Thursday is for Discipleship “Lower the bar on what it means to be a church. Raise the bar on what it means to be a disciple.” –Neil Cole Whatever you think of the overall approach of Neil Cole [That’s Neil pictured on the right.] and the Organic Church movement, this mantra is hard to argue … More What Does it Mean to “Raise the Bar on What it Means to be a Disciple”?
Thursday is for Discipleship Jesus lives. Don’t quit. Don’t stop. Don’t give in. He’s coming again. He lives, he lives, and he reigns. Grab your soul and shake it! Live passionately for and like Jesus. Live to win the lost, the least and the last. Faint Not Music and Lyrics: Copyright 2010 Tyler Somers (BMI), … More Grab Your Soul and Shake It! (Reprise)
Needing and Wanting Passion: Avoiding the Process that Produces It. Two things we need if we want to be like Nehemiah.
Thursday is for Discipleship When you find something good, share it with others. Here’s a great video from Neil Cole to challenge your thinking on making disciples. This video will go by so fast, you will want to watch it twice and both times it will be a challenge to go out and make disciples. … More Sowing Seed or Seed Substitutes? The Problem We Haven’t Understood
Thursday is for Discipleship “A conversion is an experience of deep continuity and discontinuity. Although through conversion we are certainly not called to abandon the world or escape from it–Jesus insists on this in his prayer of John 17 (see v. 15)–we nevertheless recognize that there is a profound discontinuity between the values and mores … More Is a Person Converted if Their Life Does Not Change?
Thursday is for Discipleship “I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ.” —Philippians 1:12-13 Paul writes from prison and addresses the entire … More Mature Discipleship Lives for the Advance of the Gospel
Thursday is for Discipleship (usually) The universe that God has created is magnificently vast. Scientists tell us it is filled with 100-200 billion galaxies. One recent formula put the number closer to 500 billion galaxies. That’s a galaxy for every star in the Milky Way! Let me understate it. The universe is vast. The Hubble … More Incarnation: The Most Radical Intensely Local Ministry Ever
Thursday is for Discipleship I picked up the following excerpt from John Newton’s autobiography (An Authentic Narrative) over at Stand to Reason Blog. Newton, for those who don’t know, was the slave trader / ships captain turned Christian convert, pastor, and hymn writer who wrote the most famous hymn of all time, Amazing Grace. I … More The Thinness of Theological Reflection in Our Age
Missional Living Thought Primer: Is it likely that in any church service, there are many present who have not had a life-changing conversion experience?* They may carry Bibles; they may call themselves Christ followers; they may believe they are ‘saved’; they may speak fluent “Christianese”; but they have never truly placed their trust in Christ as their atoning … More Speaking Fluent Christianese Isn’t a Substitute for Knowing Christ
Monday is for Reflection “Plunge yourself in the Godhead’s deepest sea; be lost in His immensity; and you shall come forth as from a couch of rest, refreshed and invigorated. I know nothing which can so comfort the soul; so calm the swelling billows of sorrow and grief; so speak peace to the winds of trial, as a … More Rediscovering the God of the Bible
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