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7 Times It Is Best to Remain Silent

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, November 5, 2012
Determining When to Speak
Did you ever have to eat your words? Pull a stuck foot out of your mouth? It’s too bad that the part of us that most often gets us into trouble is the part that is most often the quickest to respond—the tongue. No wonder James 1:19 admonishes, “…let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.”
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Is Your Online Speech Edifying?

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By Troy Dorrell, Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Communication Principles for Social Networking
We live in an age when technology and its practical and everyday uses are exploding. The fields of medicine, industry, finance, and especially communication are all being dramatically impacted by the use of technology. The cell phone and computer are chief among those innovations directly impacting our lives.
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Christian Living
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Tech or Touch

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, February 13, 2012
Email Is Not a Substitute for Face-to-face Communication
One of my pet peeves is email. More specifically, it is email that is used as a substitute for a personal touch. Ministry is people work. It involves building real relationships and nurturing spiritual growth.
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Pastoral Leadership
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The Importance of Speaking Clearly

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By Jim Townsley, Thursday, December 22, 2011
Using Your Voice Correctly
The preacher’s voice is one of his most treasured resources. Communication with people is essential to preaching, counseling, and witnessing. Some men are blessed with a golden trumpet for a voice, while others have a much weaker, less forceful voice.
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Pastoral Leadership
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The Power of Encouragement

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By Dave Delaney, Saturday, December 10, 2011
Use Your Words to Encourage People
Proverbs 12:25 says, “Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.” Over and over in the Bible we see examples and read exhortations about how words can be used for righteous and relevance or for ruin and rebellion. In Proverbs 12, we read about what words can be:
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Christian Living
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Before You Click “Send”

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Friday, December 2, 2011
An Acrostic to Help Keep Your Electronic Communication Uplifting
Remember when your mother taught you to “think before you speak”? It’s good advice for when you speak electronically, too. God commands us, “Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”
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Christian Living
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Amusing Ourselves to Death

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By Kurt Skelly, Saturday, October 29, 2011
A Review of the Book by Neil Postman
Neil Postman certainly knew what he was talking about. Although he passed away several years ago, his ideas are as relevant today (and even more so with the advent of the internet) than they were when he penned his words a quarter of a century ago.
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Book Reviews
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Right in Every Relationship

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, February 21, 2011
3 Relationships That Must Be Right
Paul’s ministry in every city was validated partly by his sterling testimony and carefully nurtured relationships.
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Christian Living
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Equally Different

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By Dr. R. B. Ouellette, Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Understanding Your Spouse
One of the greatest modern myths is that there are no essential differences between men and women. This is unbiblical, unreasonable, and dangerous to your marriage.
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Family Helps
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5 Links to Effective Communication

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By Dr. Paul Chappell, Monday, September 20, 2010
How to Avoid Slippage in Your Relationships
My prize possession as a boy was a Sting-Ray bicycle. Not only was my bike a source of pleasure and fun, but it was necessary equipment to my job as a paper carrier.
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Christian Living
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Improving Communication in the Office

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By Lisa Stoner, Monday, August 23, 2010
3 Steps to Insure that Communication Is Effective
Most people think they are good communicators, but statistics show that most of us are not. This means we think communication is happening, when it actually isn’t!
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Be Patient with Your Coworkers

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By Dr. Rick Martin, Monday, June 14, 2010
A Missionary's Relationship with His Coworkers—Part 2
We once had what we called “general cleaning” at our Bible college. Everything on the property was thoroughly cleaned. Some of the students did “general cleaning” on what little grass, plants, and flowers we had.
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Missions
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A Weekly Date Time

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By Gabriel Ruhl, Wednesday, April 7, 2010
65 Things You Can Do on a Date
I am the proud father of four beautiful children. I am in the beginning stages of parenting and praying that God will give wisdom as my wife and I seek to rear our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. We truly desire to build a household of faith!
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Family Helps
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Messages Without Mentors

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By Kurt Skelly, Saturday, December 19, 2009
Three Traps Lurking in Student Ministry
The statistics are alarming—and readily available with a simple Google search—that young people are leaving church in droves during that crucial transition between high school graduation and the complete embracing of adulthood.
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Singles Ministry
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