Pastor @LHCtheVille. I work to be and speak the Good News every day in every way.

Maryville, Missouri
Joined August 2010
The first thing I plan to do on resurrected legs is to drop on grateful, glorified knees. — Joni Eareckson Tada, paralyzed for 50 years
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Secularism strips the human out of humanism, destroying the very thing it hopes to promote.
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A preacher’s aim should never be that his hearer’s walk away having heard a great sermon, but only that they have been shown a great Savior.
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Perhaps one of the most essential elements to growing an organization that you are leading is to always be growing as it’s leader.
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The simple fact is that only if I love Jesus more than my wife will I be able to serve her needs ahead of my own.
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This was what having been there before gets you when down 25 in the 2nd half. Ive seen a lot of @NWBearcatsFB victories like this #SuperBowl
Leader, your progress in Christ is more important than your progress on the org. chart. Do it right so that you don’t have to do it over.
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Some of the best content I've read on preaching in such a short post. Want to preach better? Start with this quick read. xitter.cf/davidqaoud/status/8235…
"The preacher is at his best when he is closest to the text." -- @RevKevDeYoung gospelrelevance.com/2017/01/…
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The honey of the Lord is sweet, but sometimes you have to get passed all the bees in the Church to enjoy its taste.
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The kind of person you are is more important than the kind of skills you have.
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God often uses difficulty to drive us to desperation so that he will gain our dependence and thereby deliver us delight.
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Hardships don’t so much reveal the size of your faith as much as they reveal the size of your God.
Charitable conversation among people who deeply disagree is the way forward.
“Disagreement is not the same as hate, don’t believe that lie.” Chip Gaines
“Those who have the largest hearts for heaven shudder most deeply at the horrors of hell.” John Piper on Jonathan Edwards
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Unity is not the same as uniformity. Authentic unity is better than cheap tolerance.
The primary goal in Christian evangelism is to show people that Jesus is a glorious treasure so that they will delight in his great worth.
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“God’s actions are never motivated to meet his deficiencies (he has none), but are always motivated to display his sufficiency.” John Piper
"Theology exists for doxology." John Piper
The purpose of preaching is to proclaim the Good News to your hearers, not to get applause from them.
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