Yesterday and Friday's posts both had over 100 readers. Thanks, I pray that my thoughts are challenging you and encouraging you to be a better servant of God. Today's post is for you personally. Are you a Christian? Maybe the first thing I should do is define who is a Christian. There is in our … Continue reading Are We Christians?
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Evaluating My Discipleship
Someone told you that necessity is the mother of invention. That may well be true. However, today, I want to suggest that, Evaluation is the Father of Improvement. Think for a moment about the automobile industry. Constant evaluation of market, performance, safety, fuel efficiency gives us improved transportation. Similarly, great marriages have couples who evaluate … Continue reading Evaluating My Discipleship
Disciples Reproducing Disciples
Being a disciple is not the end goal of discipleship. Discipleship has a goal of its own: making more disciples. The Good News is not ours to keep or hoard. We are not simply containers of the Gospel, but a conduit through which God's grace passes on to others. Consider 2 Timothy 2:2, "and what … Continue reading Disciples Reproducing Disciples
Looking for a Church to Call Home?
(For readers that have followed for a few years, this is a re-post form 2012) If you are looking for a church to call home, I have a list of things to look for in a home congregation. This is a short list of list of five things. These all come from Acts 2:42-27. “And … Continue reading Looking for a Church to Call Home?
A Friendly Church
Lawrence and Olivia would not consider themselves great neighbors, but they felt they were friendly. One morning they discussed how they could improve and concluded that they should make a better effort at being friendly. Later that month Olivia noticed a moving van at the house across the street. Having baked a couple of loaves … Continue reading A Friendly Church
Why are they leaving? What can we do?
Yesterday we looked at four reasons that people are leaving churches. Now the question remains; What can churches do? First churches must return to the basics. When the church at Ephesus became mis-focused after a few years, Jesus encourages them through the Apostle to “return to your first love.” This concept needs proclaiming from the … Continue reading Why are they leaving? What can we do?
What Destroys Churches: What Do We Teach?
Friday, we began this series on What Destroys a Church. We looked at Persecution and how we can stand against it. You can read that post HERE. Another favorite tool of Satan that he uses to destroy churches is False Teaching. If he can convince us to follow his cunningly devised lies he can make … Continue reading What Destroys Churches: What Do We Teach?
Following Jesus: Are we Worthy?
We come to the final post on Following Jesus. And this time we switch gears just a bit. We know that Jesus, as God's Son, as the Messiah (Christ), is worth following. But are we worthy of following Him? Jesus explains that we are by discussing our value to Him and to ourselves. He asks, … Continue reading Following Jesus: Are we Worthy?
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What does it mean to follow? What does Jesus expect of His disciples? Jesus lays out the level of commitment He requires. Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but … Continue reading Follow Jesus
When Tragedy Strikes: Building on a Solid Foundation
We closed the last article mentioning our FINAL STORM of life. That final storm of life; the last storm we face. It may result from a physical literal storm or a physical figurative storm. That storm is what the Hebrew writer describes in Hebrews 9:27, “. . . it is appointed for man to die … Continue reading When Tragedy Strikes: Building on a Solid Foundation
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