Category: Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church
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Are We One?
The church I pastor, Walnut Hill Church, has a problem. While not uncomon, it is an unusual problem in a day when 85% of all American Churches are stagnant or in serious decline. But it is not a problem I expect will generate a lot of sympathy from the pastors or members of most other…
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Choose LIFE
Like many conservative Evangelical congregations around the country, our church recognized yesterday as Sanctity of Life Sunday. It seems only appropriate. We live in a culture that no longer values human life, except, perhaps, as a disposable comodity. This is evident by not only the continued tragedy of abortion but also the growing, or at…
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Core Values of Walnut Hill Church
I recently finished a series unveiling the Core Values of Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church. The Elders of our church worked on these for several months, as we tried to discern the characteristics that define and drive our church. Leadership expert Aubrey Malphurs calls Core Values “the qualities that make up and establish an organizations character,…
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The Distinguishing Mark
As I continue to work my way through 1 John I am repeatedly struck by the way John weaves together several themes, yet seems to keep a single idea in focus. John writes to help the reader understand how we may know God – that we may know God. Yet throughout the letter he…
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A Mind for Missions: Global Evangelism
With our church having just come through the front end of our first missions conference in at least a generation there are a number of people who are sensitive to what God is doing in the world, and hungry to explore what part he has in mind for us – the average Christian. Wanting to take…
