A few Saturday’s ago I felt a prompting. It wasn’t an audible voice, but something inside me said I needed to pray for a particular guy within our church family. Can you relate to feeling a prompt in your spirit — either to pray for someone, speak up at a certain moment, or just respond…
Disciple making best takes place within a Hebrew understanding of knowledge. What I mean is that we need to take the whole person into account if we are to see authentic transformation in those whom we disciple. Education needs to happen in the context of “real life.” The way we do this is the way Jesus Christ asked His followers to…
The Jewish people who adhere to the rituals for their faith have a rhythm to their spiritual life. They repeat the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4) at least three times a day, affirming that God is sovereign over all of life. When they pray, they face east toward Jerusalem physically acknowledging the role that the land has…
“20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.” – Proverbs 13:20 KJV Think about it. It’s common knowledge that, in order to grow in a particular field, we must rely on others who know more than us. So why would our growth in Christ be…
“12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it.” – Matthew 11:12 NIV William Holman Hunt (English Pre-Raphaelite painter, 1827-1910), detail of “The Importunate Neighbor”(1895), oil on canvas, Although John the Baptist was confused about Jesus… Jesus was not…
The kingdom of God has at least three necessary components: There is a King –> The Lord Jesus Christ There are subjects of the King –> Christ’s followers and… There is the King’s territory –> Anywhere the rule of the King is extended We also see from Scripture that there are three dimensions of God’s…
Jesus told His disciples that he spoke in parables regarding the mystery of the kingdom of God in order to make it more challenging for the casual seeker (Matthew 13:11-13). He was looking for men and women who were truly motivated to obey God (2 Chronicles 16:9). Though Jesus shared these kingdom truths with cloaked…
The Promised Seed of the Woman “The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham” – Matthew 1:1 KJV In 2 Timothy 3:16 Paul writes, “All Scripture is God breathed…” Awhile back a young man in one of my groups commented about this verse. He was struck by the word, “All.” This…