Relentlessly pursuing Christ and His Cause
“Scientists at (RPI) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society.” Science Daily July 26, 2011
Take a look at history from recent to distant and you’ll see that it wasn’t the 90% that changed [...]
Acts 19:1-20 provides a powerful template for how to spiritually and numerically blow a church up. This Biblical “bomb building” passage gives three key ingredients to make the biggest boom for Jesus possible in your congregation:
The Nitrogen: Preach the gospel clearly (Acts 19:1-7.)
The Glycerin: Multiply the gospel relationally (Acts 19:8-10.)
And, finally, The [...]
Spiritually speaking how do you blow up a church, youth group, campus ministry or Sunday school with the right brand of new-believers-being-added-to-the-kingdom growth?In HTBACU Part 1 we discovered the Nitrogen which is to preach the gospel clearly. In Part 2 we discover the Glycerin which is to multiply the gospel relationally!
In Acts 19:8-10 we read, [...]
Okay, not literally. I’m talking about the kind of spiritual and numerical church explosion we read about in the book of Acts. And these principles don’t just apply to a church setting. They can apply to a youth group or campus ministry as well. There’s a very interesting statement in chapter nineteen and verse twenty [...]
Although fishing is not my favorite hobby I’ve done a lot of it. My grandpa was a fisherman and he took me often when I was young. He taught me all of the basics of fishing: what kind of bait or lures to use in certain situations, the best times of day to fish and, [...]
“Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” [...]
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With the same day passing of great men like Steve Jobs and great/godly men like Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth one can’t help but think about the brevity of life and the surety of death. In light of the deaths yesterday here are three realities I’m asking you to reflect on today.
1. Death is inevitable.
It’s [...]
Charles Spurgeon said that at the heart of the gospel was the atonement of Christ. I respectfully agree. Strike that. I wholeheartedly agree. The atonement is the apex, the climax, the heart, soul, lungs and liver of the gospel message. Without the atonement of Christ on the cross there is no salvation. Without the atonement [...]
