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		<title>Treating The Whole Body 05/03/10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pastor,
 
Good to talk with you this morning and to find you are still upright. That is good!!
 
I am writing because I am compelled by two specific issues. One, the Scripture. Two, my Covenant as a Church Consultant. In that order of priority. Let me explain.
 
Our Second Son is a Surgeon. If you went to him [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.igniteus.net/archives/572</link>
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		<title>Carousels &amp; Leadership 04/20/2010</title>
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Yesterday I had lunch at a Mall with my Board of Directors &#8211; - Food Court Quisine. Directly behind us was a Carousel. I thought of the many Pastors who speak with me about their deep seated frustration with ministry. Round and Round they go. The same weary tunes playing over and over. The Carousel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.igniteus.net/archives/569</link>
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		<title>If not NOW &#8211; When??</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Gordian Knot &#8211; The Barna Report on December 21, 2009 shines the light of reality on this issue of Leadership and an Objective Metric for the evaluation of ministry in the local church. Why was this not been incorporated as an essential and standard component of Denominational structures years ago? Good and godly men [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.igniteus.net/archives/561</link>
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		<title>Speaking TRUTH in Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who engages theological discourse in any Public Forum has been excoriated, abused or just plain trashed. Who perpetrates this abuse? The minions of Satan? The atheist that abound? The &#8216;lunatic fringe&#8217;? None of the above.
Tragically it is often other professed believers who would also wish to be considered capable Christian Scholars. How sad. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.igniteus.net/archives/558</link>
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		<title>Learning to Listen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The WORD Network, The Church Channel, BOV, This is Your Day, Changing Your World, ad- infinitum. This is a very brief list of Cable TV offerings that people watch as they surf through the channels. What do they hear? What skills have they acquired to discern Truth from Error or worse, sheer apostasy? The average [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.igniteus.net/archives/551</link>
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		<title>The Pastoral Trilogy &#8211; P L C</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I discussed the challenge of balancing the vital aspects of pastoring with a friend. He shared with me that one of his mentors once shared with them the following paradigm for success in this delicate challenge. P = Proclamation. L = Leadership. C = Caring. The mentor told the class that most of them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.igniteus.net/archives/540</link>
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		<title>Because I Say SO!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I appeal to the reader to consider and respond to the issue I am addressing. That issue is, in the language of Theology and Apologetics, &#8220;Empirical Adequacy&#8221;. Empirical Adequacy is the content, validity, organization and compelling substance of the data presented in representing an issue.  For a Theologian that substance must include a solid exegetical [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.igniteus.net/archives/522</link>
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		<title>If Not Now &#8211; When?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following data is taken from an email I received from one of our Transformation Partner Pastors. The situation was this. A local church in the area where he pastors has been watching the transformation that is taking place in the lives of the people in that assembly and the lives of the leaders themselves [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.igniteus.net/archives/508</link>
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		<title>Deaf &amp; Defiant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stiff-Necked &#8211; Rebellious &#8211; Hard-Hearted &#8211; Arrogant &#8211; Presumptuous &#8211; Corrupt.   Quite a collection of adjectives. This is only a partial list of descriptive terms the OT Prophets used concerning Israel and Judah.
To Jeremiah the religious establishment said: So come, let&#8217;s attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.igniteus.net/archives/500</link>
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		<title>Leadership &#8211; Hard Hearts &amp; Influence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leadership is the very heart of the ministry of Jesus. He selected 12 men to develop as Leaders. He  invested most of his earthly ministry in shaping them as his agents to fulfill the Great Commission. Following their development is a fascinating study. Judas was a traitor. James and John were intoxicated with the concept [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.igniteus.net/archives/487</link>
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