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Have to Have

It’s not that we choose Christ like we choose a meal, a player for our fantasy league teams, an umbrella on a cloudy day, or the best life coach. These choices are basic, not really of greatest importance or lasting

You Have Been Served (Maundy Thursday)

You Have Been Served (Maundy Thursday) The Creator of all bent low without hesitation, washing his disciple’s feet. For all the washing and cleansing they desperately needed He alone would fully meet. Yet

Oh Judas, dark Judas, what have you done?

Oh Judas, dark Judas, what have you done? You’ve spied out for your pockets Heaven and Earth’s loving Son. The oil from her jar to anoint your Master’s feet, was the last straw that

Love Life and See Good Days, Seek Peace & Pursue It

“Whoever desires to love life and see good days…..let him seek peace and pursue it.” 1 Peter 3:8-12 Who doesn’t want to love life and see good days? We all want this, but by grace we will experience it.

INsourcing: Bringing Discipleship Back to the Local Church

Insourcing:Bringing Discipleship Back to the Local Church by Randy Pope I recommend this book to every Christian leader and pastor who desires to see other believers become fishers of men, lifetime laborers and multiplying disciple makers. Randy Pope does

Growing Up: How to be a Disciple Who Makes Disciples

Disciples of Christ are by definition, learners. We are to be lifelong learners in regards to know God and making Him known. In reading through Growing Up: How to be a Disciple Who Makes Disciples by Robby Gallaty, I

Are we still asleep in the Light?

While I am encouraged by great mission effort from the global church, I know that more must be done. May we all be committed to the great commission locally and globally by praying, giving, going, teaching, discipling, serving…all the while

Repenting From Strategies(at least some of them)

Abram decided to prostitute his wife…..right after God freely chose Abraham to be a recipient of His great grace to bless Abraham and to be a blessings unto the nations. (Genesis 12:1-3, 12:10-20) In regards to this passage, most of

Why is it that most men resist accountability? It May Not Be What You Think.

Why is it that most men resist accountability? Is it because of terminology? Fear? Perceptions of what a “real man” is? Lack of friends to trust? Maybe it’s due to a bad experience with a small group. I believe it’s