Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Some Questions for the Pro-Choice...

I am obviously not a reporter, but I do wish that I had a chance to interview a "pro-choice/abortion" political candidate, celebrity, or outspoken supporter of abortion. Generally, reporters seem to be obviously biased toward a pro-abortion stance and illustrate that in their questions. It seems to me that the questions asked can make a huge difference in how everyone perceives the interview. For example, I would ask the following questions of "pro-choice" individuals...

(1) Many state & federal laws allow criminal to be prosecuted if an assault on a mother causes injury or death to the unborn baby. Do you support these laws? How does legal protection of those children differ from protection of children from abortion?

(2) Most pro-choice individuals say that they are looking out for the best interests of women. Other than preserving their "right" to kill their child, what are you doing for the best interests of women? Does that include the best interests of a female baby in the womb?

(3) What rights do you believe a father should have in the decision about abortion?

(4) Do you believe that there are any times when abortion is morally wrong? If so, what would they be? Would you work to make those immoral circumstances illegal?

(5) If it was absolutely proven to you that a "fetus" is a living human being, would you become pro-life?


(6) Do you believe that unwanted children or children you consider to have a "low quality of life" should be killed? Do you believe that unwanted children or children you consider to have a potentially "low quality of life" but are still in the womb should be killed?

(7) Do you believe that someone should be able to abort their child because they have a physical or mental disability? Do you believe that someone should be able to abort their child based on the child's gender?

(8) Do you object to abortion after the point in pregnancy that it has been medically proven that the baby feels pain?

(9) If a child somehow survives an abortion and is born alive do you believe it's life should be protected?

(10) I am going to take the liberty of characterizing your position, and then I want you to tell me where I’m wrong. You want abortion to be legal right up to the moment of birth, (for all nine months of pregnancy); for any reason whatsoever, for no reason whatsoever; for a minor girl of any age,  without parental consent, without even parental knowledge; and if she can’t pay for it, you think the government ought to. Is there anything inaccurate about that statement?

What questions might you add?


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Thursday, June 20, 2019

Some Useful Pastoral Resources

Below are some links to some websites that a pastor (or maybe even a layperson) would find useful in ministry. Comment to share some sites that have been a blessing/helpful to you in your ministry.

1. The Wesley Center Online. A great resource for any Holiness pastor or layperson. This site includes the works of John Wesley, classic holiness books, and even old issues of the preachers magazine (1925-85). Lot's of good stuff that is free to download!

2. Canva. Need to update your website or social media with some more attractive visuals? This is a pretty easy site to navigate and is free for most things. You can also use it to make PPT presentations and other things in JPG, PNG, or PDF format.

3. Every church needs to have an online giving platform. They are prevalent now days. People need to have the opportunity to give via online means.

4. Bless Every Home. A great tool to get your congregation involved in personal evangelism with their neighbors. Some of the basic services are free and include daily reminders to pray for your neighbors as well as names & a map of who lives nearby.

5. Book: New Beginnings for Pastor and Congregations. This is a great primer for your first church, a new assignment, or even a restart right where you currently serve. Callahan, the author, gives some great practical advice on what to do in the first 30 days, 3 months, and 1st year. Get off to a great start in your first or new assignment.


6. Sermon Index. A great resource for you to listen to audio sermons. If you are preaching every week, you need to be listening to some good preaching. You can find some great stuff here.

7. ARDA Research. A great site to research your geographical area for a better understanding of the population, economy, etc. All free.

8. Nazarene Research. More free information about local Nazarene congregations and links to other areas of research.

9. Covenant Eyes. One of the most prevalent problem among clergy is a hidden pornography addiction. Accountability is one of the best tools of prevention for those fighting against temptation.

10. Blue Letter Bible. A good all around online Bible study guide for lay and clergy alike. Lot's of free tools for studying passages from the Bible.

What others might you recommend?

See also...

Ten Books Every Pastor Should Read and Some Sermons too.

Why I Like the Church of the Nazarene.

Friday, April 26, 2019

How to Lead Your Church Into Apostasy.

Apostasy is the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief.

Let me give you a game plan for moving your church away from orthodoxy and into Ichabod.

