Mixed Motives in Ministry
Making Sense of Mixed Motives | Jason Lowe
Whenever we serve the Lord with mixed motives, the impact of our service is severely hindered. Paul teaches in 1 Corinthians 13:1-3, “If I speak ...
Mixed Motives in Ministry - Word@Work
Jesus is always promoted when the gospel is preached/announced/explained, even by people whose motives are clearly wrong. So, although Paul could not enjoy ...
Mixed Motives : "Search me, O God . . . !" - Church On The Move
As people, we have mixed motives. Often our deepest desires and strongest desires contradict each other. As long as we are on earth, ...
Mixed Motives and the Unchanging Gospel | Grace Church Blog
Our motivations cannot change the truth of the gospel. Our own brokenness cannot break what He has already done.
Motivation for Ministry - Don Carson - The Gospel Coalition
Motives are such tricky things. They are so easily compromised, mixed, diluted, corrupted. When the Lord called me into the ministry out of a ...
Creating Instragram moments in ministry is more commonplace than you might think. Perhaps in some small way it can be justified in that it ...
Mixed Motives behind Providential Proclamation
So, in our Gospel ministry, there is no room for any type of selfish ambition. To begin to be concerned with how we are thought of by others or ...
Motives in Ministry - Scripture Comes to Life Ruth E. Stitt
But Christian ministry is also fraught with many hazards, as any experienced pastor or minister can tell you. Ministers who are not careful of ...
No More Mixed Motives - Pastor Rick's Daily Hope
Mixed motivations will leave you feeling like you're being pulled in different directions. Jesus said, “No one can serve two masters” (Luke 16:13 NLT).
Mixed motives | The Good Book Blog
None of us are perfect. And so none of us enters into any ministry with entirely pure motives. Such fallenness doesn't stop us from serving ...
Mixed Motives - Alistair Begg Devotional from Truth For Life
Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the ...
The Motives for Ministry - Word@Work
This may be a harsh caricature, but are all trade associations, professionals and educationalists totally devoid of self-interest? Mixed motives are very hard ...
Do We Ever Have Conflicting Motives? - The Gospel Coalition
Ministry. Podcasts. Gospelbound · Recorded · TGC Podcast · The Carson Center ... People often have mixed motives, some good, and some bad. Most ...
Mixed Motives — A LifeWords Devotion - Hope 103.2
God can use our and others' mixed motives for his good purposes. It is good to get to work on our motivation, but in the meantime we offer ...
Freedom from Less-Than-Perfect Motives - Christianity Today
The results of his ministry, therefore, were mixed. Such experiences confirm to me that the pursuit of pure motives is worthwhile. Sincerity brings moral ...
The Mixed Motives Behind Church Growth | Blog - Think Theology
There are various reasons why we want our churches to grow, and some of them are wonderful, but not all of them are.
Responding to Preachers With Impure Motives - ABWE
Motives matter to God—yet we can rejoice that he uses even those with mixed motivations. ... motives in ministry and to avoid seeking human praise ...
Mixed motives: Why people join a church | The Christian Century
Do people join a church because they share its members' beliefs? This has become the putative ideal, the only pure motivation for church ...
Mixed Motives - Harold J. Ballinger
The religious man will find that he cannot use fear of vain-glory as the valid excuse for complacency in his ignoring the needs of others, nor ...
A church or ministry can begin and promote their annual conference as being all about God, and yet the primary motive driving the promotion, ...