Articles for tag: Driven Life

June 19, 2017

Church & Ministry Church Leadership Preaching

The Best Sermon I”ve Ever Heard (24)

By Arron Chambers Christian leaders tell us about a sermon they can”t forget””and maybe you won”t either. DavidÂ Mehrle David Mehrle serves as lead pastor with Southwest Christian Church in Fort Worth, Texas. He became a Christian while he was in junior high. He has served the church in student ministry and as a lead pastor for more than 22 years. He graduated from St. Louis Christian College and received his master”s degree from Indiana Wesleyan University. David”s Best Sermon: The best sermon I have heard is “Speak! Against Culture” by Dr. Shane Wood, professor of New Testament at Ozark Christian

November 11, 2015

Christian Standard

Church Leadership

The Secret-Driven Life

By Jim Tune (This column was first posted November 5, 2014.) To be real is to risk. I know many preachers who feel a deep reluctance (often well-founded) to reveal who they really are to those they lead. Henri Nouwen suggests that pastors are the least confessing people in the church. The expectations demanded of pastors in our Western culture are often unattainable, unsustainable, and soul-withering. I admit that I have sometimes allowed my own fear of vulnerability to push me into hiding. The trouble with life in the shadows is the double life it promotes in the shadow dweller.

March 7, 2014

Christian Standard

Miscellaneous

Your NACC Planner

By Jennifer Johnson In American Religion: Contemporary Trends, author Mark Chaves reports the percentage of people in the United States who say they “never” attend church has risen steadily over the last 30 years, and that if current trends continue, we will soon be a “Protestant-minority” country. Warren Bird, director of research for Leadership Network, recently blogged that 125 million Americans””more than 1 out of 3″”haven”t attended any religious services in the last year, and writes, “That number alone would be the 10th largest country in the world!” At this year”s North American Christian Convention, President Tim Harlow will challenge

December 18, 2005

Christian Standard

Discipleship & Spiritual Formation Spiritual Disciplines

Readers Tell How They Spend Time With God (published)

Christian Standard readers share practical, lived-in habits for reading Scripture and praying—using plans, journaling, hymn singing, prayer lists, and prayer walks to build consistent time with God.