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The Outspoken Atheist versus the Catholic Convert

The word is already out on the debate on Friday, November 26 between Tony Blair, the former prime minister of the UK, and writer Christopher Hitchens, one of the "new atheists".

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Monday, November 29, 2010
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Thankful for the Fleas

Why we should be thankful for, well...everything.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Thursday, November 25, 2010
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20somethings on the Team

Why are so many senior church leaders having problems with 20something staff members? I’ve talked with several pastors and staff members of late who find the working arrangement challenging at best, maddening at worst.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Monday, November 22, 2010
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Suffer the Little Children

If you’ve been in church leadership for very long, you know that most unchurched parents come to church not for themselves, but for their kids. They wanted their kids to get God, and in the end, they get God.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Thursday, November 18, 2010
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Finding Wesley

I really like John Wesley. I've been to his church and his home...though it wasn't easy.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Thursday, November 11, 2010
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Penance for the Death of Two Bookstores

Unashamedly a book man, I realized that I helped to kill two of my favorite bookstores. Now that I'm repentant, it's time for penance.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Monday, November 08, 2010
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The Church as a Third Place

The church, wherever she is, should be conscious of casting itself as a “third” place.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Thursday, November 04, 2010
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Why People Aren't Going to Seminary

Seminary used to be a given for anyone wanting to pursue a life of vocational ministry. Not anymore.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Monday, November 01, 2010
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G.O.Y. and a Second Fall

There is a new and startling cultural trend. It is the tendency of children to grow older younger; a trend with its own acronym: G.O.Y.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Monday, October 25, 2010
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Breaking Through the Baptism Barrier

Consider our mission: Reaching people for Christ and baptizing them, followed by discipleship. Yet the numbers being reached for Christ by individual churches are often dismal, and the numbers of those who then go public through baptism are even worse. Let’s talk about one slice of this challenge, specifically getting those who have committed their lives to Christ to go public through baptism.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Thursday, October 21, 2010
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Communion and Coleslaw

Reflecting how those who teach and lead in Christian settings tend to assume that people know a great deal more than they actually do.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Monday, October 18, 2010
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The New News

It's a new day for the news. And with seismic changes afoot.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Thursday, October 14, 2010
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How to Fail at Failing

How do you fail at failing? According to a recent article in Time magazine, all you have to do is study the recent collapse of Blockbuster. “Yes, the movie-rental firm was doomed,” Stephen Gandel writes, “But the ending could have been a lot better.”

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Monday, October 11, 2010
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What Often Hangs in the Balance

When we swing the pendulum to one extreme or the other, which is often the most comfortable thing to do with such dynamic tensions, we lose the very thing the dynamic tension is meant to produce.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Thursday, October 07, 2010
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Ten Things People Would Tell Us If We'd Listen

A look at the top 10 things we need to open our ears and our hearts to hear.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Monday, October 04, 2010
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Finding Our Voice On Money

A recent report found that now 1 of every 7 Americans lives at or below the poverty level. How should a church respond?

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Ministry: Spiritually Hazardous to Your Soul

Many leaders have fallen into adultery. Why is this happening so frequently?

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Monday, September 27, 2010
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Jack Welch and the Running of the Church

I recently learned a great deal about leading a church from someone who has never led one. Jack Welch, the salty former CEO of GE, sat down for an interview with Bill Hybels, senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, for the 2010 Leadership Summit and served up more truth and wisdom in 30 minutes than most seminary classes give over a semester.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Thursday, September 23, 2010
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Where the Battle Rages

ABC’s “Modern Family” won the award for outstanding comedy series in last month’s Emmy awards. Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” is No. 1 on iTunes and the accompanying video is No. 1 on YouTube. Or to put it another way, a show mainstreaming a homosexual couple and their adopted child and a song glorifying premarital sex are big hits.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Monday, September 20, 2010
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Ten Missional Prayers for the Church Today

1. That pastors would see other churches in their immediate vicinity as a co-laborer, not as the competition.

  • Dr. James Emery White
  • Thursday, September 16, 2010
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