Churches and ministries often emphasize one aspect of disciplemaking, but blessing is minimized because they don’t follow God’s blueprint completely. Some examples of imbalance in disciplemaking include: 1. Personal glory and pride instead of releasing control and humility 2. Pastor or teacher gift apart from the offices of apostle, prophet and evangelist 3. Teaching without mentoring 4. Mentoring without teaching 5….
There are but two essential requirements: First: has anyone cheated death and proved it? Second: Is it available to me? Here is the complete record: Confucius’ tomb – occupied. Buddha’s tomb – occupied. Mohammad’s tomb – occupied. Jesus’ tomb – empty. Argue as you will. There is no point in following a loser (G. B….
Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, “Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ. It remains an abstract idea, a myth that has a place for the Fatherhood of God, but omits Christ as the living Son. And a Christianity of that kind is nothing more or…
The pathway to true prosperity and abundance is brokenness, reverent faith, Christ reigning and prayer for deliverance (Ps. 72). Even as believers, we are tempted to adopt the strategies of the wicked since they seem to succeed, at least for the short-term. When Christ is number one, your life will be characterized by righteousness, peace, power,…
Researcher George Barna writes that for years we have been exposing Christians to scattered, random bits of biblical knowledge in our church services and Christian education classes. They hear a principle here and read a truth there, then nod their heads in approval and feel momentarily satisfied after receiving this new insight into their faith….
In 1642, young students learned moral lessons from the Bible within the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In the 1800s, public schools used McGuffey Readers, which followed the teachings of the Bible teaching students how to read as they developed traits of honesty, kindness and courage. Character education continued to shape America’s public school system until the…