Reading the Bible Aloud: Help It Come Alive Over the years, while attending literally thousands of church worship services, we’ve found ourselves too often inwardly cringing when the scriptures get read aloud. We’ve heard the monotone drone that goes on Read more…
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It seems that the smaller the church, the more time the pastor spends making hospital visits. What if you could cut your time in the hospital by 25 percent? What if you could cut your time by 100 percent? In this episode, Drs. Bill and Kris will offer time saving hospital visit tips – plus provide Hospital Visitation 101 to help train your elders/shepherds to make effective, meaningful hospital visits.
There are a lot of Conflict Management courses and experts “out there” in the world, and some of it has made it’s way into the church. And though it may seem like semantics, the New Testament model of dealing with conflict isn’t about managing it … it isn’t even about resolving it. Matthew, the conflict gospel, writes that Christian (and the church’s) response to conflict is reconciliation. In this episode, Drs. Bill and Kris explore the four-step model for conflict reconciliation for the church … it’s tried, it’s true, and it works!
Wonder why the participants in your Sunday school classes, small groups, Bible studies, and so on aren’t becoming the fully developed followers of Jesus that you expected … even after years of participation? Frankly, some of your participants probably wonder too … because many were hoping for more. In this session, Drs. Bill and Kris reveal why groups get what they get … and how to change it up.