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Chris Jackson
Strengthening Faith, Love, and Hope
Menu
  • About
  • Alexis’ story
  • 2-Minute Messages
  • For Church Leaders
    • An overlooked picture of pastoral ministry
    • Death by comparison
    • Distracted on Saturday depressed on Sunday
    • Heart Punch
    • In praise of the jack-of-all-trades
    • My new friend–a Maasai warrior and pastor from Kenya
    • Success versus Faithfulness
    • Teachers, watch your words
    • When you’re feeling illegitimate
    • Why Church Leaders drop out of the race
    • Why Every Pastor Should Workout
    • Dreams versus contentment
    • Duck feathers and rhino skin
    • Goliath versus Bathsheba
    • Keep your head up (encouragement for pastors)
    • Preaching among lions (for pastors and ministry leaders)
    • The Blues Brothers
    • When the high road hurts—how to respond when people leave your ministry
    • The flip side of your gifts and talents
    • Solomon, on reading effectively
    • Do first things first
    • The world’s greatest job (for pastors and ministry leaders)
    • Your funeral script
    • Lonely at the top
    • Innate miracles
    • A barefoot Moses in Sinai
    • How the mighty have fallen
    • Letters from Crete–part 1
    • Letters from Crete–part 2
    • One of you is a devil!
  • My Books
  • Watch Sermons
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Brokenness

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"Do your worst, for I will do mine!"

By Chris Jackson
August 9, 2022
1 Mins read
One of my favorite summer reads from recent years was Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo. I hadn’t read it until…
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The heart needs time to heal

By Chris Jackson
April 22, 2021
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Your heart was not designed to be constantly beaten up without having time to recover and heal. Even if you are in…
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Taken blessed broken given

By Chris Jackson
January 11, 2021
1 Mins read
During the Last Supper, in Matthew 26, the Scripture says that, “Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave…
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But I have prayed for you

By Chris Jackson
December 8, 2020
1 Mins read
In Luke 22:31, Jesus said to Simon Peter and the other disciples, “Satan has asked to sift you like wheat (other translations…
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