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Mentoring Entrepreneurs

September 4, 2011 by Jim Wright 0 Comments

Here’s a TV program that’s been airing in our area about one of the ministries in which I’m involved. I, and others, have been mentoring and working with folks who are gifted with entrepreneurial aptitude. Our focus is helping them start and grow new businesses, based on solid, real-world experience and sound Biblical principles.

Christian, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Ministry

Christian Counseling Class

August 29, 2011 by Jim Wright 0 Comments

I will be teaching a semester-long Christian counseling class beginning next Tuesday, September 6th, through early December. We will be meeting every Tuesday evening at my home just south of Manassas, Virginia, from 7:00 to 9:15 pm.

Christian, Confession, Counseling, Forgiveness, Healing, Ministry, Repentance

Confronting Abusive Pastors, Part 4: Civil and Criminal Law

May 30, 2011 by Jim Wright 13 Comments

So you’ve tried to follow the procedure of 1 Tim. 5, as discussed in Part 3 of this series, by investigating and exposing church leaders who abused their positions of power and trust. But what if you were rebuffed? Or what if – despite public reprimand, confession and repentance – you reasonably fear that they [...]

Abuse, Abusive Pastor, Christian, Church, Courage, Faith, Judgment, Pastor, Predatory Leaders, State

Confronting Abusive Pastors, Part 3: A Mandatory Public Reprimand

May 29, 2011 by Jim Wright 3 Comments

What if an unrepentant leader’s sin is public and brings reproach on the church, or is an abuse of his position of trust and power in the church? Then he must be openly rebuked as a public warning to all – no exceptions! 1 Timothy 5 teaches this.

Absolutes, Abuse, Abusive Pastor, Christian, Church, Confession, Counseling, Judgment, Leadership, Pastor, Predatory Leaders, Repentance, Sin, Truth, Tyranny

The Great Divide: Biblical Absolutes and Relativism

November 12, 2010 by Jim Wright 4 Comments

What is true, what is beautiful, and what is moral? The great divide in Western culture today is between the nihilism of post-modernity and the transcendent values of Biblical Christianity.

Absolutes, Atheism, Christian, Faith, Post-Modernity, Relativism, Transcendent, Worldview

Gifts, Calling and Validation

July 28, 2009 by Jim Wright 6 Comments

Like many, I found my validation in my gifts and abilities. If we understand the different spiritual gifts listed in Romans 12 – and find the one that corresponds to our personality – then we can instead begin to find our validation in pleasing the Father.

Christian, Compassion, Faith, Gifts, Joy, Mercy, Ministry, Pride, Prophetic, Sin, Validation

Woundedness

April 21, 2009 by Jim Wright 10 Comments

On Sunday I taught men in the jail, using Psalms 116:5-7 (ESV), about moving from woundedness to life. I challenged them not to settle for mere comfort when confronting hurt, but to embrace life instead. Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful. The LORD preserves the simple; when I was brought low, [...]

Christian, Counseling, Faith, Grace, Healing, Joy, Truth, Woundedness

Conversion

April 11, 2009 by Jim Wright 6 Comments

It’s interesting how God sometimes returns us to our spiritual roots, even while we are pressing forward in the faith. Forty-three years ago on Easter Sunday, 1966, I became a Christian at eight years of age in response to a sermon preached by George Batson. George was then a young Assemblies of God pastor starting [...]

Christian, Conversion, Forgiveness, Repentance, Tears

Rethinking Missions

February 20, 2009 by Jim Wright 21 Comments

If evangelical Christians have the equivalent of a “sacred cow,” it must be foreign missions. At the risk of martyrdom, I hereby declare that it’s time to slay that cow (or at least herd it into a different pasture!).

America, Christian, Church, Community, Culture, Great Commission, Kingdom of God, Missions

Jim Wright

Church sower, mentor, teacher, foe of tyrants, friend of the dispossessed, Christian, thinker, author, attorney, entrepreneur, pilot and so-so bass fisherman.

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I have nothing to sell, and nothing to peddle (not even myself!), but I love to hear from folks. You can contact me at Fulcrum Ministries.

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