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7 Tips for Treating Teens with Compassion

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By Dr. R. B. Ouellette, Friday, February 22, 2019
Teens Need You to Love Them
Nurture speaks of tutoring, educating, and training. This kind of instruction includes mild rebukes and correction but does not respond in a fleshly manner.
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Student Ministry
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Your Attitude Comes Back to You

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By Dr. Byron Foxx, Wednesday, October 25, 2017
The Law of Reaping and Sowing Holds True in Our Relationships
Have you ever had an experience with a person who had a condemnatory, fault-finding, supercilious attitude? The experience is unpleasant to say the least! On the other hand, have you spent time with someone who is charitable, generous hearted, and kind? What a blessing to be in the company of someone with that attitude!
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Christian Living
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An A-B-C for Fruitful Sanity in Busy Times

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, September 22, 2014
Your Attitude, Behavior, and Compassion Make a Difference
You know those seasons when you are so busy you hardly feel you have time to even look at your to do list? And you consider what would happen to your family if you actually lost your mind?
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Christian Living
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Don’t Sell Your Joy

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By Terrie Chappell, Saturday, September 13, 2014
Our Joy Should Not Be Based on External Circumstances
Have you ever made a purchase at the store and realized later that you were overcharged by several dollars? The happiness of the shopping excursion was soon replaced with frustration. Just as Esau sold his birthright for a bowl of soup, we often sell our happiness for a few dollars!
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Ladies Ministry
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A Mean Streak

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By Dr. Rick Flanders, Thursday, September 4, 2014
5 Dangers to Avoid When Opposing Error
As much as we wish it wasn’t so, the truth is, all of us have a mean streak. The “works of the flesh” (our flesh) include “hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife” (Galatians 5:19–20). We all have flesh, our flesh is selfish, and the selfishness of our flesh often comes out in meanness.
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Christian Living
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“Liberals” and “Pharisees”

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By Dr. R. B. Ouellette, Thursday, August 14, 2014
Behind Every Principle There Is a Person We Should Be Trying to Please
Several years ago, I preached at a church about forty-five minutes away from where I pastor. The folks there learned that I was to preach at another church in the area.
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Pastoral Leadership
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An Exciting Church

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By Jim Townsley, Thursday, August 7, 2014
7 Practical Ways to Keep Excitement Alive in Your Church
It is a blessing to visit a church that is alive, and it is disappointing to attend one that has no excitement. Activity and excitement alone do not constitute the making of a good church; however, a church with no plans and no vision will be filled with boredom and apathy.
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Pastoral Leadership
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How Bitterness Behaves

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By Kurt Skelly, Thursday, July 24, 2014
6 Characteristics of Bitterness
Bitterness destroys lives, families, and churches. Left unattended, she inevitably spreads. On her playing field, nobody wins. Recognize her early. Deal with her seriously. She is dangerous. Extremely dangerous.
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Christian Living
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Why You Can Have a Good Day

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, July 14, 2014
The Future Is as Bright as the Promises of God
Every morning brings fresh opportunities—and fresh challenges. Sometimes the challenges seem to outweigh the opportunities. Sometimes it’s difficult to see the opportunities embedded in the challenges. Sometimes—with or without challenges or opportunities—it’s just a rough day.
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Christian Living
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How to Get along with Almost Anybody

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By Dr. R. B. Ouellette, Thursday, July 3, 2014
Applying Philippians 4:8 to Our Relationships with Others
Paul loved the believers at Philippi and felt especially close to them. He wrote them about personal issues, and asked them to put aside their petty offenses and come together in unity: “I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord” (Philippians 4:2).
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Christian Living
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10 Rules for Arguing

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By Kurt Skelly, Friday, June 6, 2014
We can Disagree Agreeably
Sometimes our disposition diminishes our position and invalidates in the hearer’s mind a truth that might have been supported quite well had we not presented it so recklessly. Here is some advice about how your argument can be strengthened, if indeed its truth is worth fighting for.
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Christian Living
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10 Marks of a Pharisee

