Tag: disciple
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Be Disciplined: The Bible’s Instructions Directly to Pastor Search Teams
Paul has explicitly given Timothy the responsibility to protect the church in Ephesus from unsound doctrine. He implies that Timothy is responsible to appoint new pastors and deacons for the church in Ephesus. Paul even provided character qualifications for the two offices and reminded the congregation that, even as people are being appointed, the church…
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I Am a Reject, will you join me?
I have experienced more rejection on this earth in ministry than doing anything else. Rejection, it seems, simply comes with being a pastor and trying to not only preach God’s word well, but to live and to operate by it. We fear rejection. We want people to like us. This is what causes so many…
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Doing New Things Urgently- Missions
When we lived in North Carolina, we had been at a church for about eight months. We took the youth to summer camp, and our being at summer camp meant there were always pictures being taken. When we arrived back home and looked at the pictures, I saw that I was much bigger than I…
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Servanthood Discipleship
When we think about discipleship, we often think of it in terms of pop-culture rather than true biblical discipleship. We develop a model based more on the relationship between Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker than the relationship that Jesus had with His disciples. Because of this trend in the church, we have developed this environment where…
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What is the Point of Discipleship?
Genuine discipleship seems to be virtually lost in the organized church today. We have many lessons, sermons, classes, conferences, revivals, rallies, concerts, and camps; but genuine humbling and honest discipleship is absent. Most people are not growing more mature in the faith. Relationships with Christ are not deepening. Unity is more and more a rarity.…
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Is Your Church Healthy?
What is a healthy church? Is a healthy church one that is always growing? Is it one that never experiences deficit or one that has a certain number of members? Does a healthy church support missions? Is it part of an association or of a certain denomination? Does it…