by Bill Elliff | Sep 21, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel (Ezra 7:10 NASB). There are many responsibilities on a pastor’s job description. But there is one that stands above all the rest: He is a student...
by Bill Elliff | Sep 7, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
. . . About Yourself, Others, and God’s Work Our greatest problem is pride. It always has been, it always will be, and it is found in every man. A man who thinks he has overcome it, is simply manifesting his pride. One of the main reasons Paul wrote his first letter...
by Life Action | Aug 29, 2018 | Honesty, Six Responses to God
You’re familiar with the power of the tongue as described in James 3. The passage brings us to this conclusion: “If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body” (v. 2 ESV). These words are hyperbolic, making the...
by Bill Elliff | Aug 23, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
“What is happening?” someone said to me yesterday. “I can’t believe all the pastors and ministry leaders who are falling morally. It seems that it’s increasing exponentially.” But sadly, it makes perfect sense. With the increasing access to moral impurity permeating...
by Bill Elliff | Aug 10, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
When You said, “Seek My face,” my heart said to You, “Your face, O LORD, I shall seek.” Do not hide your face from me (Psalm 27:8-9 NASB). If we are to know God deeply, we must humbly realize that He is the initiator of intimacy. It is not man that first pursues, but...
by John Avant | Aug 6, 2018 | Church Leadership, Humility, Pastors & Leaders Content, Personal Growth, Presidents Column, Six Responses to God
As President of Life Action, I spend much of my time with pastors—listening, encouraging, seeking to be a friend. And I have never seen a time like this in my thirty-eight years in ministry. Pastors are discouraged today at a level that is dangerous to the body of...
by Bill Elliff | Jul 27, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
When Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been (1 Kings 11:4 NASB). He was the wisest man in the world, made so by God. How could this happen?...
by Bill Elliff | Jul 13, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
All the people were quarreling throughout all the tribes of Israel…. Thus [David] turned the hearts of all the men of Judah as one man (2 Samuel 19:9, 14 NASB). There is a price to leadership. Leaders cannot just do “whatever they want,” because others are...
by Life Action | Jul 11, 2018 | Life Action Podcast
Tom Harmon is a former Michigan state trooper turned itinerant preacher. Last week he talked to us about the blessing of being forgiven by God. Today he follows up by sharing about our responsibility to forgive each other. Prepare to be challenged and encouraged as he...
by Life Action | Jul 4, 2018 | Life Action Podcast
Tom Harmon is a former Michigan state trooper turned itinerant preacher. He loves God and His Word, and he loves sharing the truth with people. Today he talks about the blessing and joy of being forgiven by God. Week One Week Two Week Three...
