July 2016
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Introduction In 2015 Barna found that nine out of every ten Christians recognized that discipleship is important.[1] However, 52% of church leaders believed that the most effective method of discipleship is to be done individually.[2] The same study showed that when asking the congregation concerning how they prefer to be disciplined, the clear majority,…
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I am more and more convinced that we should not be looking for anything new. Our attempts to do so were and continue to be devastating. I am more and more convinced that we have gotten spiritually lazy and intellectually prideful and that we must go back to what the original apostles thought. In that…
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Introduction “The percentage of Americans calling themselves “Christian” has fallen since 1990 from 86 percent to 76 percent. Twenty- five percent of those aged eighteen and older have “no religious affiliation”; this number has doubled since those in this group were children. Only four percent of eighteen- to twenty- five-year-olds listed “becoming more spiritual”…
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Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: Colossians 1:28 (KJV) The Bible encourages the church in Colossians 1:28 to preach by warning every man and to also teach in all wisdom. The word preach is the Greek word…
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I have always seen the Great Commission as an evangelistic commission and even as it is evangelistic, that is just a part of it. Lets take a closer look at Matthew 28:19-20, And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.19 Go ye therefore, and teach…
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The shooting of Philando Castile I have no doubt that in the United States of America we still have a racial issue. It is sickening to hear white folk telling us to get over it. It is sickening to hear white folk talking about as if they face the same things we face today. As…
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The issue of speaking in tongues is one of many dividers in the church. One wing of the church not only ignores this gift, but also passionately rejects its existence. The other wing places the baptism of the Holy Ghost in such high regard, that without it you could be consider a “Little Christian.” They…
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These are the words of a man who lost his dear wife just a few weeks ago. In my life, the marriage of Carlos and his dear wife Natasha was one of the greatest expressions of love, harmony and mutual respect I have ever witness. Carlos wrote these words as a Facebook post and I…
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The idea that all we, as fathers, have to do, is pray for our children, and that is as far as our responsibility goes when faced with rebelliousness in our own home, can’t be further from the truth. The idea that our kids have some kind of free ticket to heaven just because we are…
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