Wade Mobley


Articles by FBLCS President, Wade Mobley
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04/02/20

A Boy Like Me

“Stories like that make a boy grow bold; stories like that make a man walk straight.” – Rich Mullins, “Boy Like Me” It occurs to me, regularly and shockingly, that
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12/11/19

Pastoral Competencies

As a seminary, it is our goal to prepare men to “Shepherd the flock” as 1 Peter 5:2 commands. It is our honor to serve the congregations of the AFLC
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21/10/19

Resolutions for Mental Health

There are times when all of us think we are going crazy. Even framing the question is dangerous: “Am I going to make it?” usually sends us in a bad
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25/09/19

Facilitating Efficient Meetings for Joyful Ministry

One great equalizer of humans, says J. Oswald Sanders, is time: “Others may surpass our abilities, influence, or money, but no one has more time.” (p. 94, Spiritual Leadership, Moody
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10/08/19

Mass murder and the fall of man

One is wise to react and write slowly in times of national lament. Too many times I have joined the cacophony of “too soon” conclusion-jumping. Today’s Twitter culture politicizes events
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29/07/19

What I Wish I Knew Then (And What I Want You To Know Now)

Pastor Wade Mobley President, Free Lutheran Schools At FLBC we say “Start here, go anywhere, grounded in God’s Word.” I am one of the students who didn’t start here, but
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15/07/19

What Keeps Me Going

Pastor Wade Mobley President, Free Lutheran Schools When I came to the Free Lutheran Schools five years ago I was in for the change of a lifetime. I wasn’t a
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10/07/19

Five Disciplines for Down Times

Pastor Wade Mobley President, Free Lutheran Schools During the summer people ask me, “Is the summer a little quieter for you around campus?” In a way, it is. The pace
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05/07/19

I AM – FLY 2019

Pastor Wade Mobley President, Free Lutheran Schools I was converted to Christ at the Free Lutheran Youth (FLY) Convention in 1991. I was an 18-year-old recent high school graduate who
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15/06/19

What’s in a name?

Pastor Wade Mobley President, Free Lutheran Schools The AFLC Annual Conference grows on you. The original intent of the Conference was to be the “spiritual powerhouse” of our Association, said
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01/12/18

Pedagogy

Leaving the parish for the Schools has produced some odd sensations. Chief among them is the fact that you are just entering the most intense stretch of ministry, and I
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