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3 Steps (plus 1) on Being Productive in the Office
I am one to admit, there are many, many days when I am not productive in the office. What do I mean by “the office”? I mean my job as a pastor. In fact, I’ve felt incredibly lazy for the past couple of months, as if I haven’t gotten anything done whatsoever. But there is…
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What is Discipleship?
For the past couple of years, I have been battling with what my philosophy of student ministry consisted of. I’ve never been one to take the side of pragmatics or what our current evangelicalism would call “entertainment driven” ministry. Within these past couple of years, I’ve begun a personal relationship with discipleship. I started reading…
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The Theology of Television
We live in a culture where media is truth and absolutes are fluid. We are living in a day where the internet is our doctors and our doctors are know-it-alls. We could argue for days as to why times like these have surfaced now days, but it would be time wasted. Whether we like to…
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My Thoughts on Student Ministry – Part 3
It’s been a little while since I’ve written in this “series” (or whatever you’d like to call them) of blog posts. In fact, it’s been close to a year since I’ve written anything about student ministry in general. Vulnerability Over the past several months, I’ve faced some tough challenges in student ministry. Some challenges, I…
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Hardship in Ministry
2 Timothy has most assuredly become one of my favorite New Testament books. For the past couple of years, I have dedicated myself to studying and learning the ins and outs of effective discipleship. Throughout this time and study, I have realized that the only true way to have an effective discipleship model is to…
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Why I Decided to Do a H.E.A.R. Journal
I hear about people journaling all the time and have always wanted to give it a try. My dad does journal quite a bit, especially now that he is back in the pastorate. I grew up with friends who liked to write their thoughts on paper. I have always wanted to be like this. I…
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Arminianism Defined
I do not normally write two posts back to back so quickly. But this has been on my heart and mind for about a week now and I believe it needs to be said. Recently, I was watching a video on YouTube and it was a prominent preacher and teacher of different soteriology than I…
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Embracing Who You Are
I know, I know. It seems like a title of a Joel Osteen book or something. Please don’t disregard because of the post title. Growing up I was never much of an emotional person. What I mean by that is I was never much of one to show my emotions, especially if they were sad…
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On Reading the Entire Book
Recently, I published a post regarding reading an entire passage of Scripture for context and clarification. If you have not read it, you can find it here. I may get a little too vulnerable, especially for those of whom are a part of our church congregation, but I do not believe I am alone in this…
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Why Seminary?
I answered the call to preach in my early teenage years. I must define what I mean by “call”. God does not always reveal an individual’s calling in the same manner as mine was revealed. The short version of the story goes like this: When I was a teenager at youth camp I listened to…
Ordinary Pastors Connecting Theological Truths to Everyday Believers 