Anyone who follows Jesus has to quickly come to terms with a basic problem of identity--we are to be servants. Very few people are brought up in the US to be servants. Success--for many, God's stamp …
Don’t ask to be fed, feed yourself! Everyone can–and needs to–study the Bible.
Warning: Important subject, lengthy post. He asked me how to know whether God wanted him to do a specific thing. I asked in return, "Do you read the Bible?" His reply: "Oh, yeah! I study the …
Prayer–it’s about the relationship, not the request.
I am in a series of posts about what I call the Essentials of the Christian life. They aren’t new or creative—but they are also not optional. They are truly essential to our health and life. We’ve …
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Is going to church a necessity for Christians?
Everyone knows that going to church doesn’t insure someone is different from others who don’t go to church. The reason is there really isn’t such a thing as “going to church”. “Church” is a group of …
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Worship—It May Not Be What We Think.
In the last post I noted that spiritual health is something God built into us. We will be healthy unless we are injured, or fail to provide in our lives the ingredients God gave to strengthen us. …
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What is this “discipleship” thing?
There is a lot of discussion and a lot written about discipleship in the church today. In fact, I wrote several more pages on it before I decided you didn’t want to read all that. So, here are a few …