Growing in Christ as a Leader: Reflections from Jacob Overstreet
It has often been said that Rome wasn’t built in a day and in the same way leadership style isn’t formed instantaneously. It takes years for a person’s leadership style…
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STEP to Success in Teaching a New Class
The first few sessions of a class establish a frame for all that follow. The maxim, “you never get a second chance to make a first impression,” applies in education…
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The MCC Pastoral Internship
The Master’s Community Church’s Pastoral Internship is based upon our corporate By-Laws (Article VI, Section 3) and rooted in the New Testament practice of training generations of men for church…
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Behind the Scenes of “O Night Divine,” Upcoming MCC Christmas Cantata
Question: What most excites you about this year’s MCC Celebration Choir performance of “O Night Divine”? Alan: It is most important to select music that is right for the group.…
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4 Lenses for interpreting the 7 Letters of the Revelation
Questions flood my mind as I prepare to begin men’s summer Bible study on the seven letters of the Revelation Sunday evening. How should we understand the distinct genre of…
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Justifying Jesus’ Wrath in the Temple: Jer 7:11 and Jesus’ Clearing of the Temple
Jeremiah was one of the last prophets to hold out any hope for Judah, but even that was slim. Jeremiah was not pessimistic because of hardness on the LORD’s part,…
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The Chipmans’ Adoption Journey
Our adoption journey begins with a one-night stand in Nebraska in 1970, traverses through Charleston, South Carolina and central Missouri in 2012, and finds its destination in Kansas City. Yes,…
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“For the Church” Conference Reflections
Recently Pastor Adam and Julia Anderson, Toby Tiner, Kaleb Sheffield, Julie and I attended the MBTS For the Church Conference. The theme was Truth in an age of compromise, and…
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Holding the Psalms with Two Hands: Interpreting the Psalms via their Tensions
I am not a psalms scholar but I am a fan. A few minutes of mid-day reading the psalms has helped clear the gloom of life and better grasp the…
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Why a Men’s Study on the Psalms?
The psalms are emotional poems, and women are more emotional than men. So goes the logic of the psalms as material for women’s Bible studies. Men may be thought to…