Resources to help you understand Scripture, grow in faithful habits, and discover more favorite passages.
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Don’t Be So Negative
When we attempt to follow God’s call on our lives, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the potential opposition threatening to slow down our progress. Instead of focusing on the negative that could go wrong, anticipate what God can do through you.
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Partnership: Family According to God’s Plan
God has established the home and the church to play significant roles in the spiritual development of the next generations. Discover how to administer this better in both environments.
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Family Ministry: From Programs to Parents
2 Timothy 1:1-7 – In recent decades, churches have created programs to do what God has called parents to do. We must align the efforts between the home and the church to disciple the next generation well.
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This Is Gonna Hurt Me More
Ephesians 6:1-4 – Many parents have said, “This is gonna hurt me more than you” when it comes to discipline, but if a parent fails to correct, there’s more significant pain to come. Parents must take the formation of their children seriously.
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Family Ministry Paradigms
Deuteronomy 31:12-13 – Instead of silo-based church programming, reconsider how your efforts can unite the family rather than dividing them. Lead your church in a way that supplements what should be transpiring in the home.
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Unless the LORD Builds the House
Psalm 127:1-5 – Discipling your children should be the top priority in parenting. Being active in church cannot fully substitute the power of an intentional home.
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Remembering Rebirthdays
We celebrate numerous milestones in life, highlighting those moments repeatedly to where those memories are cemented in our minds. If salvation is as important as you say it is, do what you can to ritualize celebrations of the conversions in your home.
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Ownership: Productivity According to God’s Principles
Many churches and Christians have the right ambitions for ministry but fail to develop the proper systems to achieve them. Discover scriptural concepts and practical tips to be the most effective and efficient version of yourself for the sake of God’s Kingdom.
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Ministry Service: From Obligations to Opportunities
1 Corinthians 12:4-7 – While guilt or pressure can be successful motivators to get us to serve, we ought to minister to others in line with our giftings and passions. In those meaningful positions, those obligations turn into opportunities.
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How Can a Young Man Keep His Way Pure?
Converge 2025 // Psalm 119:9-16 – If young men are to keep their ways pure, they must prioritize studying and applying the Word in all aspects of their lives. Purity cannot be discovered apart from God’s direction.
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Only God Can Determine Justice
While we all claim to have a standard of right and wrong, that justification can only come from God. If God exists, and I believe He does, then He is the only one with the right and responsibility to determine what justice is.
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The Change I’m Praying for in Me
While I have many prayer requests to share, the consistent prayer need is my own spiritual growth. Instead of trying to work in my own strength, I would be wise to admit to God, through prayer, how much I need His help.
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Marriage Provides a Healthy Connection
No person can navigate life successfully by attempting it alone. We need one another, and marriage is one of God’s gifts to address our loneliness.
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Like It’s the Best News in the Whole World
If the gospel is true, then we shouldn’t be somber or sorry to share it. We should announce the work of Jesus as the best news we could ever deliver to another person.
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What Is the Entrust Institute?
The Entrust Institute is a unique learning experience partnering with a local church to achieve both seminary training and practical ministry experience. We are committed to the ministry of training those committed to the ministry.
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The Pride Endangering Your Worship Team
While many distractions can derail a worship team, no challenge can be quicker than pride. To lead others in worship is to declare war on robbing the attention away from God.
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How Our Sins Can Affect Others
It takes a person out of touch with reality to say that one’s sins do not affect others. Our sins can quickly devastate those around us, especially when our anger leads us to justify our words and actions.
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Excuses for Disciple-Making
Christians should be undoubtedly convinced that we are called to make disciples, but we are often unapologetically cautious to attempt to join Jesus in the process. Don’t allow these excuses to rob you of one of the greatest joys in life –– making disciples.
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The Oversight Hindering Your Spiritual Growth
Many Christians feel great discouragement by the lack of spiritual progress in their lives. While we can gripe about the pace, regret the past, and disagree about the process, are we praying about our growth?
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What Is the Recommission Network?
The Recommission Network is a family of aligned churches attempting to take the gospel of Jesus Christ to their surrounding communities. Our heart is to plant and replant healthy churches that are multiplying disciples.
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Surrendered for Service
As Jesus attempted to prepare His disciples for His death, their priorities were severely misaligned with His. Jesus came to serve, and we should seek to give our lives away as well. Mark 10:32-52 “And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and…
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When Riches Rob You of Jesus
A rich young man wanted to follow Jesus, but he loved his possessions too much. We must be careful that our riches don’t rob us of following Jesus. Mark 10:17-31 17 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what…
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Start Acting Like a Child
In a time when people viewed children as distracting annoyances, Jesus intentionally prioritized them. Not only should we prioritize children, but we should start acting like them when it comes to the Kingdom of God. Mark 10:13-16 13 And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them.14 But when…
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What God Has Joined Together
Jesus was questioned regarding the nature of marriage and the opportunity for divorce. When an eternal God puts something together, it should last forever. Let Nothing Separate By determining what issues are worthy of divorce, many people attempt to discover a way out of their marriage. Due to the stubborn nature of people, God provided…
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Looking for Peace in All the Wrong Places
At Christmas time, people are searching for peace in all the wrong places. Christ has come not to bring us peace but to be our peace. Micah 5:1-5 Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops; siege is laid against us;with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek.2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are…
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If You Play with Fire, Someone’s Gonna Get Burned
Jesus never categorized any sins as acceptable in the life of His followers. Playing with sin has severe repercussions for our lives and great consequences for those closest to us. Mark 9:42-50 42 “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone…
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When My Pride Is Disguised as Your Problem
As Jesus proceeded towards the cross, the disciples argued about who was the greatest and about who should be included. Until we address our pride, we will always see everyone else as the problem. Mark 9:30-41 30 They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know, 31 for he…
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Three Horrible Words to Say to Jesus
When a man brought his son to Jesus for deliverance, he uttered three words that should never be used to address the Christ. When we approach Jesus in our need, He deserves complete faith in His ability. Mark 9:14-29 14 And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes…
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Wherever He Leads, I’ll Go
Jesus taught His disciples regarding the incompatible nature of following Him halfway. As He still calls us today, He is expecting us to abandon all this world has to offer for the greater treasure of knowing Him. Mark 8:34-9:1 34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would…
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Wiki God
While opinions of Jesus were rampant and varied, He desired to know whom His disciples believed Him to be. Peter’s initial response and subsequent reaction reveal our own desire to edit God when He doesn’t meet our expectations. Mark 8:27-33 27 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on…