We Shall Not Sleep

Today, let's open our Bibles to Hebrews 13 and listen to the charge that the writer urges Christians to obey.

Pastor Adam Deckard is the Youth Ministry Director at Sterling Nazarene Church in Sterling, CO. He is a 2016 graduate of Olivet Nazarene University and a member of D Group (see prior week's episode). He stops by the show to offer his insight into the challenges that the Youth Ministers of today face, and how the collective Church body help in that endeavor. Before we ended the show, Adam shares some advice for aspiring Youth Ministers or rookies in their first year. Enjoy!

Tonight, I am joined by my brothers as we share about our collective experience in our D Group - a group comprised of Olivet Nazarene University Alumni. How did this group get started? How do we navigate through the treacherous waters of life? To whom can we put our trust? To whom can we depend on? Well, to answer some of those questions, welcome in my brothers Jared Broom, Jonathan Couchenour, Zane DeBeck and Pastors Daniel Berkiel & Adam Deckard.

What is our motive? How do we respond to the charges given to us by God? Is there a higher calling or a different way that the Church can take with the least of these and evangelism? Possibly. Let's discover this together.

Dr. Allen Knight of Spring Arbor University is a Professor & Director of the Hosmer Center for Entrepreneurship. He has a Ph.D in Business Administration from Anderson University. Professor Knight’s background and training include over 25 years in book publishing and distribution, primarily in the religious product area. His career included senior management positions with industry leaders such as Baker and Taylor Distributors, InterVarsity Press, Spring Arbor Distributors, and Ingram Book Group. His areas of interest in business encompass managerial accounting and finance, marketing and sales, along with the practice of leadership. Currently, he and his wife have two small businesses – one a stock apparel company known as Living Epistles – and the other a consulting firm, A & B Consulting Associates, Inc. For this episode, we discuss the plight of the American Church in the business world, the misconceptions about success in entrepreneurship, and what it means to practice proper stewardship.

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