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How do I connect in a small group, Bible study?

26 January 2010

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Small group, Bible studies, especially the heavily interactive type, can make some people feel uneasy. Small groups can straight up scare some people. Are you one of these people? Would you rather attend a larger gathering than participate in a small study? Would you like to better connect in small groups? The questions come up: “How [...]

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How your serving can solve 3 problems with small group studies

25 January 2010

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The other day, I read a post by Jason Wert at Spin The Axis about why he’s not a big fan of small groups. I knew I needed to write about small group studies after reading his thoughts. First off, I’d like to say I’m not disagreeing with Jason. The issues he raises are legitimate concerns. [...]

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The deadly, #1 difference between you and your pastor in church

21 January 2010

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Question: What’s the #1 difference between you and your pastor? Your pastor spends part of his weekend attending Sunday morning services. He prays. He reads. He jots notes. You spend part of your weekend attending Sunday morning services too. You pray. You read. Perhaps you take notes too. Consider it this way: why do you fellowship – why [...]

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What I mean by “church”

15 January 2010

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This post is part of a series explaining the categories on this site. Get future posts delivered to you for free by grabbing the RSS feed or email updates. Time to clarify. What is church? What do I mean when I say church? What do you mean? Talking about the church without knowing what “church” means is [...]

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How to increase someone’s longsuffering (patience)

13 January 2010

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This is the fifth post in the Others-oriented fruit of the Spirit series. The topic is longsuffering. Get future posts delivered to you for free by grabbing the RSS feed or email updates. Yesterday, I started jogging again, the first time since the blizzard of “oh-ten” took my barefooting away. I started well. By the end, [...]

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