Things that ruin a Church: Qualities that Destroy

By David Cox

I read a post at http://joshhevans.com/2014/08/29/5-things-that-can-ruin-a-church/ and that got me thinking. There are a lot of things that can “ruin a church”. This post is the first of three, and here I look at qualities, then events, and then people. First of all, by way of introduction, let’s consider what is “being ruined” really mean? I mean, what is a “non-ruined church” and what would ruin it? We cannot consider the factors that cause the “ruin of a church” without considering these two points first. Let’s do this with your church. What is “church” supposed to be? When a church is fully pleasing God, doing what God has ordained it’s purpose to be, what is that? Write that down on a piece of paper, now consider when you have seen or conceive of a church being “ruined”. What would that be like?




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What should we Preach?

What should we preach?
The ministry of the Word

What should we preach?
Por David Cox

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This is a study tract examining the Bible’s comments on good and bad preaching. Topics: What is biblical preaching? Wholesome Doctrine; Good Doctrine produces Piety; Bad doctrine and preaching; Strong Reproof; Preaching to Entertain; and Beneficial Preaching. (Get this article in a tract form from coxtracts.com/ch39/. This is suitable for printing, 2 pages from and back of the same letter size paper.)

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Improving your Preaching: Detecting poor preaching and mediocrity

This post is just an introduction to the series.

Sections:
Introduction

Detecting Faulty Preaching
Build confidence with feedback good channels
Set up rules and procedures for handling feedback
Problem – Mediocrisy
How to Fix Mediocrisy
Dynamic life-changing preaching
Conclusion

In this post I reveal how to tell if your preaching is poor, and we examine mediocre preaching.

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