Welcome to PaulBarker.org. There are five sections on this site: This Week in Church History, Search the Scriptures, Random Thoughts, Leadership Lessons, and Profiles. Blog entries are on the Home Page. To read past articles from any of the sections, click the appropriate link at the bottom of the Home Page.

 
 
 

On December 13, 1545, the first session of the Council of Trent opened. This signaled the beginning of the Counter Reformation.
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The foundation of faith is the character of God. Because God is trustworthy, we can trust Him. “Even if we are faithless, He remains faithful; for He cannot deny Himself.”
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The late Chris Farley created a character for Saturday Night Live called Matt Foley. Matt was a Motivational Speaker – but not a very good one.
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Leadership Lessons

Everyone has a talent. Everyone has a super power. Everyone can do something with near-perfect consistency. Even Mr. Paul Potts. Paul Potts was a mobile phone salesman living in South Wales. He was $60,000 in debt and down on his luck. He had been bullied and picked on most of his life and his countenance showed it. He was insecure, shy, and unassuming.
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Profiles

Billy Sunday was a former professional baseball player who became one of the most popular evangelists of the 20th century. He conducted over 300 revival campaigns and spoke to audiences totaling 100,000,000 – the largest number ever evangelized before the advent of broadcasting.
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