to plant a church, but she isn’t so sure. Sometimes, it is just fear on her part. What will it look like? What will being a...
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15 Quotes from Innovation’s Dirty Little Secret
Every Saturday morning, I review a book that I read recently. If you missed any, you can read past reviews here. This week’s book is Innovation’s Dirty Little Secret: Why Serial Innovators Succeed...
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Leading Up
Leadership is hard. That isn’t news. It is hard to lead people. It is hard to lead followers. It is hard to lead those under you or those who work next to you on the organizational chart (you know,...
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Links I Like
Links I Like is a collection of blogs, articles and books I’ve come across recently and thought they were worth sharing. Click here for past Links I Like. My latest blog post on the Acts 29 Blog. When...
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How Many Times a Year Should a Pastor Preach
The other day a church planter I coach asked me. “How many times a year should I preach?” The answer to this question depends on the person, church, philosophy and what the person can handle. While...
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Rethinking Preaching
Getting to hear Tim Keller, Matt Chandler, James Meeks and Andy Stanley speak about preaching was like a preacher’s heaven. So good. Here are some notes from each talk: Tim Keller How to persuade...
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