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God Wants Your Church To Grow
God wants every church to grow. Let me clarify that I am not talking about transfer of membership, people joining your church after attending another church. Real church growth is people responding to the Gospel and praying to receive Christ. This is the purpose of the church. It is our responsibility as Christians. The Great Commmission […]
Who Are You Hanging With?
A crucial ingredient to becoming the influencer God wants is to spend time with leaders who motivate and inspire you to grow. Who are you hanging with?
The Heart Of Jesus
When reading the Bible I ask God to open my eyes to see Jesus. As I look at the Lord this is what I see…Jesus loved the world, helped many and discipled a few. How are we like Him? How are we different? How is the church like Him? Sometimes I wonder if we are more committed […]
One of my Favorite Places
Just returned from one of my favorite places with my children and visiting grandma. Before marriage and children it was my #1 place to spend half a day if not the whole day. The smell, the people, the filled aisles. After all these years it is still one of my fav 5. Sometimes I even […]
4 Crucial Ingredients For Spiritual Transformation
In a previous post I clarified that spiritual transformation is the ongoing process of being shaped into the image of Jesus. I’ve often pondered what hinders us from spiritual transformation. How can someone who has been a Christian for only two years seem so much more like Christ than someone who claims to have been a Christian for […]
American Discipleship
“The American Gospel separates justification from sanctification. Though these words have different meanings, sometimes we damage them by separating them. When we do this we give the impression that being a Christian means obtaining a protected status with God. We think that this act of justification settles the issue—“Come in where it’s safe and secure” […]
5 Things Discipleship Is Not
Sometimes we try to make discipleship into other things that will diminish what the Bible says it is. Unfortunately that can cause leaders to make the wrong choice their main focus. Here are 5 things that discipleship is not… 1. Not a Program The most common mistake is turning discipleship into a curriculum that a person completes. Instead […]
Spiritual Formation and Discipleship
The term spiritual formation comes from Galations 4:19. The word formed comes from morphe, which means “to shape.” When combined with the Greek prepositions, it is translated as “conformed” in Romams 8:29 and “transformed” in 12:2. Spiritual formation describes the sanctification or transformation of disciples. The term has become popular for those who want to […]
My Passion
For the next several posts I am going to be blogging about my passion…following Christ in discipleship. Though discipleship is the most basic of biblical principles, why is it that we so often miss it? Why is it that the church can have a gazillion programs and activities in the church and consider discipleship just another program […]
How Do You Respond To Pain?
Ouch! For many years my #1 desire when I felt pain and suffering was to get relief asap. I didn’t like it. Didn’t want it. I was afraid of how it felt. I ran from it as fast as I could. That is a human response. The Bible taught me that God is love. I assumed the […]
