by Bill Elliff | May 19, 2017 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
All of God’s great men and women have seen this world properly. Lifted above the tiny island of Self, they are blessed to breathe the rare air of self-forgetfulness as their hearts are consumed with God. C. S. Lewis describes this humility as “not thinking less of...
by Del Fehsenfeld | May 19, 2017 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth, Say Yes to God
Never before have we been so alone. That seems impossible in a world of email, Smartphones, and Facebook. But while technology and mobility connect us to more people than at any other time in history, they have actually made us more isolated, not less. Most Americans...
by Bill Elliff | May 5, 2017 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
I have watched many people, often professing believers, who have entered into serious sin—often sexual sins you thought they would never commit. How does this happen? There is a pattern. King David shows us this pattern in Psalm 36: Transgression speaks [like an...
by Bill Elliff | Apr 21, 2017 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
“God is easy to live with,” Tozer said, and he’s right. The most amazing attribute of God to me is His willingness to be understood, His self-disclosure. He is waiting to be known. If you don’t want a relationship with someone, you go dark. You are unwilling to be...
by Bill Elliff | Apr 7, 2017 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
It’s one of the clearest signs of spiritual strength. If we are going to be healthy and promote a healthy spiritual community/family, we need to let people know how we’re doing. This should be done appropriately and for the right purpose. But many don’t ever open up....
by Bill Elliff | Mar 23, 2017 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
Let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him (Psalm 32:6 NASB). God has gone to extraordinary lengths to make Himself accessible to us. Intimacy with God is readily available, and He...
