Rev Bill

There’s an interesting article in Leadership Journal that identifies 5 kinds of Christians in the United States.

These are:
Active Christians 19%
–Believe salvation comes through Jesus Christ
–Committed churchgoers
–Bible readers
–Accept leadership positions
–Invest in personal faith development through the church
–Feel obligated to share faith; 79% do so.
Professing Christians 20%
–Believe salvation comes through Jesus Christ
–Focus on personal relationship with God [...]

Alan Nelson at Rev Magazine has developed a 10 point continuum on pastoral leadership.
He begins his series on this continuum with this statement:
The term equip means different things to different people. Most pastors believe they “equip” (Ephesians 4) because they preach the gifts of the Spirit and support the priesthood of believers–and [...]

I have posted today’s sermon on my sermon blog. It’s part 4 of my God’s Advice For Daily Living series — today’s sermon based on 1 Timothy 4:1-16 and titled “God’s Advice For Daily Living: Be Spiritually Fit”.
Here’s a portion of it:
I heard about a letter to the editor of a British newspaper several [...]

Today — November 11 — is Veterans Day in the United States — or Armistice Day in Europe.
The idea behind Veterans Day is to have a day when we can think about the sacrifices paid by the many people who have served in the Armed Forces.
For Veteran’s Day, I offer up [...]