Tag: Rick Warren

• Love the Porcupines…Quills and All

  …the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater…

  Blake

  August 20, 2015

  Christian Accountability, Church Unity, conflict, Corinthians, Forgiveness, I Corinthians 12, leadership, Spiritual Formation

  1 Corinthians 12, body, church, high-maintenance, leadership, love, negative, pastor, people, porcupines, projects, relationships, Rick Warren

• There’s a Word for It: Gossip

  But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned…But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all… Galatians 2:11,14 Seems there is a lot of disagreement among Christians these days. Have you noticed?…

  Blake

  July 30, 2015

  Church Unity, conflict, leadership, The Church’s Influence, Uncategorized

  church, confrontation, Franklin Graham, Galatians 2, gossip, John Piper, Paul, Peter, rebuke, Rick Warren, Rob Bell, Tony Campolo

• The Shrewd Servant Church

  But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. Matthew 25:26-27 Honestly, I have always felt…

  Blake

  August 5, 2014

  Church Unity, Everyone’s a Minister, Genuine Community, leadership, Spiritual Gifts, strategic planning

  Andy Stanley, church, experiences, gifts, human, Jesus, laity, manager, Matthew 25, ministry, mobilization, parable, resources, Rick Warren, shrewd, slothful, systems, wicked