@jakesledge

Christian, husband, dad & Involvement Minister at the Oldham Lane Church of Christ.

 Abilene, TX
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Thinking of Others — The Jenkins Institute

While preparing a sermon last week, I ran across a passage I know I’ve read hundreds of times. But this time, something hit me right between my eyes as if reading it for the first time. You know all...

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You Did It! — The Jenkins Institute

Some preachers live for Sunday. That could be a great thing or a not-so-great thing. If we live for Sunday because we love the spotlight, the rush of being on stage, people paying attention to us, or...

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Tomorrow — The Jenkins Institute

Father: As it seems, the whole world turns its thoughts to Jesus for a brief moment this season, may these Your 365 servants navigate it all with grace and faith. May we rejoice that even if mispla...

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Fellas, Stop Saying You Don’t Deserve Your Wife open.substack.com/pub/church…
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The Great Danger of Orthodoxy | Church & Culture

The Christian faith is known as an orthodox faith. It is appropriately concerned with orthodoxy , meaning “right thinking.” This is often juxtaposed against an emphasis on orthopraxy , meaning “right...

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Gaining Trans-Sanity | Church & Culture

Recently, two polls laid bare the American stopping point with all things trans.  First, a Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) survey revealed an increase over the past two years in the belief...

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Grandfather Gives School Board An Old Fashioned Fanny Smack youtu.be/b5Z6CzEHMBE via @YouTube
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The Ministry Of ____? — The Jenkins Institute

I walked in dad’s office. It had an eerie feel to it. It was like he had just run up the road to make a hospital visit and would be back in a few minutes. There was a Wendy’s cup about half filled...

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Even if you're exhausting hours are moving the needle at work, if you're winning at work and losing at home, you're losing. Period.  careynieuwhof.com/exhaustion… via @cnieuwhof
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Churches that value personal relationships will always attract people who value personal connection. careynieuwhof.com/7-ways-to-… via @cnieuwhof

7 Ways to Respond As People Attend Church Less Often

Times are changing, and your church should adapt. Here are 7 ways your church can pivot as people attend church less often.

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May it be Jesus — The Jenkins Institute

Father: May it be Your Son who is on the mind of those who will preach and teach tomorrow. Keep their focus from those matters, issues, torments, concerns, fears, frustrations, people, problems, and...

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Commitment — The Jenkins Institute

It has been a tremendous joy to spend the past couple of weeks working among God’s people in Fiji. We have been blessed to teach an outstanding group of students in the School of Preaching here....

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Here’s the core mission of parents: to raise up children who approach everything in their lives as the disciples of Jesus. crossway.org/articles/the-be…

The Best Parenting Passage in the Entire Bible

Our children must learn to look at life through the lens of the will and plan of their Creator—to develop a comprehensive biblical worldview that is distinctively God-centered and biblically driven.

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The only way out of the mess we're in open.substack.com/pub/church…
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Your People — The Jenkins Institute

In Mark 5 we see Jesus casting demons from a man into the swine. The man was dramatically changed because of his encounter with the Lord. He had been living among the tombs. He was a wild man. After...

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New American Values | Church & Culture

It was an arresting headline: “American Pulls Back from Values That Once Defined It.” It was an article in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) and based on a poll conducted by the WSJ and NORC at the...

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"ALL" — The Jenkins Institute

“ALL” “I can do ALL things through Him who strengthens me” “And we know that God causes ALL things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose..”...

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Jesus didn't say, "Attend me." He said, "Follow me." And early Christians didn't attend church, they were the church. careynieuwhof.com/3-new-real… via @cnieuwhof
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Don't Ever Give Up — The Jenkins Institute

Don’t Ever Give Up A lot of people who read this post each week will remember these words spoken by Jimmy V at the Espy Awards Ceremony in 1993 when he concluded his speech by saying, “Don’t give up....

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No, you aren't a "broken sinner" open.substack.com/pub/church…
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