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11 Best Practices for Gospel Invitations and Evangelistic Follow-Up
For many pastors, the invitation remains one of the least developed yet most decisive moments in the worship service. Hours are invested in studying the…
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Florida mission team travels to Chicago ‘to see, to serve and to sit’
CHICAGO – The simple act of offering a cup of cold water and lemonade on a hot summer day, served with a smile and a...
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NAMB Replant team introduces new resource at associational leaders training lab
ALPHARETTA, Ga. – More than 300 gathered at the North American Mission Board (NAMB) for a conference for Associational Missions Strategists (AMS) on replanting and...
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Agents of Mercy in a Merciless World
We live in a merciless time. Our culture is slowly losing ground in national civility, human decency, and engaged compassion. Kind words and common courtesies…
El plan especial de Dios para niños
Utiliza esta herramienta como punto de partida para una conversación con un niño sobre Dios, el pecado, Jesús y nuestra oportunidad de responder al evangelio….
Giving an Effective Gospel Invitation with Integrity
Every head in the crowd is bowed and every eye is closed – except yours. Curiosity has gotten the best of you. Maybe you’re wanting…
Todo buen líder de iglesia tiene esta cualidad
There’s one characteristic in a church leader that’s invaluable to the church but isn’t easily quantified.
Pastor, what is it like being married to you?
What is it like to be married to you? Is it like being married to a celebrity? Or is it like being married to a servant?
Church Planting Thresholds
Clint Clifton has made a digital version of his book Church Planting Thresholds available for free for Send Network subscribers. To access the book, please enter…
An Invitation to Join Me in Studying God's Word
Listen to Christine share about what's next for Season 9 of By Faith and how you can join in.
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Vaneetha Risner on Finding Joy and Fighting Bitterness Through Suffering (Best of By Faith)
Christine shares her favorite episode from Season 6: her talk with Vaneetha Risner about fighting bitterness. Vaneetha calls herself a sufferer, and you’ll find out why as she shares about the many losses in her life, including a child due to a doctor's mistake and a marriage. But as you’ll hear in her voice, she also has so much joy. She actually connects joy with suffering, and the way she talks about it in today’s episode will give you a fresh perspective on suffering and help you fight bitterness in your own life.
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Christine's chat with Caroline Saunders about being a pastor's wife // Vaneetha's book, The Scars That Shaped Me // John 9:1-3 // Held by Natalie Grant // Crazy Love // Joel 2:25
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Becket Cook: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption (Best of By Faith)
Christine talks with Becket Cook, author of the new book, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption. Becket lives in Los Angeles and has worked in Hollywood and in the fashion industry as a set designer for many years. In and out of same sex relationships during that time, he finally reached a point at a party during Paris Fashion Week about 10 years ago where he realized that he felt completely empty. He began searching for the meaning of life, but really God was searching for him. Becket shares his story in today's episode.
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Becket's book, A Change of Affection: A Gay Man's Incredible Story of Redemption // Romans 7 // The Madness of Crowds // Hebrews 11
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Missie Branch on Serving in Obscurity (Best of By Faith)
Christine talks with Missie Branch, Assistant Dean of Students to Women and Director of Graduate Life at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Missie says the job she's in now "found her," but before that she was at home with her kids, homeschooling them, helping her husband pursue his career goals, and serving in what she calls "the obscure years."
Whether or not we're married or single, mothering or not, homeschooling or not, most of our service happens in obscure, unseen ways. Christine asks Missie about how she navigated times when she felt uncertain, when she felt her gifts and passions were going untapped, and how she cultivated contentment in where God has had her along the way. Missie looks back over the course of her life and service and shares how God doesn't waste a single gift or season in our lives.
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Kelly Needham on Friendship (Best of By Faith)
Christine sits down with Kelly Needham to discuss how we define friendship and why that matters so much. Kelly not only gives warning signs that we have an unhealthy understanding of friendship, but she offers a biblical perspective and practical ways we can practice biblical friendship.
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Kelly's Desiring God Articles: True Friends Are Hard to Find // A New Kind of Couple: When Best Friends Become Romantic // More Than BFFs: When Friendship Goes too Far
Kelly's book, Friendish
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Irene Sun on Raising PKs (Best of By Faith)
Christine chats with Irene Sun about the dual role of being a mom and the pastor’s wife on Sunday mornings (and all the other times we’re parenting while being available to people in the church). Irene is also a pastor’s daughter, so she shares some really good stuff about what she experienced as a kid and how her parents handled difficult situations in ministry.
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Zack Eswine on Our Inconsolable Things (Best of By Faith)
Christine talks with pastor and author Zack Eswine about living with our "inconsolable things" as Christians. They discuss what exactly he means by "inconsolable things," how we must acknowledge them, what the wisdom literature of Scripture has to say about them, and how we can help others in their own inconsolable things.
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The Pastor's Abbey // Sensing Jesus // The Imperfect Pastor // Zack's Other Books
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