When preachers begin a new work there are a number of challenges that confront the preacher and his family. For some preachers and their families, there are the challenges that exist even before the new work begins. There are countless preachers who can attest to the stress and strain that the process of relocating places… Read More The Challenge To Be All Things To All People – Jamie Bellar
In the first century, multitudes of people abandoned their lives of sin and wickedness and obeyed the New Testament pattern (Acts 2:36-42; 4:1-4; 5:12-16). Today, the absolute necessity of teaching the same redeeming power of the gospel to every accountable person is just as urgent. Are we preaching the same pure gospel that the apostles… Read More The Challenge To Grow A Church – Brock Shanks
It is for certain that preachers face various challenges when beginning a new work. Such is true of the preacher just beginning his first work as well as the “seasoned” preacher who has left one congregation in order to work with another. One such challenge is properly handling the issue of being compared with another… Read More The Challenge of Comparisons To Previous Preachers – Curtis Gilbert
I have always enjoyed writing about practical matters that concern the Church. The four writers in this issue are men who have been laboring with their congregations for less than a year. Being the “new” preacher has its advantages and disadvantages and these men are sharing their thoughts on such concepts. In teaching men to… Read More Editor’s Page, July/August 2013 Issue – Paul Kirkpatrick
The Proverbs writer once challenged young men to, “Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding” (Prov. 23:23). One might wonder why Solomon needed to challenge any young Israelite to appreciate the truth. Is it possible that Israel suffered from the very issues that plague Christians today? Namely, there will… Read More The Challenge To Teach The Truth – Dave Wood
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