Author Archives: The Briefing

The Hard Ask: Disagreeing with your pastor

Life

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“When I have disagreements with my pastor, how can I deal with them in a godly way?”

This question is a subset of the question “What do I do when I disagree with any brother or sister in Christ”? Since the Bible is for realists and not romantics, it gives us guidelines for action. God knows that we are sinful people and he doesn’t pretend that such events won’t happen.

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What’s stopping you?

Everyday Ministry

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Why we don’t evangelize and what to do about it

We sing about having the words of eternal life and wonder how we ever “keep them in”, but keep them in we do. Many of us would claim to be less evangelistic—to have the gospel on our lips less often, to miss more golden opportunities for witness—than we would like. What is stopping us?

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