Posted in Shepherding, Christian Living on Feb 15th, 2008 16 Comments »
A short time ago I posted an article that essentially asked the question, “Why are we so quick to abandon the truth that salvation and eternal life is granted only to those who endure until the end?”
From it I received some encouraging feedback, despite the fact that it was but a brief blurb, containing few […]
Posted in Shepherding, Christian Living on Feb 3rd, 2008 11 Comments »
Why are we so quick to abandon the truth that salvation and eternal life is granted only to those who endure until the end?
I certainly understand that we live in the age of the ‘decision’ for Christ, the ‘asking Him into our hearts’, the ’saying yes’ to Jesus, the ‘personal relationship with Christ’ type of […]
Posted in Shepherding on Jan 31st, 2008 3 Comments »
“The greatest need in this country today…is preachers, and they’re hard to find…
…I walk into a church and here a preacher say stand up and say ‘I’m going to share from my heart today’, I’ll walk out. I care less what’s in his heart; I don’t want to know what’s in his heart, I want […]
Posted in Shepherding, Church on Jan 17th, 2008 5 Comments »
Let me first begin this post by emphasizing that I personally have nothing against large congregations, per se. Reading through this post might certainly give you the impression that I have something against large churches, but I want to be crystal clear in saying that it is not the size of a church which chiefly […]
Posted in Shepherding, Worship, Catechizing on Nov 27th, 2007 15 Comments »
Catechizing
–verb (used with object), -chized, -chiz·ing.
1. to instruct orally by means of questions and answers, esp. in Christian doctrine.
2. to question with reference to belief.
3. to question closely.
In private studies with my wife, I have recently begun catechizing her, partly to prepare for doing the same […]
Posted in Shepherding, Church, Misc on Nov 15th, 2007 14 Comments »
I recently had an interesting discussion about the biblical qualifications for an elder. This discussion centered around Mark Driscoll, the former ‘emergent’ and admittedly crass pastor from Seattle, as well as other controversial pastors that people tend to have differing opinions of. Driscoll, though he has come a long way over the past few years, […]
Posted in Shepherding, Christian Living on Nov 12th, 2007 3 Comments »
There is an old saying that says, actions speak louder than words, and so true it is.
I believe there is nothing so powerful to our own sanctification than to see practical Godliness lived out in others (hence the name of this website). In my own personal experience, I have derived the greatest personal sanctification from […]
Posted in Shepherding, Church on Nov 5th, 2007 1 Comment »
I sometimes find it very difficult to relay to people just how important it is to be in a strong local church. So much of our growth and sanctification as Christians relies on this! It just seems to be an issue that is not taken very seriously. Many have been a casualty of the belief […]
Posted in Shepherding, Eschatology, Christian Living on Sep 21st, 2007 4 Comments »
Everything we believe has ultimate implications in our daily lives; that cannot be denied. I’m not sure why this particular Christian culture is so ready to dismiss this fact, as if it really doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you attach the name ‘Jesus Christ’ at the end of it, but such is […]
Posted in Shepherding on Jun 28th, 2007 14 Comments »
Often times I have a hard time communicating to people exactly what I want to do with my life. With so much talk now days of being ‘called’ to the ministry and ‘feeling that God has called me’, etc., I often have a bit of difficulty explaining to people that I too feel ‘called’ to […]
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