Toward a Better Theology of Healing, Pt. 1
Labels can be useful, but they can often be misleading. So telling you that I am a Charismatic may not be helpful—to you or to...
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Glenn Packiam
- Oct 14, 2009
- 2 min
Are Worship Pastors Becoming Extinct?
But it seems that some churches aren't looking for that. They would prefer a musician who can lead the "singing", oversee the tech team,...
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Glenn Packiam
- Sep 22, 2009
- 5 min
How Mercy Triumphed Over Judgment
[EDITOR'S NOTE: As a follow-up to my last post, here is a slightly adapted excerpt from Chapter 8 of "Secondhand Jesus". If you like, you...
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Glenn Packiam
- Sep 17, 2009
- 5 min
Is God Angry?
The long-standing view of God is that He is an angry school master, ready to bring the full weight of His wrath upon us at the slightest...
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Glenn Packiam
- Jul 29, 2009
- 4 min
Shopkeepers or Shepherds?
Many people have the mistaken notion that ministry is all about meeting needs. Jesus met needs, so we must meet needs, it is often said....
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Glenn Packiam
- Jul 1, 2009
- 3 min
What Creative People Never Tell You About Creativity
But here are three things that every artist knows but is reluctant to admit…three reasons why the confusion of creativity with...
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Glenn Packiam
- Jun 4, 2009
- 4 min
What I Wish I Knew About Worship Leading…10 Years Ago
But I was clueless. I had no idea the way I would be drawn aside by own ego, fooled by opportunities and so-called fame. I was...
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Glenn Packiam
- May 25, 2009
- 4 min
Church Planters Beware: What Prometheus Would Tell Pastors
Three conversations made me think of church planters this past week. This first was an unexpected encounter with an old friend who has...
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Glenn Packiam
- May 15, 2009
- 4 min
The Seduction of Leaders
Today's ministry leaders face an enormous amount of pressure from all sides. Many times, there is pressure from our superiors to produce...
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Glenn Packiam
- May 8, 2009
- 3 min
There Are No Dead Churches
It is too easy to leave a church because it is "dead". It sounds much more spiritual than admitting some sort of consumer impulse in us...
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Glenn Packiam
- Mar 14, 2009
- 3 min
What A Pastoral Sabbatical Means to Me
Tomorrow begins my first pastoral sabbatical. Every pastor at New Life who has been on staff for seven years or more is being given a one...
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Glenn Packiam
- Feb 19, 2009
- 1 min
How Liturgy Can Save Your Soul
EDITOR'S NOTE: Some of you know that I am a regular contributor to http://www.neueministry.com. As strange as the name is, and as unclear...
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Glenn Packiam
- Jan 23, 2009
- 2 min
Practicing the Wrong Presence
Ask most charismatic church-goers what the focus of their worship service is and they will invariably say something about the presence of...
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Glenn Packiam
- Jan 15, 2009
- 1 min
Secondhand Jesus
Hi friends, This is a video explaining the core message of my new book, "Secondhand Jesus: Trading Rumors of God for a Firsthand Faith."...
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Glenn Packiam
- Dec 11, 2008
- 3 min
Absent at Advent: How We Miss God’s Arrival
No doubt you’ve heard sermons on the unlikely cast of characters who found themselves in the thick of God’s arrival on earth. Lowly ...
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