50 percent of women between the ages of 20-40 are childless.
I can’t think of a better indicator of the obscene success feminism has had at carrying out its agenda to destroy civilization.
Also worth noting that female happiness is the lowest on record.
Lesson in that.
You promoted the event for three weeks across every channel your church has. People still showed up asking "wait, what time does it start?" Your instinct is to promote more. The actual answer is to promote less — but make what you do share impossible to forget. Inspiration over information. Every time.
John Owen to the unconverted (1691): “As unto what you pretend of your pleasures, the truth is, you never yet had any real Pleasure, nor do know what it is.”
Chad Van Dixhoorn: “If you want a ministry that will be forgotten in the future become an expert on all the controversies of the present and preach them each week.”
#coramdeopascon
Pastors, be patient. Ministry progress is slow because I believe it is God’s design to be slow. Trust must be earned. Seed is sown, but takes time to grow. Faith is built as we wait.
Slow progress is not a sign that something is wrong, but that you are doing something right.
"God shows His love for us in that while we were still...
liars
blasphemers
perverts
hypocrites
gossips
murderers
racists
proud
deceitful
apathetic
envious
addicts
idolaters
prayerless
complainers
greedy
vulgar
hateful
merciless
rebellious
cowards
...Christ died for us." Rom. 5:8
A gospel-centered church welcomes sinners with open arms but never leaves them stuck in sin. True grace embraces people as they are, yet lovingly calls them to who they’re meant to become in Christ.
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