1. Start subtle. Don't rush your heresy. Use wisdom on when to reveal that you are not orthodox in your Christian beliefs. Be unclear about your beliefs at first. Articulate your apostacy publicly as if you are pondering things deeply. When you do reveal your beliefs make sure you do so with the humility to admit that the more you read books other than the Bible, the more you were convinced everyone has had it wrong about God for the last 2000 years. That's not arrogant, that's education.

2. Categorize Biblical truth in ways that seek to erode its legitimacy. Disregarding the divine inspiration of the Bible is a good way to begin to lay out your blueprints for a new kind of Christianity. As long as people take the Bible seriously, they won't buy your cheap counterfeit. If you are having trouble with some people continuing to hold to it's authoritative stance, accuse them of worshiping the Bible instead of Jesus. It's a false dichotomy, but it sounds like idolatry. You can even call it Bibliolatry. Before your apostacy is fully realized, begin appealing to sources of authority other than the Bible.

3. Characterize holiness in solely terms of social justice. Personal piety, personal holiness, and moral living must be framed in terms of legalism. Remember that we are really working to absolve people of any personal responsibility. When others in the church call you out for your worldly living, claim that you are ministering to people like Jesus and that he was criticized too. Better yet, become a social media activist and take pictures in front of a food pantry.

4. Do not embrace biblical truth that is rejected by culture. Embrace things in the Bible that the world already agrees with. This makes your brand of Christianity more palatable. Learn how to incorporate ideals and values espoused in the media (news, movies, music, etc) into your preaching & teaching. For example, use rainbows to identify more with those in sexual crisis than Christ. There will be more "Christians" if it is only an issue of identity and not lifestyle. You want people walking into your church to come to the revelation: "This church believes what I believe."

5. Characterize evangelism in terms of social justice. Repentance and the forgiveness of sins starts things on a sour note. Since we are created in the image of God we get to make the claim that everyone goes to Heaven. If people buy that then they have to walk away issues of repentance and new spiritual birth. Keep claiming that we don't start with the Genesis 3, but with Genesis 1. Claim it long enough and you might get people to forget about Genesis 3. Do nice things for others but never deal with the only obstacle between humanity and a holy God.


6. Assume that Biblical truths are up for debate. It's obviously clear in Scripture, but with darkened understanding and a few linguistical hurdles anyone can confuse what the Bible says to the masses. When you convince others to make the Bible a buffet to choose from you may also be able to be the one who chooses what everyone believes.

7. Take the intellectual high ground. Redefine words, use elaborate words that a common person couldn't define, and even throw in some words you have misused. Did you go to seminary? Do you have a PhD? These things automatically qualify you to distort the faith that has been passed down to you. Those who disagree with you obviously do so because they have not been educated. They haven't gone to Bible College or seminary. They have not done the in depth research into Freud, Nietzsche, Rob Bell, and others that have helped enlighten you.

8. You will need to employ some revisionistic history. For example, make John Wesley say whatever you want to say. Claim that those that disagree with you are not Wesleyan-Arminian in their thinking. If they don't retreat from your superior intellect take it on the offensive by claiming they are Fundamentalists, legalistic, uneducated, Pharisees, or any other of a number of culturally frightening labels.

9. Here is a plan to help you undercut orthodoxy in your church. Distort the following truths/doctrines/ideas in no particular order: the Bible's authority, de-emphasize piety, instantaneous works of God (entire sanctification, being born again, etc), the Bible definition of love (it needs to be more sentimental than holy), the reality of Hell, the need for repentance, downplay Biblical principles about abortion or living in active homosexual relationship, embrace universalism (everyone goes to Heaven), disregard Biblical atonement and replace with "other theories" (Jesus didn't die as a payment for our sins, he only died because people didn't like him), etc.

10. Finally, be sure to accuse everyone else of being divisive. Convince everyone that we should all seek unity because we are in the same tribe living under the same tent. Never mind that our unity is found in submission to the life and teachings of Jesus in the Bible. You can't be Christian (Christ like) and refute what God says! But try and convince everyone that you are not really the one causing division by holding heretical views and opinions based on human philosophy. Remember, everyone who disagrees with you is unloving. 

