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Should Andy Stanley have used Sermon Notes for His “The Bible Told Me So, Not” Sermon

3 Comments / communication, iPad, Pastors, Preaching, Sermons / By Charles Stone

In August, Andy Stanley delivered a sermon that has upset many because he appeared to question biblical authority. You can hear his message, “Who Needs God? The Bible Told Me So,” here, read a negative critique by Albert Mohler here and read a positive one by Frank Turek here. In this post I’m not critiquing whether or not he undermined biblical authority. I […]

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6 Insights I learned at the 2016 Willow Creek Leadership Summit

1 Comment / change managemenet, Church Growth, Church Staff, Leadership, Ministry, Pastors / By Charles Stone

This year our church took over 55 to attend Willow Creek’s Leadership Summit at our local video venue in London, Ontario. As usual, I came away with many great leadership insights. In this post I summarize my top 6 learnings. What I learned at this year’s Willow Creek Leadership Summit: The lens of leadership. Bill

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Pastors Afflicted with Relational Anorexia

Leave a Comment / Compassion, Family, Life Balance, Ministry, Pastors / By Charles Stone

In my research for my second book, 5 Ministry Killers and How to Defeat Them, I discovered that pastors are often the loneliest people in the church, second perhaps only to their wives. I learned some sobering insight from several sources. In this post I unpack the concept of relational anorexia for pastors. Here are some

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Saving your Family without Killing Your Ministry

Leave a Comment / Family, Life Balance, Pastors / By Charles Stone

My wife and I have 3 grown kids. One has survived a brain tumor, one was a straight arrow, and one was a challenge. My oldest daughter Heather (our challenge) even co-wrote a book with me about the experience in our family called Daughters Gone Wild-Dads Gone Crazy. I’ve excerpted 5 insights from our book about

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5 Benefits of Working Outside the Office

Leave a Comment / Life Balance, Ministry, Pastors, planning, Sermons, Technology / By Charles Stone

Although I’ve been a pastor 35 years, only in the last few years have I discovered the value of studying/working outside my church and home office. I’ll either go to McDonalds (cheap food) or when I lived in Chicago, Panera (good atmosphere and the place I preferred). Both provide free Wi-Fi. While I don’t advocate spending

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Pastors

Should Andy Stanley have used Sermon Notes for His “The Bible Told Me So, Not” Sermon

6 Insights I learned at the 2016 Willow Creek Leadership Summit

Pastors Afflicted with Relational Anorexia

Saving your Family without Killing Your Ministry

5 Benefits of Working Outside the Office

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