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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The Three Things You Have to Do Today
People often miss the essentials due to distraction, laziness, or busyness. Don’t allow these mindsets to rob you of accomplishing great things with the time you have this very day.…
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If Adam Never Ate
If Adam could have chosen obedience, I would have come after him and received Paradise’s eviction notice on behalf of all humanity. Instead of blaming others for the condition of this world (like Adam and Eve did), take responsibility for how your sin has caused chaos in your world. …
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Creating a Discipleship Plan
Generalized approaches can never adequately address distinct disciples. We cannot depend upon widespread methods hoping to address the specific needs of everyone.…
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