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By Kurt Skelly, Friday, April 25, 2014
A Look at Jesus’ Description of Pharisees in Matthew 23
In our modern Christian vernacular the title Pharisee carries a markedly negative connotation, and rightfully so. In the days of Jesus, however, they were recognized as the most fastidiously observant religious leaders of the day. I suppose there exists some Pharisee in all of us, so it’s important to recognize their toxic attitudes and behaviors.
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Christian Living
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The Need for Truth and Love in Ministry

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By Dean Herring, Tuesday, March 11, 2014
The Right Position and a Good Disposition Are Both Vitally Important for Spirit-Filled Ministry
In the home where I lived as a boy, there was a medicine cabinet that hung on the wall above the sink in the bathroom. That cabinet is where you would find the thermometer and antibiotic cream and other items that relate to health and sickness. In that cabinet were two small bottles that looked very similar.
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Christian Living
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The Joy of the Lord Is Our Strength

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, December 9, 2013
Replenishing Your Joy
In the midst of one of the greatest works for God in the Old Testament, Nehemiah reminded God’s people, “…the joy of the LORD is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10). Why the reminder? Because God’s people need joy, and one of Satan’s first line of attacks to weaken our hands in the work is to take our joy.
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Christian Living
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5 More Ways Christians Lose Their Joy

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, November 11, 2013
Ministry Joy Killers—Part 2
It’s not usually the great burdens of life that kill our joy. In fact, our joy often flourishes during these times because we are more likely to draw close to the Lord and experience His presence at a new level. What kills our joy are the subtle temptations that draw us from walking in the presence of God.
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Christian Living
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What Robs the Christian’s Joy?

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, November 4, 2013
Ministry Joy Killers—Part 1
If there is one thing we should model as Christians, and particularly as Christian leaders, it is the joy of the Lord. God designed the Christian life to be an abundant life. The fruit of the Spirit is joy. Although joy should be the norm for Christian ministry, we can go days, weeks, or months operating in “joyless mode”—diligent in going through the motions but empty inside.
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Christian Living
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Philosophical Compassion

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, September 30, 2013
Compassion Puts Love in Action
One of the dangers to which spiritual leaders are particularly susceptible is that we would teach the truths of God’s Word while exempting ourselves from those very truths. Take, for instance, the lawyer in Luke 10 who asked Christ how to inherit eternal life. Contrary to face value, this question was not a “What must I do to be saved?” kind of question. It was a trap.
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Pastoral Leadership
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Pride Destroys Unity

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By Dave Delaney, Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Keeping the Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace
Ephesians 4:1-3 is one of the most convicting passages to me, because I am guilty of causing a stir more times than I am guilty of stirring the cause. And if I’m honest, it is often rooted in my pride. “Only by pride,” the Scriptures teach us, “cometh contention;” and most of the time, that pride comes from me.
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Christian Living
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“If King George Possessed Your Hearts”

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By Stephen Benefield, Thursday, August 29, 2013
You Will Joyfully Serve the One You Give Your Heart To
I recently read the book Marion and His Men written by John De Morgan in 1802. It is the story of American Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, who was also known as “The Swamp Fox.” Marion both made his mark on the Revolutionary War and earned his moniker by his fighting tactics.
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Christian Living
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5 Problems Disciples Have

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By Dr. Rick Flanders, Friday, July 12, 2013
A Study of the Call to Discipleship in Luke 19
Christian discipleship is a vital subject in the New Testament, and the book of Luke is a fine source of information about it. In chapter 9, the call to discipleship is given and explained in verses 23 and 24 (as it is also in Matthew 16:24–25 and Mark 8:34–35), but then, beginning in verse 37, several serious problems that true disciples of Jesus Christ have are discussed.
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Christian Living
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