Discipleship

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• Use the gift given to you

  
  Specialgathering's Weblog — Authority: 128
  It is interesting what people call gifts from God.  In reality, the scriptures are pretty clear what gifts from the Lord are.  In Romans 12:6 to 8, we learn that God, the Father, gives every person a gift.  They are prophet, server, teacher, encourager, giver, leader, and mercy.  Jesus said that the Father sends ...
  13 hours ago

• On Spending Your Gap Year in Church Leadership Training

  
  Astounding Language — Authority: 127
  An important consideration for numerous students is what to do in their “gap year” during the time between school/college and uni, or even the period after graduating. Although travel is the common choice, there are other options to deliberate over, such as volunteer work, or to plunge yourself into church ...
  13 hours ago

• Me Too

  
  Whatever He Says — Authority: 129
  by Meg The words jump off the page. But, hey, Ive read this passage countless times. Why now? Why me? Am I all that bad? With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in Gods likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be. Can ...
  14 hours ago

• Happy Thanksgiving

  
  Energion Publications Announcements — Authority: 122
  Cross-posted from a post I wrote for my wife’s devotional list . 1 A praise song, for David. I will exalt you, my God and King, I will bless your name forever and ever. 2 I will bless you every day, I will praise your name, forever and ever. 3 YHWH is great and fully deserves praise. No one can fully ...
  16 hours ago

• The Manhattan Declaration-A Call to Conscience or Compromise?

  
  More Than Cake — Authority: 410
  The Manhattan Declaration is a formal “call to arms” to all Christians asking us to engage in the major issues that are shaping our modern society. Following is the summary of this declaration. Christians, when they have lived up to the highest ideals of their faith, have defended the weak and vulnerable and ...
  22 hours ago

• An Invitation to My Mentoring Group

  
  Michael Hyatts Blog — Authority: 564
  Almost every week, I get a request from someone looking for a mentor. Frankly, I always find it difficult to say “no.” I think this is probably because I have profited so much from the various mentors I have had throughout my life and career. I also know how difficult it can be to find a good mentor. Photo ...
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• Censoring Fairytales and ‘the facts of life’

  
  Mark Sayers — Authority: 121
  Recently as I have read some children’s stories to my daughter I have noticed how some fairytales have been cleaned up. That is that death, violence and references to evil have been removed from the original stories. A classic example of this is the story of Little Red Riding Hood , most modern versions of the ...
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• Toward a Missional Vision of Theological Education: New Soil

  
  lifeasmission — Authority: 118
  This post continues a series exploring a missional vision of theological education.  If you’re catching up, I began by offering some preliminary thoughts , explored Christendom as the root of the problem , and then highlighted a few of the fruits of that problem .  This was all necessary groundwork in my my ...
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• A Simple Job Description for All Christians

  
  the reluctant leader — Authority: 116
  The Christian life is not as complicated as most preachers make is sound. It’s actually quite simple. QUESTION: What’s a Christian supposed to do? ANSWER: Honor God. Make disciples. Let me explain. Honor God means that we live to please Him. Not ourselves. Not our parents. Notour ...
  2 days ago

• Leading out of the Overflow

  
  '..Thousands and Millions..' — Authority: 108
  We had a group of leaders round to our home last night who are involved with leading the Youth here in Kings Church, Manchester . It was a great time as we ate lots of lovely food and then spent some time looking at what God had to say to us about Leading out of the Overflow’. Here are a few notes from our ...
  2 days ago

• Transforming Christian Theology: Part Two

  
  Rumblings — Authority: 414
  On to part two of my review of Philip Clayton’s Transforming Christian Theology (part one here ). In part two, Clayton deals with the question of how changing our approach to theology can transform the church.  Fiddling with the mechanics of how we do church is not enough, according to Clayton; we need ...
  3 days ago

• Great Books on the Holy Spirit

  
  FaithEngineer — Authority: 121
  In preparing for the new series we are doing on the Holy Spirit at Cornerstone, I have been busy reading. If you want to learn more about the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives, then check out these great books. Amazon.com Widgets Note: if you are using a feed reader, you will need to click through to my ...
  3 days ago

• Stirring

  
  From the Inside Out by Dan Gould — Authority: 100
  “Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” Ephesians 3:20 (NLT) Have you ever had this feeling that God was about to blow you away?  I’m not talking about striking you down or writing you off.  I’m talking about ...
  3 days ago

• A Picture of Prayer

  
  Confessions of a Recovering Hypocrite — Authority: 461
  A couple of years ago, my daughter asked to go for a walk.  We went outside I reached down my hand to her and she reached up her hand to mine.  As I glanced down I was struck by this image.  I thought, “What a picture of God and us!” I pondered this image more and began to see how it was also a beautiful ...
  3 days ago

• Book Notes: Mentor Like Jesus by Regi Campbell

  
  Michael Hyatts Blog — Authority: 564
  For the past several months, I have been thinking about starting a mentoring group. As a result, I have bought several books on the topic. However, the best one I have read so far is Mentor Like Jesus by Regi Campbell. In a moment, I will tell you how to get a free copy. As I was thinking about starting my ...
  3 days ago

• Five Defenses Why You Must Go To Church

  
  Win My Ex Back — Authority: 167
  Your family went to church every Sunday and sometimes on Wednesday nights but it’s been decades since you’ve been back to church. Now you’re feeling guilty. Your kids don’t’ know the Lord’s Prayer and think the Walls of Jericho is a war movie. You’re feeling drawn to that building at the end of your ...
  3 days ago

• A Growing Disciple: The Eighth Mark of a Healthy Church Member

  
  Via Emmaus — Authority: 104
  The essence of being a Christian is to be a disciple.  “Disciple” and “discipleship” are not words that get much “air time” today, and when they are used in secular parlance, it often conjures up thoughts of cults or sects.  However, in the pages of the New Testament, God’s Word speaks of ...
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• Spiritual vs. Religious

  
  iChilly — Authority: 120
  The spiritual differs from the religious in being able to endure isolation. The rank of a spiritual person is proportionate to his strength for enduring isolation, whereas we religious people are constantly in need of “the others,” the herd. We religious folks die, or despair, if we are ...
  4 days ago

• Go Make Disciples by John Piper

  
  Dale Tedder 2.0 — Authority: 119
  
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• Freedom from self-preservation

  
  Already Not Yet — Authority: 429
  Peter denied Jesus, to preserve himself physically ( Mark 14:66-72 ). Later he denied the gospel, to preserve himself socially ( Galatians 2:11-21 ). But by the time he wrote his first letter, his heart had been set free: “I have written briefly to you, exhorting and declaring that this is the true grace of God. ...
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