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You Don’t Feed Sheep Like Your Llama

August 12, 2019Mike Leake

I’m confident that I’ll lose whatever cool points I’ve accumulated when I admit that I still love Napoleon Dynamite and will on occasion quote the classic flick. (Also, I think anyone who refers to something like “cool points” is definitely… Continue Reading →

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How To be a Miserable Pastor

July 26, 2019Mike Leake

If you want to be a miserable pastor there is one certain way to do it; namely, be a people-pleaser. Richard Baxter says it well: “Remember what a life of unquietness and continual vexation you choose, if you place your… Continue Reading →

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The Sobering Reality of the Pastor’s Speech

July 15, 2019Mike Leake

“For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in their words, that one is a perfect person, able to hold the whole body in check. –James 3:2 This verse is right after James says, “not many… Continue Reading →

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How Expository Preaching Helps Set The Churches Agenda

July 1, 2019Mike Leake

“I don’t want to preach that, Lord”. I’ve found myself saying those words a handful of times as I’ve looked at the text to preach for that particular week. I’m not speaking of that wrestling match that preachers talk about… Continue Reading →

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