TheDiscipleMaker Team 
Having good manners at home is a way to show respect. I always had my children wait to serve themselves and eat after everyone, including the cook, were seated at the table. I wanted my children to respect the time …
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When you set yourself to seriously pursue holiness, you will begin to realize what an awful sinner you are. And if you are not firmly rooted in the gospel and have not learned to preach it to yourself every day, …
You’re not a second-class Christian if you never cross an ocean or leave your town for a mission trip. In fact, the most formidable “mission trips” I ever participated in were the closest to home. Throughout our daily conversations, meals, …
Years ago a friend of Jerry Bridges gave him a formula to know right from wrong. The formula asks four questions based on three verses in 1 Corinthians. In The Pursuit of Holiness Jerry goes in depth on this formula …
Strongholds of unbelief choke believers’ faith. Tom Yeakley, US field director of The Navigators®, has been used by the Lord for years to help renew a passionate faith in God’s promises. He suggests a five step pattern for praying over …
For a fun activity, we personified four of the eight church archetypes (or personalities) so that you could identify your church and then learn more about that personality. Beyond curiosity, we hope that churches grow spiritually stronger because of the …
“Preach the gospel to yourself every day.” In The Discipline of Grace, Jerry Bridges says the gospel is not only the most important message in all of history; it is the only essential message in all of history. Yet we …
“Christ-followers should be a gift to their place, and churches should be a gift to their city.” #STAYFORTH. You don’t need to go far to love those around you. Alan Briggs shares how Staying is the New Going.
“They spread their wings and soar like eagles, they run and don’t get tired, they walk and don’t lag behind.” Isaiah 40:31, The Message Bible. Who is your source of strength? Draw your power from God and not our own …
“Make no mistake: God understands the hardships of loving someone who does not love back, and He knows the pain of abuse firsthand- yet still he came for us.” – Brian Hardin, Reframe. There are many misconceptions about what our …