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Generosity Action Steps for Church Leaders
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Kent Fillinger shares four action steps your church’s leaders can take to help prompt people to take the next step in their generosity journey.
October 23 | Rooted in Reason
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Faith takes us beyond reason, but an informed faith is a faith that reasons. Psalm 119 calls us to love God “with” our minds (i.e., using reason). This psalm is among the most incredible pieces of literature in the Bible. . . .
October 23 | Application (‘Hidden in Your Heart’)
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The psalmist wrote, “I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you” (Psalm 119:11)? Why hide God’s Word at all? Shouldn’t we go public and share it every chance we get? . . .
October 23 | Discovery
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In Psalm 119:11, the author says he has “hidden your word in my heart.” Have you memorized any Scripture, and if so, how have you found that helpful?
Former SLCC Prof Coauthors ‘The Faith of Elvis’: An Interview with Kent Sanders (Part 1)
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Former St. Louis Christian College worship arts professor Kent Sanders has coauthored the just-released “The Faith of Elvis: A Story Only a Brother Can Tell” with Billy Stanley, stepbrother to Elvis Presley. We interviewed Sanders about his transition from professor to writer and what he learned about the spiritual life of Elvis.
THROWBACK THURSDAY: ‘The Restoration Movement: Then and Now’ (1984)
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“With the passage of years the movement . . . has been identified with restoration, not unity,” Lewis Foster wrote in 1984. “In fact, with many, this early essential unity thrust of the movement has been allowed to drift out of sight compared with the place it once occupied.”
Bob Scott, 95, a Longtime Minister in Midwest, Dies (Plus News Briefs)
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Robert A. “Bob” Scott, 95, of Joplin, Mo., who ministered in Christian churches for decades, died Sept. 19, 2022. Mr. Scott is the father of Mark Scott, who writes our weekly Lookout Bible lessons, and four other sons: Dan, Phil, Tom, and Tim. Also briefs about Restoration Appreciation week at GLCC, the Midwest Ministers’ Retreat at LCU, Homecoming at Point U, and more.
SECC’s ‘More Proactive’ Ordination Process Bearing Fruit
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Three years ago, Southeast Christian Church in Kentucky added more structure to its efforts to ordain people into ministry. Since then, it has ordained 90 people.