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Manage Your Life and Not Just Your Time (Priorities, Part 2)
How many church leaders on their deathbed do you think wish that they had just spent more time at the church? At the root of our frantic propensity to overwork in the ministry, is usually the sin of pride, an exalted sense of our importance to the kingdom of God. The answer is not managing our time; it's managing our priorities.
Liberating Ministry from Success Syndrome (Priorities, Part 1)
In the trenches of all the hard work necessary in ministry, it's very easy for church leaders to become discouraged and depressed. It's especially easy to be seduced by the Success Syndrome Seductress! In this session, you'll learn how to balance your life and ministry priorities in the face of what can sometimes seem like impossible competing time-demands.
How Do I Forgive Someone Who Wronged Me? (Managing Conflict, Part 6)
Forgiveness is not merely a feeling. It is primarily a decision, an act of the will, that God calls you to make, often in spite of your feelings. Forgiveness is always costly, just like it cost God something great, in his Son, to forgive you. It will always cost you something great to forgive someone else. The person who has wronged you is in your debt until you decide to release that debt you've been holding on to. Forgiveness is a costly choice for you, but a choice that always pays the giver rich dividends.
How Do I Own Conflict as a “Chief Repenter”? (Managing Conflict, Part 5)
One of the most significant ways that church leaders can serve as examples to the flock is through their repentance. Only through the Gospel can we find the power to be criticized and then to humble ourselves and confess our sins to others no matter what their response might be to us.
How Do I Engage in Conflict with Wisdom? (Managing Conflict, Part 4)
We should always seek first to overlook the offenses of others. But sometimes it becomes necessary to talk with others about their failures.
How Do I Understand Conflict? (Managing Conflict, Part 1)
Having personal conflict with others is an inevitable part of ministry. The question is not whether you will face conflict, it's simply when you will face it and how you will respond. In this session you’ll learn about key dynamics involved in conflict to help you answer the question, “How do I understand the danger and hope in my conflict?”.
Old Reliable Triangle: How to Apply God's Word by John Frame
John Frame and Steve Childers draw from their more than 70 combined years as seminary professors to help you learn how to apply God’s Word to all areas of life.
100 Books That Have Most Influenced The Thought Of Dr. John Frame
Drs. John Frame and Steve Childers compiled the top 100 books that have influenced the thought of Frame. This list is published in John Frame’s Selected Shorter Writings, Volume 1, by P&R Publishing.
Help Under-Resourced Church Planters in Muslim West Africa
Since 2006, Steve Childers has trained hundreds of indigenous church leaders in West Africa from 15 West African nations, representing more than 20 indigenous church denominations.
Introducing the Man and His Message (Framing John Frame, Part 1)
Yesterday, after 49 years of service as a seminary professor at three seminaries, Dr. John Frame taught his last class at RTS Orlando. He has been a mentor, faculty colleague, and dear friend–as our seminary offices have been next to each other for the last 16 years.
On Overcoming Temptation and Sin by John Owen (1616-1683)
John Owen (1616-1683) was an English pastor and theologian at Oxford in the 17th century.
Help Under-Resourced Church Leaders in Muslim West Africa
During the last fifty years, the global church has focused on the goal of personal conversion to the neglect of discipleship and societal transformation. As a result, the church is losing its transforming impact on the world.
Watch City to City Church Planter Testimony Re: Pathway Learning
Watch this 1-minute testimony from City to City church planter, Allen Smith, preparing to start a new church in Miami. Hear his reaction to his first Pathway Learning course.
All Things New: Peek Inside Steve Childers Upcoming Book
Read a preview of Steve Childers’ upcoming book.
3 Things It Took Me 40 Years to Learn!
It seems like yesterday I was in my 20's planting a church. Now I'm in my 60's learning how to be a grandfather! How did this happen?
Peek Inside Childers' Upcoming Book, "Gospel of the Kingdom"
Peek inside Steve Childers’ upcoming book.
John Frame Remembers John Murray (& Imitates His Scottish Accent!)
Watch this brief video of one of today's top theologians, Professor John Frame, reminiscing with me about his theological mentor, Professor John Murray.
Why God is Not Enough: Peek Inside Steve Childers' Upcoming Book
Read a preview of Steve Childers’ upcoming book.
Give to Theological Famine Relief Globally: Applied Theology Project
Dr. John Frame, Systematic Theologian, and Dr. Steve Childers, Practical Theologian, recording a lesson in the Applied Theology Project coming in 2017.
Watch Testimony of Emerging Church Planter about Pathway Learning
Watch this 1-minute testimony from emerging church planter, Allen Smith, preparing to start a new church in Miami with the PCA. Hear his reaction to completing his first Pathway Learning course.