04/18/08
To overcome fear, two items are absolutely essential: obedience and experience. Obedience is first, because common sense tells us without obedience there never is experience. It is simple obedience to a given command that leads...
03/04/08
Leaders must have a place to lead their followers. Such direction is usually called a pastor's vision or mission. Whatever the name, church leaders must have a goal, a destination to lead their respective...
11/17/07
My name is Ben, and I am a church planter. Sounds like an introduction I would give at a 12 step program. Maybe you have to have a problem to be a church planter. It is tough, but rewarding. I think that...
10/19/07
I was reading in Proverbs 21:31 today the following: "The horse is prepared for the day of battle, But victory belongs to the LORD." This is not condemning adequate preparation, but rather the reliance on it for victory instead...
10/16/07
As my wife and I step into planting our church, The Harvest Church, I need to always keep the thought and truth before me of seeing God in all the situations that will arise and not the giants. As I read the account in Numbers 13...