Friendship & Accountability
by the Editors
Your guide to this issue.

Why I Resist Accountability
by Louis McBurney
I say I want it, so why do I avoid it?
PLUS: The Buck Stops Where?

I Don't Have Any Friends
by Mike Yaconelli
And I think I have discovered why.
PLUS: Top 10 Church Oxymorons

Four Ways I've Found Encouragement
by Heidi A. Husted
Confessions of a pastor who nearly burned out.

Strategies to Keep from Falling
by Randy C. Alcorn
Practical steps to maintain your purity and ministry.
PLUS: Alone with my lust
PLUS: The Real and Untold Cost

Training with a Championship Coach
I. I Need an "Old Man" by Bob Roberts, Jr.
II. How to Find a Mentor by Fred Smith
III. What I Want to Be When I Grow Up by Chuck Swindoll 

Also in This Issue:

Hope in a No-Growth Town
by Charles Yarborough
Realistic help for churches facing seemingly impossible odds.
PLUS: Treating New Members Like Royalty

Accept No Substitutes
by D.A. Carson
6 reasons not to abandon expository preaching.
PLUS: Topo-sitional Preaching

My Former Church Apologized
by Name Withheld
I had been forced to resign. What would it be like to return?

The Search Committee Dating Game
by John Beukema
7 courting disasters.

Video Larceny
by Ginger McFarland
How your church can use videos without breaking the law.
PLUS: Who's In, Who's Not

"Daddy I'm Pregnant"
by Haman Cross, Jr.
Three words that changed me and my ministry.

Keeping the Adventure in Ministry
An interview with Jill Briscoe
How to restore your sense of partnership with God.

COLUMNISTS:

From the Editor
by Kevin A. Miller

Cloud of Witnesses
by David Hansen

For Heaven's Sake
by Linda Riley

Divine Comedy
by John Ortberg

Heart & Soul
by Marshall Shelley

PREACHING RESOURCES:

To Illustrate
To Quote
To Verify
To Quip

TRENDS & TOOLS:

Conversations
Trend Watch: Seminary for Churches
by C. Brian Larson
Ideas That Work
Growing Edge

READER SERVICES:

Reader's Guide
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