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First person: ‘Invaluable’ lessons I learned from Adrian Rogers

November 16, 2023

Dr. Adrian Rogers’ love for Jesus Christ was palpable. You heard it in every sermon and felt it in every conversation.

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Assessing pros and cons of AI in ministry

November 16, 2023

First, let’s clarify what artificial intelligence is and isn’t. Most people think of science fiction-level AI when discussing this topic. However, we are not close to a scenario like Skynet taking over the world.

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First person: A sabbatical was the best gift I received as a pastor

November 9, 2023

In the fall of 2021, Neill’s Creek Baptist Church in Angier afforded me a 12-week sabbatical. This provision was included in the covenant when I was called as senior pastor in February of 2011.

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First person: Remembering Lloyd Elder, Southern Baptist statesman

November 8, 2023

Lloyd Elder died Nov. 3 after a lengthy illness. Southern Baptists lost a statesman — and bivocational and small church pastors across the denomination lost a friend. 

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First person: 3 ways pastors can educate churches on war in Holy Land

November 7, 2023

A significant number of Christians don’t have an accurate context of Israel’s history and, as a result, don’t have a bigger picture of what’s happening.

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Your Voice: Lessons from my first ultramarathon

November 5, 2023

As I close in on a big milestone birthday, I figured I’d celebrate by doing what I’m sure most people do — run my first 50K ultramarathon …

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First person: Wisdom for editors from the Hippocratic Oath

November 2, 2023

Many medical schools require their graduates to adhere to the Hippocratic Oath, which includes this line …

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Leadership famine: 5 things your church can do

October 28, 2023

In recent decades the focus in the church has shifted away from intentional efforts to invite believers to consider vocational ministry as a calling. As a result, there’s a leadership famine in our local churches.

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Pride of ‘knowing’ can be detrimental to peaceful relationships

October 23, 2023

In his book “Upside Down Leadership: Rethinking Influence and Success,” pastor and author Taylor Field writes about “the futility of trying to know it all.”

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First person: Taking out our trash as we create space for the Father

October 21, 2023

Making space for trash? Sure, that can be a need. But there’s a vastly different kind of need for making a vastly different kind of space. It’s making head space and heart space. Life space, really.

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