Good luck in your adventure to lead your church down the road of apostasy. Remember, it's a long process full of small victories, but if you can be stubborn and persistent... you may just cause someone like the United Methodist to not be United anymore!

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Thursday, April 11, 2019

Why I Still Have Revivals in the Church I Pastor.

It's true. I schedule times during the year when I have a guest preacher, called the evangelist, to come in and preach a series of services (beyond Sunday morning and evening). The emphasis is on the relationship of the individual to Christ beginning and growing. It is also a corporate (or community) act in which the whole congregation focuses on growing in Christ together. A lot of people claim it is old fashioned or out-of-date-methodology or even ineffective, but let me share why I still hold revival meetings in my local church.

1. My congregation needs to hear Truth from someone besides me. The Holy Spirit speaks through each individual in a distinct way. Neither the message nor the God spoken of changes, but there are distinct, unique ways in which God uses every messenger. If the local congregation that I pastor only ever hears from me, they are done an injustice by not hearing Truth from other 'vessels.'

2. I need personal revival! As one who is weekly seeking God for the message my local congregation needs to hear, a preacher can become somewhat starved. It is easy for a pastor to get so immersed in the daily routine and weighed down by the hurts and pains of the local church that they too need the encouragement of being revived. Pastors need revival too.

3. As a community of believers, our local church needs time focused on getting closer to God and becoming more like Christ. Of course we always want to grow closer to God and become more like Him, but sometimes that becomes secondary or tertiary to the function of the church. We can get so busy doing good things for God that we forget why we are doing those good things to begin with. We need a time to gather together and focus on Jesus! We need corporate spiritual renewal!

4. Attention to an evangelistic emphasis is necessary. Any church can be program based instead of Gospel based. It's easy to slip into. But seeking the lost is why Jesus came and why His body, the church, needs to still be sharing the Good News of salvation. Again, the church can become inwardly focused and comfort oriented, we need to be reminded that our focus is ultimately to see people come to Christ. There is a task at hand and we need the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to accomplish just that.

5. The denomination I am currently part of, started in revival and cannot exist without it. The evangelistic and revivalist fervor of the Church of the Nazarene is in our spiritual DNA because it is traced back to our beginnings. We would not exist were it not for the revivals, camp meetings, evangelistic crusades, and tent meetings that have long defined us. Certainly we cannot and should not seek to re-orchestrate these past moves of God. The truth is they were never orchestrated in the beginning, but God's people spent time doing nothing more than seeking the presence of Jesus and He was faithful to show up!


6. It becomes a time when the church can "agree in prayer". The church can become a busy place and people. Children's ministry, youth ministry, food banks, family life, finances, jobs, and so much more can keep us from intentionally aligning on some important things. We are all going in different directions. When we conduct revival services in our local church, everything else stops. These are moments in which we share with the early church an "all together in one place" moment so that we might also experience "the sound of a mighty rushing wind."

7. Determine the relationship. Decision time. Joshua, from the Old Testament toward the end of his life, stood before the people of Israel and challenged them to "choose today who you will serve." A clear, concise decision needs to be made. King Josiah, in the Old Testament, after finding and having the Law of Moses read to him, called the people together so that they would commit together as a people to repent and choose to honor the covenant with God. Many people can slip into a state of casual indifference that leads them away from the "Ebenezer" places of firm and clear commitment in their relationship to God. Revival is a good time to evaluate and clearly discern where we stand with God. I choose Jesus!

8. Churches need to change/repent. The impotence of the church today is not a result of lack of finances, technology, talent, buildings, or resources. Although we are often consumed by such things. The problem of the church today is it's lack of Divine transformative power. While we are busy installing our strobe lights and fog machines the prayer closets go unused. While some are fighting to preserve their favorite traditions and hymn books the upper room remains vacant. Sometimes not only do individuals need to repent, but churches, or even whole denominations can find themselves in need of a repentance.

