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		<title>How to leave your church</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The current generation is not brand-loyal and will often drive past many churches in their community to find the one that “meet their needs“–as if that is the reason you attend a church– and as such the pressure on pastors and leaders to perform became greater.]]></description>
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		<title>God still heals cancer…</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[16 years ago, a young boy in my parents church in Gastonia, NC developed a life-threatening cancer.  His mother was a godly single mom who loved God and Brandon was her only child.  The diagnosis was devastating and the thought of losing Brandon haunted Teresa.  She had lost her husband 8 years before in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership lessons I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;@ bananas!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been in leadership at my local church, in state and territorial offices and within my denomination since I was 14 (38 years). In those years, like all leaders I have gleaned tons of good advice and learned many valuable lessons by experience.  For the next several days, I plan to post 8 of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Questions for your ministry moving forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Isaacs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Isaacs applies some contemporary social technologies to Christian ministry. Does your ministry: 1) Effortless sign up 2) Emphasize people 3) Generates content 4) Invites Partnerships 5) Mobile device friendly.]]></description>
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		<title>I want my life to be about Jesus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bill Isaacs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been struggling the past few days with some strange and fearful thoughts about life and faith. I recognize the enemy at work and so I’ve been reading God’s Word and finding strength in worship and prayer. Each day, God has been “showing up” in my life responding to my need and helping me. I’m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What scares the devil most about you&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bill Isaacs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We might wish our lives were predictable and manageable, defined within clearly identifiable boundaries and absent the unexpected or unplanned-for moments that create our anxiety and fear. It is fun to live life with the wind at your back…to feel the push of momentum taking you to an intended destination with little effort and only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Every church should embrace technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Isaacs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are exciting days for ministry.  When I consider the possibilities God has provided for me to serve Him on relation to the Great Commission, I consider these unique to my generation(s): Websites Every church needs a website.  They can be done as cheaply or expensively as one can afford.  A website indicates several critical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can you believe I don’t have 10 unbelieving friends?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Isaacs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the late fall of 2008, God began to nudge my heart for a new passion for evangelism. In prayer, I felt strongly convicted that my own preaching had become too “general” and not focused on pointing the unbeliever to Christ. At the same time I was finishing the manuscript on A Life Worth Living [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Trends Shaping the American Church…Revisted</title>
		<link>http://chiefshepherd.com/2009/02/5-trends-shaping-the-american-church%e2%80%a6revisted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Isaacs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Len Sweet gave a talk at Catalyst Labs last year that I saved to mp3 and have listened to often. He listed the following trends which are likely to shape the USA church in coming years… Small is the new “BIG”…downsizing will be the thought process of the decades to come…getting smaller will also impact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pastoral success&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chiefshepherd.com/2008/10/pastoral-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Isaacs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a pastor, how do you measure SUCCESS? Is success measured in the number of attenders at your church this Sunday? Is success measured by the financial statement of this month’s receipts? Is success measured by the lack of infighting, struggle and stress? Hardly.  In fact, one of the challenges we have as pastors is [...]]]></description>
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