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How to Pray for Your Pastor
Having God's people praying for me is one of the greatest blessings in my life. The Scriptures teach the prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective, and I hope someday God will grant me the...
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How Not to Solve a Crisis
When responding to crisis, do not create a response dependent on crisis for its own existence. Otherwise, your solution will become your crisis. The post How Not to Solve a Crisis appeared first on...
View ArticleThe Deafening Witness of Calm
The problems of the world we live in are significant, indeed. But, the world wasn't changed by Jesus the crusader. It was changed by Jesus the Crucified. The post The Deafening Witness of Calm appeared...
View ArticleFriday Stream of Consciousness – 141
Here’s what’s on my mind this morning: I really couldn’t care less about the final four in College Football. I think the best 4 teams are Alabama, Stanford, Ohio State, and Clemson. So, I’ll go ahead...
View ArticleAre You Winning the Wrong Race?
It doesn’t matter if you win a race if it is the wrong race. We cannot declare ourselves winners of a marathon for winning a boat race. It’s winning. It’s just winning at the wrong thing. Which is a...
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Friday Stream of Consciousness -142
Here’s what’s on my mind this morning: HOW IN THE WORLD COULD ANYONE VOTE AGAINST KEN GRIFFEY JR. FOR THE HALL OF FAME? Trevor Hoffman also should have made it. It looks like the Chargers are headed to...
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Practice Makes Better
Dallas Willard observed, “In many cases, our need to wonder about or be told what God wants in a certain situation is nothing short of a clear indication of how little we are engaged in His work.” To...
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Friday Stream of Consciousness – 144
Here’s what’s on my mind this morning: I tried the new Quesalupa from Taco Bell and I loved it. Don’t judge. A cheese filled tortilla–brilliant. Not cheese melted inside a folded tortilla. A tortilla...
View ArticleWhat Do You Actually Say When You’re Preaching?
The language we use in church really matters. The language we use in our preaching matters especially. The post What Do You Actually Say When You’re Preaching? appeared first on TimSpivey.com.
View ArticleFriday Stream of Consciousness – 145
Here’s what’s on my mind this morning: Living in Southern California has turned me into a virtual sommelier of tacos. The Carnitas taco may be the 9th wonder of the world…the eighth being nachos, of...
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Familiarity Breeds Awesome
There’s an old saying, “Familiarity breeds contempt.” I don’t know who coined the phrase or what the circumstances were, but they were wrong for the most part – at least with regards to leadership....
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Friday Stream of Consciousness – 146
Here’s what’s on my mind this morning: If I could play one musical instrument, I think I might pick the drums. I decided to grab a copy of the new ESV Journaling Bible—Interleaved Edition. When open,...
View ArticlePutting Words in Jesus’ Mouth
This being an election year, many of us are being treated to the soap boxes, certainty, and sanctimony of those who truly believe they speak for Jesus on subjects He never specifically addresses....
View ArticleEpiphany Before Easter – On Preaching the Easter Sermon
Preparing an Easter sermon is one of the more challenging sermon preps of the year for most preachers. This isn’t because of a lack of passion for the Resurrection or lack of familiarity with it. It’s...
View ArticleEaster Weekend Meditation – 7 Stanzas for Easter
As we head into this weekend, reflect on these words from John Updike. His Seven Stanzas for Easter is a classic. Let’s not rob Easter of its magnificence. Make no mistake: if he rose at all It was as...
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Friday Stream of Consciousness – 148
Here’s what’s on my mind this morning: I’ve been offline a bit…just quite busy and haven’t had much to say. I resolved a long time ago that if I didn’t have something I thought might be helpful to...
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Friday Stream of Consciousness – 149
Here’s what’s on my mind this morning: return This weekend event at church celebrates its five-year anniversary. It’s hard for me to believe it’s been that long. At another level, it feels like it’s...
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How Envy Becomes Respect
A number of years ago, I sat in an Applebee’s with a fellow minister in our area. It was a typical pastor-lunch-share what’s going on kind of thing. Both of us were considered to be “up and comers.” We...
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Empathy Isn’t Theology
When confronted with a clash between what one believes and what one feels experientially, it is increasingly common to hear someone respond, “I use to believe that, until I met a…”, “Why don’t you get...
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Friday Stream of Consciousness – 150
Here’s what’s on my mind this morning: If you want to see what leadership through conflict looks like… Take a look at Mark Zuckerberg and how he has handled the Facebook situation. That is how you not...
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