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Many read Matthew 6:14, 15 and come up with the rule that a faithful Christian will forgive everyone, everything, every time. But, as John 3:16 doesn’t contain every detail in the plan of salvation, Matthew 6:14, 15 doesn’t contain all the teachings of Jesus on forgiveness. He also said: Pay attention to yourselves! If your…
[This post is from a previous Jenkins Institute magazine, Hope and Expectation. Used by permission.] I begin by saying I’ve had few people who aggravated me constantly. I’ll discuss some people who brought pain for a time and how I dealt with each. As a young preacher, a man came by the church building each Saturday…
Jesus tells us how to deal with a brother who sins against us. Matthew 18:15-17 When an elder or eldership is in sin, “missing the mark,” Paul tells a preacher, “As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear” 1 Timothy 5:20, ESV….
We had a beautiful weekend at the Alabama 4-H Center in Columbiana, Alabama. The temperature was ideal. The facilities for sleeping and meeting were excellent. The food was delicious. We had all our meals there and spent Friday night there. There were nine elders, three ministers, and their wives in the workshop. They had read…
Three couples were recognized Sunday morning for completing New Shepherds Orientation Workshop. Steve and Anna Hurst, Jimmy and Tracy Smith, Tracy and Leslie Ring participated in the leadership training. The way we came up with the people in this workshop was to announce it for several weeks. I encouraged everyone who had an interest in…
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Interim Ministry Workshop, Tuesday-Thursday March 14–16, 2023, Heritage Christian University, Florence, Alabama I’ve had some elderships ask for my coaching before they fired their preacher. Here are some suggestions.
The Motive: Why So Many Leaders Abdicate Their Most Important Responsibilities, by Patrick Lencioni, Copyright © 2020 by Patrick Lencioni, Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, ISBN: 2019045548 On the fifth Tuesday of each quarter, I share a book I’ve read recently. I highlighted “mustard seeds,” which impressed me. I hope…
What would Jesus Do? A good guess of what Jesus would do is what Jesus did. One of many things Jesus did well was to prepare His followers for the disappointment of His death. At Caesarea Philippi, Jesus started telling them about the end of his earthly life. From that time Jesus began to show…
What do you plan to do for the rest of your life? How will you use the wisdom you gained through study and experience as a preacher? Gail and I have enjoyed interim ministry in ten congregations for fifteen years. We’ve continued to learn and grow. We’ve been encouraged by brethren in all these places….