Okay, so that my long intro for what I really want to cover this morning. Paul says in v16, imitate me because I am your father in Christ. When it comes to discipleship, there are 2 extremes we should avoid. We should avoid–be just like me because I am your older and I am a […]
discipleship
1 Cor 4 – Church Leadership: Who Should I Imitate? (pt 1 of 4)
Read 1 Cor 4:1-17 Today, I want to talk about leadership. Paul says in v16, imitate me because I am your father in Christ. And I want to answer the question, why should we imitate him? Who should we imitate today? What qualities should we look for? First of all, who is a leader? I […]
Rom 14-15: Building True Unity – The Nuts and Bolts of Church Life (pt3 of 3)
What about at a church level? What does judgment and gossip, mixed in with anger, do to a church? It divides people into various camps. In the church at Rome, you have Jewish Christians on one side judging the Gentile Christians. Imagine a conversation between two Jewish Christians, if you will. Can you believe sister […]
Henry Blackaby Devotional: Christian Discipleship
Him 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) Discipleship is personally transferring the full dimensions of your relationship with Christ to the person you are walking with. It is not the imparting of spiritual disciplines as much as […]
Find Your Elisha: Reflection from 1 Kings 19:1-21
I have heard many sermons on this text, specifically how God comes not in the wind, not in the earthquake, not in the fire, but in a gentle whisper. Elijah had experienced an amazing victory over the prophets of Baal, but the experience had left him exhausted and alone. And in his fatigue and loneliness, […]
Discipleship: moving from ‘come and see’ to ‘come and die’
Rick Warren provides some helpful discipleship advice below… Not too long after John the Baptist baptized Jesus, he saw the Lord walking by and said to a couple of his disciples, “There goes the lamb of God. You need to follow him.” Andrew and John started following Jesus and they asked, “Where are you going, […]