Thursday is for Discipleship The following is from Kairos Journal and I am delighted to pass it on. Not because I have mastered its suggestion, but because it happens to be something I have been studying this year and seeking to make progress in myself. I have a long way to go. Adoniram Judson served … More Making Time for Prayer in a Overly Busy Life
Thursday is for Discipleship Can a person be a good Christian and not be highly committed to Christ and his church? NO! There, I said it! However, if you cross out good, you could say a person can be a mediocre, disobedient, lousy, stagnant Christian and not be … More High Commitment in a Low Commitment World
Monday is for Discussion Without a process of ministry, a specific way of exposing new believers … to what they must know to grow, what they must do to multiply, how they can use their gifts in serving Christ and his Church, and how they can impact their neighborhood with the love of Christ … … More What Do You Do to Ensure New Believers Can Grow?
Thursday is for Discipleship It destroys love. It destroys unity. It harms relationships, . sometimes beyond repair. It creates barriers to reaching others. It dishonors God. It poisons work environments. It undermines trust. It is condemned in Scripture. It pollutes our spirit. And most of us tolerate it in our lives everyday. It … More Killing Gossip for the Glory of God
Sunday Afternoon Musings To me the most awesome aspect of Christ’s supervision of his disciples comes out in his prayers. His high priestly prayer is the greatest example (John 17:1-26). Have you noticed how most of the prayer turns on these men ‘given’ to him out of the world (John 17:6-19)? He prays for their … More Learning from the Prayer of Jesus for His Disciples
My friend Miquel, a church-planting missionary in Ecuador with Pathways International posed an interesting question some time ago. I’m glad I copied it and saved it because I had trouble finding it on his Facebook page or on his blog. Finally, I came up with it and it is attached now. Everything Miquel writes is worth … More How do we know we have made a disciple?
Sunday Musings “Discipleship is helping others see Jesus’ words WHILE you are doing them.” ~ Miquel Labrador Missionary to Ecuador
Monday is for Discussion Read a fascinating article today forecasting violence between generations over the debt currently being passed on the as yet unborn generation to come. Here’s just one of the quotes: Children living in poverty because their parents experienced a tragedy or war, can live with their circumstances, understanding the calamity that led … More The Coming Violence Between Generations in America
Friday is for Heart Songs and Weekend Reading Bill Hull and Larry Osborne are two friends who have been mightily used of God. I love them both. When the history of this generation of the church in America is written, both of these men will have played a significant role in the progress of the … More Can My Two Friends be Reconciled?
Thursday is for Discipleship Larry Osborne has a new book out called Accidental Pharisees: Avoiding Pride, Exclusivity and the Other Dangers of Overzealous Faith. It’s a good one. In fact I wish every church in America would order cases of them and give them out like candy in their churches. In fact, Larry’s book and … More On the Way to Faithful are You Becoming a Pharisee?
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