9. Revival is a time of God moments at work in the church. Where once many churches debated about entire sanctification being a moment vs a process, the line has now been re-drawn over whether justification (new birth) is a moment vs a process. We have made conversion a process that now must include "belong" to the church fellowship before "believing" in Jesus. Much like sanctification the shift, in reality, is a move from God's divine act to our works that do more to make us feel spiritual than to be Spirit filled! The reality is that a call for "belong" before "believing" redefines what it means to be part of the family of God (Can you be part of this family apart from knowing Jesus?), requires sinners to be in relationship with us before Jesus, and emphasizes human organization over divine encounter. There are some things only God can do in our lives: forgiveness of sins, purification of the heart, etc.

10. Revival can expose some hidden things. When you first walk into a room that has a funny smell you recognize it immediately. Interestingly, after a bit of time spent in the room the smell seems to disappear. The reality is that the smell is still present, but we have become accustomed to it. Revival services present a good time to recognize odious things in our lives that we may have inadvertently grown accustomed to. While it can be uncomfortable, God's exposure of hidden things always leads toward reconciliation and redemption!

So what about you? Why do you have revivals in your church? Or why not?

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Tuesday, February 19, 2019

I Sin Every Day!

"I sin every day in thought, word, and deed." The very words made me cringe. The person who said these words to me was not really bragging about their sin, just merely trying to be factual about their own spiritual experience.

Why I don't think real Christians sin every day in thought, word, and deed....

1. Jesus wins against sin. Through his death and resurrection, Jesus not only defeated sin, He overcame it! If there is victory in Jesus, then we, as Christians have a different option for a lifestyle than repetitive and continual on going sin in our lives. We have been given the opportunity to live differently! The grace of Jesus is greater than all our sin! Simply put, Jesus always wins out against sin where their is human cooperation.

2. If it were true, then it would mean that there's no practical difference between a "Christian" and a non-Christian. No real transformation. Redemption is only a theory. If we all go on sinning every day then we are bound to talk big about what Jesus cannot really do in our lives.

3. It makes Jesus death & resurrection inconsequential. His suffering does little more than convince the Father to overlook the foul stench of sin. His atonement does no more than deal with the past because it is powerless to effect the present or future in any real way. God has never been in the business of "managing" sin. He is always about a cleansing, purifying work in our hearts that effects all of our life!

4. It isn't Biblical... at all. Where does the Bible teach that the standard for the believer is on going sin? But it does teach a lot of things about not continuing to sin!! For example: 1 John 3:6-10, 1 Corinthians 10:13, & Romans 6:12-14 are just a few of the passages of Scripture that call us to a different lifestyle than on going sin. While the Bible does not ignore the reality of sin, it does not standardize it among God's people.

5. It is our past failure dictating the standard Christian life. Rather than the Truth of Jesus defining us, sin begin continues to shape us. It's pretty clear in the Bible that God's intent is that sin would not continue to define our new life in Jesus. Those old patterns of living, values, and thought processes need to be rejected for something better from God! God wants to begin to lead our lives as Christians now.


6. It's hypocritical. When we say that we sin every day we really mean that we are allowed our sins, but others are not. Would we not have a problem with someone who lies every day? What if your pastor only stole money once a week? What if your spouse only committed adultery one day out of the year? It just doesn't work, but it does make us hypocrites! Don't justify your own sin by being dismissive about it and thus a hypocrite.

7. It's not attractive to anyone. Who wants a "religion" that cannot change their life. Who wants a 
faith that simply numbs their moral conscious so that they might be able to endure their own sinfulness through life. The answer is: no one! Those that are seeking real change in their lives look elsewhere when they find that the lifestyle of some "Christians" is no different than theirs. The testimony of the Christian is more than a verbal communication, it is a visible lifestyle witnessed!

8. It promotes a "defeatism" mentality among Christians. We are so busy promoting our imperfections, sins, and 'Fallenness' that we disregard the redeeming work of God. Many churches have testimony services that do more to "brag on the Devil" than glorify God. This promotion of our sin and shortcoming also goes a long way in further confusing people in their ability to distinguish between being tempted and actually sinning. They are not the same. Jesus is grieved when we exalt the works of darkness in our lives over His ability to save to the uttermost!

