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How do you make your church, group, or class more authentic? Over the years I’ve discovered the following principles, most of which work best in smaller groups . . .
How You Can Grow in Authentic Community
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Michael C. Mack
Michael C. Mack is editor of Christian Standard. He has served in churches in Ohio, Indiana, Idaho, and Kentucky. He has written more than 25 books and discussion guides as well as hundreds of magazine, newspaper, and web-based articles.
The Pipeline Problem: What Each of Us Can Do to Get It Moving Again
My December Memory and a Big Life Lesson
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It’s been 50 years since I spent 3 weeks in the hospital after being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. In the intervening years, one thing I’ve learned is that my diabetes is temporary, just like all the bad circumstances of this life.
Restoring the Power of Pentecost
Why Are Christian Leaders Falling?
Four Lessons I Learned from Seven Heroic Women
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In this July/August issue we celebrate seven women who certainly qualify as heroes, and all of us, women and men, can learn from them.
Words
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Our words have the power to build up or tear down. Yet words can also be the healing agent God uses to bring reconciliation, rebirth, revival, and restoration. We need more of these healing words in every arena of our lives and ministries.
May 9 | Discovery
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What traits of Saul demonstrate his potential to be a good leader? What character traits expose him as a poor, or foolish, leader?
