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First person: What steps can cultivate revival in this generation?

October 17, 2024

“Wow! It sounds like your student ministry is experiencing a revival,” a youth pastor friend said to me after I shared what’s been happening in

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First person: Do we have separation of church and … debate?

October 14, 2024

A new poll of pastors’ preferences in the upcoming presidential election shows not only the divide between clergy in political terms, but also the difficulty in talking about politics, especially in church.

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First person: Church leader, be open about your weakness

October 9, 2024

“That was one of the best sermons I’ve ever heard.” These words were delivered to me by a young man after one of our services last year. As a young preacher in my 20s, these are the words I dreamt of hearing.

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First person: ‘By God’s grace, I woke up’

October 8, 2024

Connor Johnson shares how he nearly lost his life at the age of 19 in a drug deal gone bad. “I am going to die tonight,” he told himself right before the gun fired. But it turns out that God had other plans for him.

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Your Voice: First person — Persevere through criticism

October 4, 2024

First-person articles, comments, letters to the editor, blog excerpts, social media posts and more …

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First person: Working through painful, difficult parts of life requires facing them

October 4, 2024

Check out these tips on a few things you can do every day to help be your best — and move toward healing when times are tough.

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10 signs your church’s committees are off the rails

September 24, 2024

Many churches have committees, but some of them are out of control. Here’s how you might know:

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First person: Consider soaking up the daily sprinkling of Scripture you encounter

September 21, 2024

“Consider meditating on every verse you see or hear each day, no matter how you find them. Take a minute to look up the passage and read through it slowly, looking for what God might be saying to you in that moment,” writes Jennifer Rash.

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First person: Showing international students Jesus is worth the cost

September 19, 2024

Sharing Christ with international students is worth the cost, writes Jane Elliot, associate director of Baptist Campus Ministries at Drexel University.

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First person: God finds us when we’re ‘turned around’

September 15, 2024

“In almost nine years of our parenting, neither of our daughters has ever been lost or even out of sight long enough to raise alarm. Until this summer,”

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