9. It would mean that we do not have free will in reality. If we sin every day in thought, word, and deed we have lost our volition. We are really claiming that we have no ability to choose good over evil, holiness instead of sin, or righteousness over wickedness. The ability to resist temptation is a gift that Jesus gives, but we reject if we claim to go on sinning all the time.

10. Continual sin undermines God's call for us to be holy. While holiness is not defined by lack of sin, it certainly cannot take up residency with sin. Holiness is more than "not sinning" but cannot avoid the rejection of sin. If we allow sin to remain, the Holy Spirit cannot have freedom to work in our lives the way He intends. You cannot love God with all your heart unless He has all your heart.

Here's the bad news and the Good News!
"Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (ESV)

So what do you think?


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Friday, February 1, 2019

Get a Back Bone!


There seems to be a lack of back bone among many Christians in many churches and denominations today. Has the whole "ostrich stick your head in the sand and hope it all goes away" thing ever actually been beneficial? (Yes, I know that ostriches do not actually stick their head in the ground.)

What ever happened to pastors, denominational leaders, and lay leaders in the church who were courageous, gracious, and prophetic? My call is for us to return to a time when people lived with a love of God that produced a conviction and resolve to live for Him, serve Him, and glorify Him!

So take a few minutes and reach around and feel for a back bone. If you can't find one, there are spines available from the anointing of the Holy Spirit! What does it look like to have a spine or back bone? Well, here's a few observations...

1. They are willing to make sacrifices. They will pay the price for what is true or right. Their political agenda, their preferences, and their material things have been laid on an altar in an act of worship to God. It's not about self, it's about being led by the Spirit. It's not about personal gain, it's about faithfulness to Jesus. Are you willing to go where no one else will go? Are you willing to do what no one else would do? Are you willing to give up what no one else will give up? Real spiritual leaders are willing to make sacrifices.

2. They are willing to address the real problem. If there's an elephant in the room the person with the back bone will point it out. Too many boards, committees, or 'think tanks' dance around the problem because no one wants to "get their hands dirty." Real leaders will not ignore the problem by setting up straw men (or 'scare' crows) but work to solve the problem. This is about more than identifying the problem. Any critic can identify a problem. Rather this is about problem identification for the sake of problem resolution.

3. They are willing to stay the course. Leadership in the church that seeks to move forward into the future will often meet resistance in the form of questioning the validity of the decision made or whether it was actually "God's will." This can create hesitation in leadership which leads to a lack of confidence. Being confident that you are leading in the context of the Holy Spirit is important. That does not mean you should disregard the concerns of other Christians along the way, but it does mean we cannot allow God's vision to be derailed by detractors. God's will does not come with a guarantee everyone will be happy about it.

4. They have integrity. Integrity is character when no one is looking. They are the same person wherever they are and whatever they might be doing. They never say things to certain people and different things to other people. What they believe is what they say. What they live is what they are at all time. Real spiritual leadership lives in purity so that they can operate in power. They are not checking which way the wind is going and then deciding their principles. They have principles and allow them to guide their life.

5. They believe in accountability. They reject lack of accountability for themselves, for others, and for the church. Those who are always complaining about being accountable to others are generally part of the problem. Holding others accountable is rarely a comfortable or popular thing to do, but it is always the right thing to do. Lack of accountability resulting in lack of leadership back bone leads to scandals in the church much like the sexual abuse which has rocked the Roman Catholic church. John Stuart Mill said in 1867: “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”


6. They are not afraid to rock the boat. Spirit filled leaders with a back bone do not initiate change to rock the boat, but are not afraid of the boat rocking. They regularly find themselves swimming up stream and in direct opposition to cultural trends or pop theology. Spiritual leaders are not working to protect the traditions of an organization, but to promote the Biblical mission. Those that make a difference do not seek to manage an organization, but through the Spirit of God lead the church of Christ. No more bondage to popularity or polls. Not afraid of labels people put on them. It is just part of the territory for a leader with a back bone.

7. These leaders are able to be clear and direct. Much leadership within churches today is about maintaining the status quo, or at least trying to maintain unity (even to the neglect of Biblical truth or sinful behavior). The only real unity the church should adhere to is unity in Christ. Too many prophets today find that they preach and respond to people like a politician. People leave our churches regularly wondering where the church stands on any issue. But this is not the case for leaders with a spine. They are prophets who speak and lead with clarity of intent, belief, and mission.

