Church Growth Tactics Are Not Evangelism, Part 1
The most amazing part about evangelism is that we have a Biblical blueprint for it in the book of Acts. There, we find the early church’s multiplication strategy, and they were focused on church planting, itinerant preaching (missionary endeavors), preaching the...
Teachings of Jesus – The Harvest is Plentiful
Matthew 9:37-10:42 There is more in this section that one post can cover, however, we’ll scratch the surface and summarize this teaching of Jesus. Although there are transitions from one concept to another, I believe this is one narrative or one teaching. That the...
Teachings of Jesus: Patching Old Garments and New Wine
In Matthew 9:15-17, we find several important teachings from Jesus Christ. In verse 15, Christ is admonishing those who criticize the disciples for spending their time following Christ rather than prayer and fasting. Christ provides two important answers to their...
Who Holds Fast of Whom?
Does God hold us fast or do we hold fast to God? Recently, I undertook a review of the Bible to try and answer this question. I found 52 verses among the King James Version of the Bible, New American Standard Bible, and English Standard Version (ESV). Of these, there...
Teachings of Jesus: Healing the Paralytic
Matthew 9:1-8 Getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the sea and came to His own city. And they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, ‘Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.’ And some of the scribes said to...
I’m a good person …
It is increasingly common to hear someone say, in response to an invitation to accept Christ, that they are a good person. As a good person, they do not believe any punishment should be waiting for them. Of course, there are multiple questions which arise from such a...
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