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Darren Carlson

Darren Carlson is the Founder and President of Training Leaders International. He has written on issues relating to short-term missions, missionary care, trends in global theology, missiological discussions, and the effective use of financial resources to relieve poverty.

Healthy Pastors Have Emotions: How to Test and Cultivate Your Feelings

Healthy Pastors Have Emotions

How to Test and Cultivate Your Feelings

An emotionally healthy pastor doesn’t suppress what he feels, but tests what he feels against the example of Jesus and the counsel of others.

Six Common Myths About Missions

Six Common Myths About Missions

Missions work is glorious, yet often misunderstood. Whether you send or go, consider six myths you might believe.

Why Did God Heal Me? Lessons from an Unexpected Miracle

Why Did God Heal Me?

Lessons from an Unexpected Miracle

It is far better to have our sins forgiven than to have our bodies healed. But healing is still a precious gift, and one God still loves to give.

What Makes Any Marriage Difficult: Three Questions to Help Yours Grow

What Makes Any Marriage Difficult

Three Questions to Help Yours Grow

Living with a spouse can be difficult because we each so easily see each other’s sin. Yet in doing so, we also can see more of God’s grace.

Minor Prophets in My Home: How Children Reveal Our Idols

Minor Prophets in My Home

How Children Reveal Our Idols

As much as parents are discerning and shepherding our children’s hearts, they reveal every bit as much about ours.

Foster Care as the Way of Christ

Foster Care as the Way of Christ

Caring for foster children can be hard on our hearts and our families. But God calls his blood–bought, adopted children to care for children in need.

Train the Untrained to Reach the Unreached

Why take the time train people to be faithful teachers of Scripture when untold millions are going to hell? That is a helpful question for me to wrestle through as I spend a good deal of my time training international…

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