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Curse the Darkness

“It's Pastor Tom … he agrees with our neighbors, you can't just curse the darkness.”
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Why Men Still Hate Going to Church

Another Path of Jesus

Richard Twiss

Out of the Darkness: DVD Documentary (Anteroom Pictures)

Mark Moring

What Happened to Singles Ministry?

Adam Stadtmiller

Coming Clean

Liturgy with Bite?

Eric Reed

Prophet in the Pulpit

Brandon O'Brien

The New Monk Warriors

Greg Taylor

For the City: Proclaiming and Living Out the Gospel (Zondervan, 2011) By Darrin Patrick & Matt Carter with Joel A. Lindsey

Barnabas Piper

Emotional Stability

An interview with Peter Scazzero

Coming Down the Mountain

The Big Reveal

Guy Conn, as told to Paul Pastor

Why Did a Lesbian Couple Choose Our Church?

Redeeming Church Conflicts: Turning Crisis into Compassion and Care (Baker, 2012) Tara Barthel and David C. Edling

David Swanson

Word? Indeed!

Eric Reed

How to Spot a Transformed Christian

Crafting a Rule of Life: An Invitation to the Well-Ordered Way (IVP, 2012) Stephen A. Macchia

David Swanson

Getting Psyched to Preach

How to Score a Sabbatical

Greg Asimakoupoulos

How to Knock Over a 7-11: And Other Ministry Training (Cheshire, 2011) Michael Cheshire

David Swanson

4 Conversation Skills that Transform

Kevin A. Miller

You Gotta Be There

A Life to Die For …

A Bigger Toolbox

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Budgets

Tim Walburg

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Sneaking Out

Dennis Fletcher

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Youth Pastor Needs

Dennis Fletcher

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Virtual Confession

Nick Hobart

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Church Bitterness

Dennis Fletcher

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Online Anger

Sandy Silverthorne

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20% of Church Members Do 80% of the Work

Dennis Fletcher

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