Pastor Huff

I read an article about a decade ago when I worked with children full-time. The article was titled, “Five Reasons to Stop Saying, ‘Good Job!’” Something about the article never quite set right with me. The arguments seemed sound enough, but the idea of trying not to affirm children after they did something praiseworthy seemed [...]

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The Great Commission’s main thrust is that we make disciples. It’s the only verb in the passage that is an imperative. The other verbs (going, baptizing, and teaching) are all participles which tell us how we are to go about making disciples. If making disciples, then, is the command of the Great Commission, we need to [...]

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I don’t know where he got it, but my 3 year old son sometimes approaches me out of the blue and asks me, “Daddy, are you happy or sad?” I must have asked him that sometime in the past, and now (since he’s 3 years old), he’s added it to his arsenal of phrases that [...]

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A Guy’s Guide to Life: How to Become a Man in 208 Pages or Less by Jason Boyett. Buy it on Amazon. My rating: 2 of 5 stars I received A Guy’s Guide to Life, by Jason Boyett, from Book Sneeze at no cost to me by simply agreeing to provide a review of the [...]

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The Art of Pastoring: Ministry Without All the Answers by David Hansen. Buy it on Amazon. My rating: 4 of 5 stars In The Art of Pastoring, David Hansen gives counsel to pastors by telling his own story. It was a refreshing read. The book was far different from what I expected. I’m used to reading how-to [...]

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