If you don’t have time now, okay. But carve out some time and watch this video. We grow and mature in Christ but we often lose a purity in relation to our first-love faith. But God, who loves us, who is faithful when we are not, who covers all our sins with the cleansing blood … More Please, Please Watch this Video.
Thursday is for Discipleship I used to give a talk on the will of God based on answering four basic questions. The title of the talk was: “The Will of God is a Dangerous Paradise.” The idea was that the will of God may seem frightening but in reality, nothing is better or more fulfilling … More The Will of God is a Dangerous Paradise
Thursday is for Discipleship “Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the Kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, …” —Luke 8:1 Do you want to become like Jesus? Of course you do. Can I suggest a simple process that will help you make … More What Was the #1 Priority of Jesus’ Public Ministry?
Thursday is for Discipleship The apostle Paul is flinchless. Reading the Bible is a dangerous activity. Every page has the capacity to turn a life inside out. Here I am taking a break from reading another book (Todd Miles’ excellent refutation of Pinnockian and McLarenian inclusivism, A God of Many Understandings? The Gospel and a … More Does Everyone Really Have to Believe in Jesus?
Thursday is for Disciple-making How are you making-disciples today? This is the question that every church planter needs to ask himself everyday. How am I fulfilling the command of Christ to make-disciples? What am I doing to give more people, more opportunity to pass from death to life and life to glory? That last phrase … More Helping People Pass from Death to Life and from Life to Glory
Thursday is for Discipleship There is a myth in the Christian community that goes something like this: “If we really live passionately for and like Jesus, the world will beat a path to our doors and follow us to Jesus.” It’s a myth. The reality is that if we follow Jesus, really follow Jesus, not … More What if Jesus Really is the Lord?
Thursday is for Discipleship How do we disagree agreeably? Here’s some help from three men I respect. In an age of fractured accountability, learning how to approach and allowing others to approach us when disagreements arise is an important skill to learn
Thursday is for Discipleship Updated re-post: I am busy with a doctoral class and all my gray matter is focused on other tasks, so I thought it might be a good time to re-post something from the archives. Personal Note: I have never seen and will never see any episode, and I hope the show … More Desperate Housewives Revisited
This post continues a theme begun here. There is a growing movement to find “multiple salvations” in the Bible. It is all part of the “that’s-your-truth” mentality of the relativistic age in which we live. But I don’t think looking at “multiple salvations” is helpful or consistent with a solid hermeneutic of Scripture. The Savior … More City Transformation and Justice is Not Enough (Part 2)
Thursday is for Discipleship In the book Follow Me: Experiencing the Loving Leadership of Jesus, Jan David Hettinga, writes: “Jesus did not call the cross or His death and resurrection the good news. For Jesus, the kingdom was the good news. The magnificent work of the cross is the beginning. Atonement, reconciliation, redemption, justification, and … More Do Good, But Start with and Never Forget the Priority of Proclamation
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