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How to Make Sure You Aren’t Disagreeing with a Straw Man

How to Make Sure You Aren’t Disagreeing with a Straw Man

“Still, the man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.” —Simon and Garfunkel, The Boxer At this year’s General Assembly in Chattanooga, several members of the AMR board addressed the challenges facing the PCA in a seminar titled “Pursuing a Unified...

Hospitality Is Openness to God’s Interruptions

Hospitality Is Openness to God’s Interruptions

A few years ago, I attended a conference on Christian hospitality and was shocked by things that, in retrospect, shouldn’t have surprised me. Being a male, I was part of a tiny minority at the conference. The lectures were full of good advice—practical, theoretical,...

Your Pastor Needs Pastor Friends

Your Pastor Needs Pastor Friends

Before I became a pastor, I would not say I was estranged from a single soul. Almost 20 years in, the list is longer than I would have ever thought bearable. It includes some of my most intimate former friends and ministry partners: people whose names are etched on...

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