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Refocus Your Deacon Ministry on Ministry to Widows

Like the apostles, the church today is also doing a poor job ministering to its widows. The solution to this problem is the same as it was two thousand years ago: make meeting the pressing needs of widows in the church the sole function of deacons.

God will ultimately answer all our doubts.

Dealing with Doubt

There are two kinds of Christians in this world: those who acknowledge that at times they have doubted their faith…and liars. Of course, Christianity — and religion in general — do not have a monopoly on doubt. Some philosophers have doubted the existence of the external world (solipsism). And famous […]

Man in a mirror illustrates James 1:23-24.

Don’t be this Man in the Mirror

Be doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he […]

Will there be a First Baptist Church of Mars?

If you have one million earthlings settling Mars, then it’s inevitable that a First Baptist Church of Mars (and a lot of other churches, mosques and temples) is going to pop up.

When I realized as a pastor that my congregational care was lacking, God led me to better address our long term pressing needs.

Congregational Care and Long Term Pressing Needs

What is unique about New Commandment Men’s Ministries is that it addresses long term needs by providing teams of men for practical and relational support over years and sometimes even decades.