Any version of the Christian life that fails to insist on this aspect of discipleship is based on a diluted gospel. Part of lack of attention to cross bearing discipleship is due to a distorted understandings of its meaning.
I’m afraid that too many pastors and churches are operating without a proven system of discipling people and caring for people. You cannot build a healthy church without having workable systems in place.
Spiritual transformation isn’t our task, but it involves our compliance. We present ourselves to the pressure of the Potter’s strong hands.
Not all help is actually helpful. When to fire church volunteers (and why).
Pastors, we do no one any favors by sparing them biblical obedience. As a pastor of a young church, I’m often tempted to soften the call to obedience and excuse it by “playing the long game.”
Sometimes asking the right questions can make all the difference. The questions we bring to Jesus can make a big difference in our journey of transformation.
We should approach church planting by asking Jesus how He feels about the church, and the Bible says Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her.
A positive team culture doesn’t just happen. If you want to have a good start, begin my implementing an easy (but often overlooked) practice with your team—honestly caring about one another.
Some regard Acts as a book of church planting history, while others consider it a description of the possibilities of church life. I started in the first camp and eventually arrived at the second.
You want to be counted as a faithful preacher of God’s word. But what does that look like? What should be our guiding light as we continue to walk in, what I believe is, the best vocation anyone could ever be called to?
