Tag: attitude

Assume Sincerity

I attended the Better Conference back in September.  There was a round table discussion with five of our most respected and successful preachers.  All were veterans with ministry experience of 40-60 years.  They were discussing various ministry topics when a question was asked about how to handle those of other Christian faiths. One brother said …

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A Plea to Church Cynics

The church has its problems, the main ones are called, “you and I.” But the church is the beautiful, blood-bought body of Christ on earth.¹  It is the most important work on the earth, because it is focused on saving souls for eternity. Yet the church is often attacked by cynics who have a negative …

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Don’t Let the News Depress You!

At Polishing the Pulpit, a teacher for one of the ladies’ class told this story of her parents after their retirement.  They had lots of time on their hands and they watched the news on TV for hours out of the day.  She noticed their attitude was becoming more negative each time she visited them. …

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Your Facebook Attitude

“Facebook!” Love it or hate it.  You cannot deny it’s power and pervasiveness.  It has changed our culture. If you use Facebook, I want to ask you to consider this question: “What attitude are you bringing to Facebook?” So often it seems that people will put a status update about some current reflection, a funny …

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