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Flashback: In every part of the life we share together as a church, we have the ability to minister the truth of God’s Word to others. Who in your church needs you to minister the word to them this Sunday? .

"To stay away from the Lord’s Supper because our hearts are cold is to refuse to go to the fire till we are warm." (Maltbie Davenport Babcock)

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Why It's Good (and Christian) to Love Your Country

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How To Lead Your Family

A La Carte: Love your country / Mending nets in the storm / The wordless book / What does yhwh mean? / Children deserve beautiful books / How not to abuse spiritual authority / and more.

Flashback: . life is full of gaps, moments, and seasons when all we can do is wait—wait for clarity, wait for answers, wait for changes, wait for God to make his will clear to us and to others. The question is, what are we meant to do with these times? .

"The wheels of justice may seem to turn slowly, but they turn surely." (Randy Alcorn)

It's not a bad idea to just let your kids enjoy a silly summer.

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Flashback: God’s care for us may be better expressed in allowing us to fail than permitting us to succeed. That’s because we’re often better at handling failure than success. Failure has a way of bringing us to the end of ourselves, of causing us to rely even more on the Lord.

"Being a disciple of Jesus means orienting our lives toward others, just as Jesus did. It means laboring for the sake of others. This love for others is at the heart of discipling." (Mark Dever)

Is It Fair of God?

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A La Carte: Encouraging your congregation to sing / Six ways to improve your prayer meeting / Will I ever love a church again? / God's love is sufficient to help you fight porn / God's discipline / and more.

A superb article on teaching and encouraging your congregation to sing.