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Are there some areas in your life and ministry where you are consistently struggling? In a recent blog post, Thom Rainer says, “I still don’t get it in several areas of life and leadership…Here are my top five (or should they be a bottom five?). • The so-called big problem of today will not be … Continue reading “Where Do You Struggle?”

There’s been a lot of discussion recently about legal issues surrounding the intellectual property rights to a pastor’s sermons, sparked by a recent Christianity Today article. According to author Bob Smietana: “When it comes to intellectual property rights, pastors and churches have three basic options: 1. A pastor can set up a separate nonprofit ministry, … Continue reading “Who Owns Your Sermons?”

• My Plan to Find the Real Killers By O.J. Simpson• Things I Would Not Do for Money By Dennis Rodman• Amelia Earhart’s Guide to the Pacific Ocean• America’s Most Popular Lawyers• Different Ways to Spell Bob• Everything Men Know About Women• French Hospitality• George Foreman’s Big Book of Baby Names• The Amish Phone Directory … Continue reading “The World’s Shortest Books”

Two math majors apparently didn’t compute the results of their actions. The two students at Reed College took a giant student-built snowball and tried to make it larger by rolling it down a sidewalk. Unfortunately, they lost control of the huge snowball and it rolled into a residence hall, knocking in part of a wall … Continue reading “And Finally: College Snow Boulder Blunder”

Tim Tebow recently brought the closing message to the annual Jacksonville Pastor’s Conference, and he talked to pastors about finishing strong. From the story in the Florida Baptist Witness: “Noting University of Florida Coach Urban Meyer had urged the team to finish strong during his junior year, Tebow said he reminded players gathered in the … Continue reading “Tim Tebow and Finishing Strong”

In a recent article Mark Batterson wrote for the Catalyst newsletter, he said: “Regardless of church governance, you are not called by a church board, senior pastor or denominational leader. You are called by God. And for the record, He’s the only one who can un-call you. You can get fired or get burned by … Continue reading “Mark Batterson on Calling”

It’s that time of year when we are starting to get taxes done. How do you know when you picked the wrong folks to help with your taxes?10. They start referring to you as “the boat payment.”9. IRS auditors have their own parking spot.8. You overhear the preparer muttering to himself, “What would Bernie Madoff … Continue reading “Signs You’ve Picked a Bad Tax Service”

Yet another reason people might opt for Netflix: A 27-year-old woman recently spent a night in jail due to an arrest warrant for failing to return a movie to the video store. The movie Monster-in-Law was rented in 2005 from the now defunct Dalton Videos in Pickens, South Carolina. The woman had stopped by the … Continue reading “And Finally: Overnight in Jail for Outstanding Video”

Nothing can compare to the electricity, fully saturated with the smell of sweat, that permeates the air as men who tower over most of us battle head to head and hand to hand in search of nothing but net. As the longest-acting chaplain for any NBA team, having served the 2011 NBA Champions Dallas Mavericks … Continue reading “Expositor’s Corner: Full Court Pressing On for the Hope Set Before Us”

During the nearly 30 years of this publication’s history, one goal has been to guide preachers and church leaders toward excellent books that would enhance their ministries. Al Mohler’s annual surveys have highlighted hundreds of worthy titles, which deserve to be on preachers’ bookshelves. My own role has been to put a spotlight on outstanding … Continue reading “Preaching’s 2013 Book of the Year: Privilege the Text”