According to Gray, these barriers aren’t walls; they’re invitations. When you’re lit up with love, you know that barriers are opportunities to press deeper into Christ and rely on the Holy Spirit’s power. The Barrier of Indifference Sadly, many of …
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Want to start at the beginning of this series? Start at the first post in the series. This post dives into Barrier #5. It’s based on Lifeway Research and a framework created by Ken Boa and featured in his book, …
Read moreDon’t Let the Power of Shame Silence You. Do This Instead.
According to Gray, these barriers aren’t walls; they’re invitations. When you’re lit up with love, you know that barriers are opportunities to press deeper into Christ and rely on the Holy Spirit’s power. The Barrier of Time Many of us …
If sharing the gospel with other people is meant to be a way of life for a disciple of Jesus, why do most of us not share our faith? Lifeway Research offers some insight from their study of unchurched Americans: …
Read moreJesus Isn’t a Product We’re Selling (and Other Evangelism No-No’s)
Asking God questions involves waiting for an answer, which is a problem only if you’re asking only for utilitarian purposes—to get what you want now. But when we understand that we live in union with God, waiting means you already …
The best bit of advice I ever received about how to pray was this: keep it simple, keep it real, keep it up. You’ve got to keep it simple so that the most natural thing in the world doesn’t become …
Christian leaders who make disciples are committed to building up the body of Christ by bringing the faithful to maturity and by bringing skeptics to Christ. Such commitment to living like Jesus is costly. Disciplemaking leaders, especially pastors, are often …
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“God doesn’t want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible.” —2 Timothy 1:5-7, The Message® Where It Began In the summer of 1975, tucked away in the front range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, …
The movie Joyeux Noel (2005) is the true story of the famous “Christmas Truce” of 1914. It depicts how, during the hostilities of World War I, the French, Scottish, and German troops spontaneously laid down their weapons, came up out …
The goal of both our exposure to and absorption of Scripture should be our application of Scripture. God commanded Joshua to meditate “day and night” on the law of God left to him by Moses, so that Joshua would “do …
Read moreWhen reading Scripture, you must do this one thing.