It’s here. Another New Year. A fresh start. A new year of challenges, joys, triumphs, defeats, and experiences. You may have a list of New Year’s resolutions, or you may be content to just roll into the New Year as another growing and learning experience. Regardless, the New Year is a good time to stop, think, and form some goals. Here are some suggestions.
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christlikeness · making new year's resolutions · new year · sanctification

Christmas is a time for thinking about the incarnation of Jesus Christ. The incarnation is the whole reason for Christmas. It is, however, quite wrong to think about the incarnation only in terms of an idyllic, star-bedecked nativity scene, complete with gentle bovines, tender ewes, and a warm glow emanating from the Child. The incarnation was a whole lot more significant—and probably a lot less halcyonian—than we’d like to think.
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christian christmas · christmas · incarnation · reality of incarnation

Brewing underneath the surface of holiday cheer is the Christmas menace. Every year, it happens. (Fox) news reporters, irate politicians, disgruntled patriots, and a variety of others are decrying the abuses inflicted upon Christmas. There is an alleged war on Christmas. Something or someone is attacking this precious holiday.

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attack on christmas · christian christmas · christmas · real christmas · reason for the season

Sharefaith websites allow you to easily upload files other than images such as PDF or Word files in four easy steps:

1. Click on the “Upload/Insert” icon above the content editor:

2. Upload the file by clicking “Select Files” or dragging the file into the window:

3. Once uploaded, you’ll see the following options:

Title: The text typed into this field becomes the link that your web visitors will click on (so make sure it makes sense and is easy to read).

Link URL/File URL: If you do not see the link to your file in the “Link URL” field, click the “File URL” button to add the link.

Insert into Post: Clicking “Insert into Post” will add the link to your PDF file into the post or page where your cursor was.

4. Finish adding content to your post or page and click “Publish” (or “Update” if editing an existing post/page).

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It’s that time of year when everybody starts thinking about New Year’s resolutions, gorges on the last few weeks of dietary liberty, and tries to shore up the sagging spirit of self discipline. It’s just a few weeks before the New Year. You have a decision. To resolve or not to resolve, that is the question. Should you make New Year’s resolutions? Yes, but…

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goal setting · making new year's resolutions · new year · new years resolutions · spiritual goals

We can’t ignore the problem of unemployment. Although you may be secure and satisfied within your pastoral position or job, there are those around you who are living without a regular paycheck. Is there any way that the church can help them?
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church mission · joblessness · unemployment

If you thought Sharefaith church websites looked good before, wait until you see what we’ve just done.

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I was listening to Pandora radio while getting breakfast ready this morning. A song caught my attention:  ”Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” Cute song. I wonder, though, do most of us really have a Merry Christmas? If your life is anything like normal, Christmas is a time full of busyness, sickness, thrown-off-schedules, awful traffic, dreary days, dirty snow, dangerous weather, sky-high bills, ornery relatives, and an artillery charge of other problems. A “Merry Little Christmas”? Might as well forget about it.

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There are twelve days ’til Christmas, and I’m sure you are doing your best not to burst into singing “Twelve Days of Christmas.” Here at Sharefaith we’re the same way. These deals are so awesome that you won’t be able to help but sing “my true love gave to me”… Okay, I’ll stop singing now.

Deal 1: Sharefaith membership is now 20% off. A Sharefaith membership gives you access to the world’s largest collection of church media and graphics with over 40,000 downloadable templates. For a limited time you can join for only $119.20—less than $2.30 per week! Hurry! This deal expires in only sixteen days. JOIN NOW or RENEW NOW!

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Deal 3: Sharefaith’s ExaltNow worship software 5-license pack is 30% off. Sharefaith just released a brand new worship presentation tool for churches. We found that 89% of churches still use PowerPoint in their services, so we wrote some software that transforms PowerPoint into a powerful worship presentation tool. We integrated CCLI’s SongSelect database directly into PowerPoint, and added the ability to put text on top of video worship loops. The software is very easy to use, and will drastically reduce the amount of time you spend on preparing your worship presentation. GET EXALTNOW!

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Big churches! Multi-site campuses! Church planting movements! Megachurches! It’s all the rage. How often have we stopped to think about the bigger-is-better mentality about church? Could it be that we’ve got it all wrong? That maybe bigger is not better? That maybe the megachurch model is actually not working? That maybe the more effective church is a smaller church?

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church growth · growing your church · how to grow your church · megachurch · shrink church · small church