encouragement

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encouragement

Romans 16, A Model of Encouragement

September 06, 2017

Everyone loves to be encouraged and praised and valued. We all know instinctively that "Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good work makes him glad."

Zachary Blackwood Zachary Blackwood
encouragement

Romans 16, A Model of Encouragement

September 06, 2017

Everyone loves to be encouraged and praised and valued. We all know instinctively that "Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good work makes him glad."

Jared Olivetti Jared Olivetti
encouragement

A Culture of Encouragement

October 19, 2016

Pastoral burnout is a difficult issue to address - partially because it combines the hard data of how many pastors leave the vocation on a regular basis with the "soft data"

Zachary Blackwood Zachary Blackwood
encouragement

A Culture of Encouragement

October 19, 2016

Pastoral burnout is a difficult issue to address - partially because it combines the hard data of how many pastors leave the vocation on a regular basis with the "soft data"

Jared Olivetti Jared Olivetti
encouragement

For the success of others

January 20, 2016

If you've been following this blog, you know by now that one of our dearest friends and mentors, Dave Long, recently died. Like Barry [http://gentlereformation.com/2016/01/18/monday-mourning-musings/

Zachary Blackwood Zachary Blackwood
encouragement

For the success of others

January 20, 2016

If you've been following this blog, you know by now that one of our dearest friends and mentors, Dave Long, recently died. Like Barry [http://gentlereformation.com/2016/01/18/monday-mourning-musings/

Jared Olivetti Jared Olivetti
Barnabas

Raising Up Encouragers

January 13, 2016

Three days ago, I remembered my friend and mentor Dave Long [http://gentlereformation.com/2016/01/10/david-w-long-1955-2016-my-friend-and-mentor/] who has just passed into glory. He was a great encourager. When I was in

Zachary Blackwood Zachary Blackwood
Barnabas

Raising Up Encouragers

January 13, 2016

Three days ago, I remembered my friend and mentor Dave Long [http://gentlereformation.com/2016/01/10/david-w-long-1955-2016-my-friend-and-mentor/] who has just passed into glory. He was a great encourager. When I was in

James Faris James Faris
"Not In Our House!!"
encouragement

"Not In Our House!!"

April 09, 2015

Have you ever tried to resist the inevitable?  I do this whenever I sit down to eat.  No matter how much I try to avoid it, my superlative skills in unintentionally creating social

Rut Etheridge III Rut Etheridge III
Blind Expectations
Christian growth

Blind Expectations

February 04, 2015

Last month, NPR's This American Life published an episode entitled "Batman." [http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/544/batman] In this case Batman was not the caped crusader of

Jared Olivetti Jared Olivetti
"But what about him?!"
Discipleship

"But what about him?!"

September 13, 2013

Have you ever had a burden so heavy on your heart, a duty you knew you had to perform, that its weight altered your view of the rest of life and of those

Rut Etheridge III Rut Etheridge III
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