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Sex Trafficking Missions

When I think of how God was almost continually chastising Israel for not caring for the widows, orphans and downtrodden, I am confident that

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Scott Bond

The Rumors of My Death: Lessons Learned

Trust God, even when you don’t get the answers that you desire. Trust God, to give you strength for the hard things, and more importantly...

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Scott Bond

Farewell, Barley Girl

If you had asked me two weeks ago if our pets will be in heaven, I would have given you a theological answer that brought up things like...

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Scott Bond

The Rumors of My Death Have Been Exaggerated: But not by Much!

In the busyness of fulfilling my daily obligations, personal goals and frequent ministry requests, it was easy to miss my time with God. At

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Scott Bond

3 Thoughts on Being an Effective Minister

The only thing that He holds back from me is his glory. It is not mine to share. I’m okay with that.

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Scott Bond

Seven Thoughts on Staying Relevant and Effective in Your Ministry Communications

As our culture, our audience, and our methods of mass media are in a state of continuous flux, we must continuously reevaluate, realign, and

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Point Out Good Things In Others! A lot!

This professor became so well loved at the Bible college that people affectionately called him the Archbishop. It was just a nickname, there

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God Provides in Unexpected Ways

"27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like...

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It's Easter and I Sure Miss Preaching

I don’t miss being a lead pastor, but I do miss preaching. On today of all days, Easter Sunday, I am most keenly aware of the void in my...

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