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Easter is a special time when believers who regularly attend church are looking forward to an extraordinary Sunday and those who don’t come to church often will show up to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It’s a day that requires extra planning and intentionality for church leaders, but it …
All over the world, sports teams of all kinds have built a habit of huddling together before each game they play. They’re there to hype each other up, go over key plays and plans, and encourage every team member to do their best. If sports teams recognize the importance of …
Until this week, my experience with AI was playing around with ChatGPT and Jasper, but this year, I decided to learn more and go deeper. I attended the GenAI Conference, hosted by Jasper, in San Francisco. I read Futureproof: 9 Rules for Humans in the Age of Automation by Kevin …
Here are five sermon illustrations you could use in an upcoming message, devotion, or church-wide email. #1 – Stories Add Value A talented, creative writer invents a story about an object. Invested with new significance by this fiction, the object should — according to our hypothesis — acquire not merely …
1 ADDITION BY SUBTRACTION “The best thing founders can do is subtraction. It’s much, much, much easier to add things than it is to remove things. Adding things is a lot more expensive than removing things. However, it requires some measure of bravery and risk-taking.” – Tobi Lutke on The …
1 EXPENSIVE WOOD CHIP How much would you pay for this wood chip? It’s maybe a couple of inches long. Well, it recently sold for $275,000 in an auction. But it’s not just any old wood chip. It’s a piece of the propeller of the Wright Brothers plane that flew …
People want to belong. We want to be part of something larger than ourselves. Yet opportunities are limited, especially when compared to just a generation or two ago when people knew everyone in their neighborhoods and often worked for the same company their entire careers. Today, neighbors move in and …
You might have seen the commercials on TV, a billboard along a major interstate, or an ad on your favorite social media platform. The videos have been viewed more than 374 million times. And that number will radically increase with two Super Bowl commercials airing during the big game on …
Let's talk goals. Here are the quick highlights from the video… You don’t have to be balanced. You may need to push hard on evangelism, not because you’re abandoning discipleship, but because you need to focus on that muscle. Goals without plans are pipe dreams. Too much WOW will burn …
When someone gives to a church, amazing things can happen. People meet Jesus. Lives are changed. Communities are transformed. But giving money to a church isn’t the beginning of generosity. Generosity enables ministry, but ministry includes helping people develop a generous heart and live in a way that prioritizes God-honoring …
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