by John Avant | Mar 29, 2018 | Church Leadership, Marriage & Family
As I write this, it is Thursday of Easter week. This was the night Jesus was betrayed. Have you ever been betrayed? It is a terrible feeling, and one of the most difficult things in life to deal with. In fact, it can become a “root of bitterness” (Heb. 12:15), a...
by Bill Elliff | Mar 23, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
It starts early. Every dad knows he’s going to start getting the question from his kids as soon as they have cognitive thought. “Are we there yet?” That longing to get to a destination is in all of us, and it never seems to go away. It was true of the Israelites who...
by Bill Elliff | Mar 9, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
This is not an advertisement from a slick company. But it is a promise from the only One who is always faithful: “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and...
by Bill Elliff | Feb 23, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob” (Genesis 27:41 NASB). The story of Jacob and Esau is classic...
by Bill Elliff | Feb 9, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
I know you have your agenda, full of meetings and bullet points on your “To Do” list. But, in the midst of it all, what are you really to do? You are to feed people around you with bread from heaven. Real Life Lesson Jesus was saddened by the death of His friend John...
by Bill Elliff | Jan 26, 2018 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
The most tragic chapters of our lives are filled with stories of things that remove us from God. The simple word for this tragedy is sin. But there is a word that precedes that sin: temptation. If we are to return to intimacy with God and the invaluable joy of His...
