3 QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN CHOOSING A CHURCH – Steve Timmis JUNE 24, 2014

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3 QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN CHOOSING A CHURCH – Steve Timmis JUNE 24, 2014

By Kevin Jesmer on Wednesday, June 25th, 2014 | No Comments

3 QUESTIONS TO ASK WHEN CHOOSING A CHURCH – Steve Timmis JUNE 24, 2014 Link to original article Joining a church is a big deal. By joining, I don’t mean just going to a regular meeting once or twice a week. I don’t even mean simply getting your name on the membership roll. […]

A World Vision for Church and Parachurch: Why the organizations that come alongside must also lead. Mark Gallu 5-2-14

By Kevin Jesmer on Sunday, May 4th, 2014 | No Comments

A World Vision for Church and Parachurch: Why the organizations that come alongside must also lead. Mark Galli/ MAY 2, 2014 Link to original article in Christianity Today “IT is difficult to overstate the significance of parachurch organizations in contemporary American evangelicalism.” So writes historian John G. Turner in Bill Bright and Campus Crusade for Christ: […]

5/21/13. Romans 11:13-24. THE OLIVE TREE – my devotional

By Kevin Jesmer on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 | No Comments

5/21/13. Romans 11:13-24. THE OLIVE TREE – my devotional Romans 11:13-24 Kevin E. Jesmer Key Verse: 11:20 5/21/13 “That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear.” (ESV) My Lord and my God, Jesus Christ, I want to thank […]

WHY THE MISSIONAL MOVEMENT WILL FAIL –#MIKE BREEN#

By Kevin Jesmer on Thursday, November 15th, 2012 | No Comments

WHY THE MISSIONAL MOVEMENT WILL FAIL –#MIKE BREEN# (read on Yahoo.com 11/16/12) Link to the original article It’s time we start being brutally honest about the missional movement that has emerged in the last 10-15 years: Chances are better than not it’s going to fail. That may seem cynical, but I’m being realistic. There […]

Questionnaire about going to church

By Kevin Jesmer on Saturday, October 20th, 2012 | No Comments

Questionnaire about going to church. The following “Mad-Lib-esque” review of the church comes from Kevin De Young and Ted Kluck’s book “Why We Love the Church.” So, what do you think of the church and churches in your city? Number your answers in the same fashion for illuminating fun. (Copied from Pastor Jamie Page’s […]

Americans Increasingly Super-Sizing Their Churches By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer | LiveScience.com

By Kevin Jesmer on Sunday, August 19th, 2012 | No Comments

Americans Increasingly Super-Sizing Their Churches By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer | LiveScience.com – 1 hr 12 mins ago http://news.yahoo.com/americans-increasingly-super-sizing-churches-121105602.html (accessed 8-19-12 0830) DENVER— More and more Americans are spending their Sundays at megachurches, enormouschurches with congregations numbering in the thousands. Despite the size of these churches, members don’t get lost in the crowd, new research finds. In fact, a new […]

Americans Increasingly Super-Sizing Their Churches- By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer | LiveScience.com

By Kevin Jesmer on Sunday, August 19th, 2012 | No Comments

8 Non-Religious Reasons to Take Your Kids to Church By Parents.com | Parenting

By Kevin Jesmer on Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 | No Comments

8 Non-Religious Reasons to Take Your Kids to Church By Parents.com | Parenting By Nick Shell 8-12-12 http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/8-non-religious-reasons-kids-church-134700210.html Year after year, polls like this recent one by Gallup show that “churchgoers” not only experience more positive emotions but also less negative emotions than people who do not regularly attend church, synagogue, or mosque. […]

4.28.12-1 Timothy 5-LOVE WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR FAVORITISM

By Kevin Jesmer on Sunday, April 29th, 2012 | No Comments

4.28.12-1 Timothy 5-LOVE WITHOUT PARTIALITY OR FAVORITISM Kevin Jesmer NIU UBF Saturday, April 28, 2012 1 Timothy 5:1-6:2 Key Verse: 5:21 “I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of favoritism.” Dear Lord thank you for your […]

4.25.12 1 Tim 3:14-16 GOD’S HOUSEHOLD

By Kevin Jesmer on Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 | No Comments

4.25.12 1 Tim 3:14-16 GOD’S HOUSEHOLD Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Kevin Jesmer NIU UBF 1 Timothy 3:14-16 Key Verse: 3:15 “ if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar […]

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