Discipleship

Learn to Linger in Grief

Imagine a church where grief isn’t ignored, but it also isn’t hopeless. Where lament isn’t a sign of weak faith, but an act of worship.

An Invitation to Pray

Praying specific can become an exciting adventure and partnership with God– truly seeking to pray the heart, mind and will of the Father!

Expect to Be Different

Avoiding interaction with the world will ensure not only that the world dies but that your church will too. This is the way salt works: it is either used proactively or it becomes destructive to the one who has it.

What Does It Mean That Christ Ransomed Us?

Like many biblical terms, such as hope, love, and joy, we have to define what Scripture means by ransom.

There’s No Fast Track to Spiritual Growth

Growing spiritually should be of high importance for every believer. But how can we begin to?

Why Do We Believe So Many Lies about Heaven?

Many Christians who’ve gone to church all their adult lives (especially those under fifty) can’t recall having heard a single sermon on heaven.

How Is God Transforming You?

Growing spiritually is something that can be served by other people but ultimately must be owned personally by you.

What Happens When We Fail to Live In God’s Word?

Christians who own numerous Bibles which they rarely open are thumbing their noses at the saints of old who paid the ultimate price.

Where Do You Go for Complete and Total Fulfillment?

How did I get here? This certainly isn’t how I imagined my life turning out. In fact, it’s more than that - this isn’t how it ought to be at all!

Saying ‘I’m Sorry’ Is Transformative

Use whichever you feel seems most authentic and sounds like yourself. For me, I prefer, “I apologize.” I just said that to someone today and it saved a relationship. It’s freeing. It’s therapeutic. It’s the Christ-like and right thing to do.

The Cost of Discipleship Pales in Comparison to What We Gain in Following Jesus

Once we actually follow Jesus, in this mode of self-denial, what do we find? Rest for our souls, not weariness.