When a Small Group Leader Should Shut Up Small group leaders, even small group hosts, must be wise leaders. If they jump into every conversation they may, …1) diminish their influence, …2) keep group members from talking through differences of opinion and conflicting ideas, …3) hinder someone from speaking who has something important to say […]

Exhorting One Another Hebrews 3:13 “You must warn (exhort) each other every day, while it is still "today," so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God". The fascinating word rendered “exhort” (Greek para-kaleo) translated means “comfort,” “beseech,” etc., literally means “call alongside.” 2 Corinthians 1:4 He (God) comforts us […]

“What does it mean to be a stumbling block to someone else?”……Answer: In the midst of a series of laws regulating the treatment of others, we find "Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD" (Leviticus 19:14). Obviously, putting a […]