8. Real spiritual leaders are willing to take risks. They are not about creating "safe" spaces, refusing to adapt, becoming stagnant, or preserving the present status quo. Those with a back bone see the mission clearly and are moving toward it always. They realize that kingdom work comes with a price. There is personal cost to being part of harvest work. They are willing to forego the comfort of some for the transformation of others. For them, faith rarely leads to comfortability.

9. Leaders with back bone are decisive. I do not mean that they are intentionally divisive (though they may be), but they are definitely decisive! When they are in line with what God's Spirit is doing, they will not get off task. Real spiritual leadership does not straddle the fence. Much like Nehemiah in the Old Testament, they do not want to come down off of the wall when they are doing God's work. They stick to core values, vision, and mission. 

10. They provide clear direction for the future. They articulate where God is directing His church and point people to that vision. It is when there is no vision for God's people that they perish! There is unrest, divided priorities, people on the fringe promoting tangents. And this unrest and division results from lack of clear direction and vision. If no one knows where the church is going and what it is suppose to be doing, they are distracted by others who promote their own agenda.

"A piece of spaghetti is 'pliable' and easily surrenders to the slightest pressure. A piece of steel is inflexible and rigid. Men don't build with spaghetti, but they do build with steel." C.W. Fisher

So what do you think?


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Friday, January 4, 2019

16 People Every Church Needs...

...to make things interesting: 

1. The Fall Back Person. Did you procrastinate on your planning? Don't worry, call this person to make the event, ministry, Bible study, or service go off without a hitch.

2. The Tele-Evangelist Lover. The person that watches too much TBN. They love Benny Hinn's comb over. They are always referring to their tithe as "seed money." They use words like "shekinah" and "prophetic" a lot! Need a class taught on Prosperity Gospel?... talk to this person.

3. The Worrier. They are always in a panic or afraid that someone will leave the church, there won't be enough money, the ministry will fail, or any of a host of other worst case scenarios will take place.

4. The Committed. Any service, any ministry, any event, or even if the church happens to be open... you'll find this person present and accounted for. They are committed and ready to serve.

5. The Gossip. Need to know anyone's business? Just talk to this person. They can give you the low down on anyone, any situation, or anything brewing on the horizon.

6. The Flash-in-the-Pan. This person makes a big splash when they come to church, but it won't last. The folks who've been around awhile are use to it. Big talk, little action. Here today and gone tomorrow.

7. The Optimist. This person is full of faith about everything. They know the church will grow, they know that it will overcome the obstacle, they know that the struggle will end in victory.

8. The Hugger. They will hug you. You can try to avoid them during the "hand shaking time," but they will find you and they will hug you. You are just going to have to live with it.


9. The Activist. They are always promoting a cause. They seek to be proactive about what is happening around them. We need to give to this, stand for that, or rally for something else.

10. The Peace Keeper. This person just wants everyone to get along. They work hard to make peace where they perceive conflict to be. They have a difficult time when someone is angry at them too.

11. The Comedian. This person is always cracking jokes... sometimes even when everyone else is serious. They bring a smile into the sanctuary with them.

12. The Blunt One. You may feel like you just got hammered, but you actually just found the person in the church who does not beat around the bush. You will never have trouble trying to figure out where you stand with this person.

13. The Introvert. Extremely quiet, but not stupid. These folks usually provide stability and backbone to any church. You won't see them on the platform, but you will find them in the trenches.

14. The Shouter. They serve, for many, as a thermometer in a worship service. We know we just had a good one because our brother or sister "got blessed" and shouted. (The "Amen-er" is a good one too.)

15. The Refuser. Need someone to help out in Sunday School? Don't ask this person. In fact, do not ask them for much of anything. They can say "No" and they're not afraid to. Truth be told, they don't even know how to say "Yes" anymore.

16. The Sanctified Believer. What's not to desire about having someone in the church that loves God with all their heart and their neighbors as themselves? We need more with a pure heart and power from on high filling the church!

Got any you might add?

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