Everybody likes to have friends! We all want to think we have people in our lives that genuinely care about us and they have a significant part in our lives. However, to be honest… many just don’t know the laws of attraction! What is you can do that will make people gravitate to you? The actions that can increase your influence with others? 1. Make your words appetizing. People love being around those who make them feel good about themselves, that speak life and encouragement to them. Not always offering advice! 2. Don’t be easily offended. You can’t take yourself, things, or words so...

If you’re a big Tim Keller fan… (and who isn’t)… you may be interested in this… Logos Bible Software has teamed up with Keller to provide ALL of his sermons on their software. All 1,233 sermons. Search by topic or passage. Here’s their promo: Find out what Timothy Keller has to say about any biblical topic! This massive archive includes 22 years’ worth of Dr. Keller’s audio sermon transcripts. Pre-order the Timothy Keller Sermon Archive at a discounted price of only $199.95—that’s less than $0.20 per sermon. Once it ships, the price will go up, so pre-order...

My friends William Vanderbloemen and Tony Morgan are planning a special one-day event on how to develop healthy leadership teams at your church.  Here’s the scoop: One of the questions both Tony and William are often asked by churches is, “What are other churches out there doing?” Bring your church staff to this one-day gathering where Tony and William will coach you through best practices of effective church leaders across the country. We’ll be discussing leadership development topics including: Health: Where are we healthy, and where can we improve? Strategy: How will we...

Hats off to Community Bible Church in San Antonio for donating $100,000 to Childress Memorial Church of God to help  replace their building after a devastating fire last week. Actually, the church has been the scene of six fires over the past two months.  All are suspicious in nature. Here’s how it went down, according to a news report: After seeing reports of the fire that destroyed the Childress Memorial Church of God in Christ Saturday, Pastor Robert Emmitt of the Community Bible Church knew he had to help. “I came into church and one of my pastors…said, ‘What’s going on?’ I...

According to a recent study Facebook makes people more depressed, envious, and jealous of those they are connected with. Matt Steen and I discuss the Facebook effect, and I share how/why I use Facebook: CLICK IMAGE TO WATCH VIDEO (Length:  3 min 14 sec) Subscribe to MinistryBriefing on YouTube What do YOU think?  Leave a text or video comment...

Half of Americans worry that religious freedom in the U.S. is at risk, and many say activist groups — particularly gays and lesbians — are trying to remove “traditional Christian values” from the public square. Here’s our take… CLICK IMAGE TO WATCH VIDEO (Length:  4 min 54 sec) Subscribe to MinistryBriefing on YouTube What do YOU think?  Leave a text or video comment...

Here are eight brand new (within the past week) job and ministry opportunities that you might want to check out. Just click the graphic below to find out all the details and how to apply. And if your church is hiring, be sure to add your opening.  It’s free… and takes less than five minutes.  I’ll do my best to help spread the word and find you some great...

An interesting article over at Religion Dispatch, talking about current trends in culture and the church. Here are the last two paragraphs that cite Matt Chandler.  Then you can see the writer’s response in the last paragraph. There’s a lot to discuss in those two paragraphs.  Take a read, then let me know what YOU think: In the wake of the Giglio withdrawal, there was an attempt to frame him as a victim. Chandler embraces a similar narrative, portraying gay rights activists as the bullies and Christians as the persecuted minority. “The rhetoric is changing,” he said. “At one time,...

This from Corpus Christi, TX.  South Shore Christian Church has opened a drive through prayer window that offers prayer for passers-by. It all happens every Tuesday from 5-6 p.m. right across from McDonalds. Here’s more: South Shore wants it to be a low-pressure, high-comfort experience. There’s no requirement to adhere to any religion or denomination, nor to attend services. Confidentiality will be honored, Ferrell said. The church placed banners along each street to proclaim its offerings. The majority of takers on the first two Tuesdays — the first marred by chill and rain — were...

This just in from Nigeria. All the hot girls are going to Dr. Fireman’s church. That’s the new billboard campaign for a church. (I guess it’s a play on ‘fireman’ and ‘hot’.  Tricky.) Here’s the billboard: According to Pastor Fireman: “The point is that God sent me to bring Twenty-First Century innovations that will change Christianity and make it have more results. Let me give you an example…Recently, believers do soul winning among believers, Churches “wins souls” from another church. That is not soul winning, that is souls...