Providential Pieces
Converge 2025 // Psalm 139:1-24 - If we want to discover our identity, we cannot do so apart from accepting God’s wisdom as Creator. What appear to be random components of our lives are actually providential pieces of God’s plan.…
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Avoid Legalism & Easy-Believism
Upon the road of following Jesus, there are two dangers – one on each side. If not careful, you could fall into either one of these ditches and get yourself into serious spiritual trouble.…
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Help for the Homeless that Actually Helps
When we often encounter people who are homeless, our reaction is typically to look away so that we don’t feel the pressure to do anything about it. As followers of Jesus, we must be like Him and embrace those in need rather than ignoring them.…
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Replacing Parents with Programs
We have to rethink the role of parents in the church's strategy to evangelize and disciple the younger generations. Replacing parents with programs will not solve the problems.…
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Headship: Church According to God’s Authority
As we seek to follow Jesus within a local church, we must never surrender biblical objectives to manmade agendas. Discover how to lead a local church according to God’s authority.…
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Gospel Groups: From Rosters to Relationships
Hebrews 10:23-25 – Being involved in the life of a church requires more than having your name on the roster of a group. Discover how to move from being a name on a list to developing relationships that further your discipleship.…
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Ignorant Disobedience vs. Informed Disobedience
The commandments in Scripture educate us on how sinful we truly are. But instead of leaving us in our rebellious despair, we learn of something that is even more numerous than our trespasses—it is God’s grace.…
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Help for Spiritual Disciplines
Many disciples of Jesus have a desire to grow or at least a guilt when they aren’t doing so, but we rarely design a plan to help us in our efforts. To be successful in spiritual disciplines, you need to evaluate what you need to start and what you need to stop.…
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Resistant to Jesus
As Jesus mourned over Jerusalem's unwillingness to be protected from Him, how often are we resistant to His leading? Instead of experiencing His covering, we expose and endanger ourselves.…
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Mentoring 101
Mentoring will not happen by accident. You must be intentional in helping others follow you as you follow Jesus.…
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Mentoring Discipleship: From Information to Imitation
Hebrews 13:7-8 – If we simplify discipleship to mere information transfer, we miss much of what is necessary for transformation. We all need mentoring relationships worth imitating as we seek to follow Jesus.…
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Sinners Welcomed
Sinners are welcomed at Jesus' table and into God's family. It doesn’t mean He provides a free pass to continue what took Him to the cross, but He doesn’t expect people to change before He loves them.…
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