Try These 5 Tips to Discern Spiritual Character
Though Jesus was trusted and empowered with divine authority, he never abused it. Instead, Jesus submitted to and fully followed the will of His Father. What can we learn from this?
Though Jesus was trusted and empowered with divine authority, he never abused it. Instead, Jesus submitted to and fully followed the will of His Father. What can we learn from this?
The “redemption of our bodies” refers to the resurrection of the dead. Paul says that not only we, but “the whole creation” longs for and cries out for the earth-wide deliverance that will come with our bodily resurrection.
When was the last time you talked to a single person about Jesus? When was the last time you mentioned to your waiter or waitress that you came to the restaurant from church, and see where that conversation went?
Discover the key characteristics that define effective sending churches and set them apart in their mission work.
Hint: It's not doing two things poorly, but learning to thrive in bivocational ministry.
“I’m seeing a real longing and a better conception of what repentance means,” he told Think Eternity. “What I'm seeing when I say revival is not superficial. You know, it's like real repentance and people really turning to Jesus.”
If I understand faith as something I get, then it’s a matter of how I use it. But if I understand that God has me, then the matter becomes how God chooses to use me, not how I choose to use God.
Notice David had a vision. He had a word from God, but this was a bigger request than David and his men probably felt capable of doing. They were still a young army.
Churches follow the vision of their pastors.
If you require that the fruit for your labors must always be visible and measurable, one of two things will happen, both of them bad: you will either lose heart and quit or you will become a manipulator of congregations.