October 2018 Blog Theme: Overcoming Evangelism Challenges You have been strategically placed to make an eternal impact. You are where you are for a reason. There are no mistakes or coincidences with God. He placed you at your job, in your neighborhood, at your school and in your social network for a reason. You were handpicked […]
October 2018 Blog Theme: Overcoming Evangelism Challenges When a person is not ready to trust Christ, don’t stop there. “I’m just not ready yet.” My friend had been wrestling with Jesus for some time. He grew up in a religious home but didn’t have a personal relationship with Christ. Now, after spending time attending our church, […]
October 2018 Blog Theme: Overcoming Evangelism Challenges Be ready to give an answer for the hope that you have. The restaurant was packed and busy, but we didn’t notice. We were deeply engaged in conversation. “But how can I believe that the Bible is true?” he asked. “I think it is just a bunch of good […]
September 2018 Blog Theme: Embracing Both Obedience and Mercy Jesus came on a mission — a search and rescue mission. Luke 19.10 (ESV) says, “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” The metanarrative of the Bible — the sweeping panoramic view of Scripture — is that we were created for […]
Obedience is God’s love language, and Jesus was the perfect example of how to love God and obey Him completely. Jesus made it very clear that His focus was on […]
September 2018 Blog Theme: Embracing Both Obedience and Mercy Obedience is God’s love language, and Jesus was the perfect example of how to love God and obey Him completely. Jesus made it very clear that His focus was on obeying His Father only. He said, “The one who sent me is with me; he has not […]
September 2018 Blog Theme: Embracing Both Obedience and Mercy In 1992, a book was published that took off like wildfire. To date, it has sold more than 10 million copies, has been translated into 50 different languages, and earned a spot on Amazon’s top 100 best seller’s list of all time. That book is “The 5 […]
August 2018 Blog Theme: How to Launch Your Church into Making Disciples Everest is the tallest mountain in the world, towering on top of the world at 29,029 feet. Over the years, it has captured the imagination and claimed the lives of many great climbers. Its beauty and mystique draw dreamers and adventurers every year. But […]
August 2018 Blog Theme: How to Launch Your Church into Making Disciples A disciple-making church is constantly evaluating the effectiveness of every program, event or initiative and asking the hard questions: “What part of the strategy is this accomplishing?” “Is this really working?” “Is there a better way to be more effective?” Traditions are not bad. […]
September 2018 Blog Theme: Embracing Both Obedience and Mercy Grace is not just a one-time experience; it is a daily reality for the follower of Jesus. (John 1.16 ESV) says, “For from his fullness we have all received grace upon grace.” Like the tide that continually rolls in wave after wave, never stopping, never ending; God’s […]
