Young But Useful: Why Young Believers Matter

Young But Useful: Why Young Believers Matter

Spiritual Maturity Matters More Than Age In 1 Corinthians 13:11 Paul declared, “When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.” Notice Paul did not say, “When I...
Savoring Scripture: A Feast for the Soul

Savoring Scripture: A Feast for the Soul

Let’s consider this common analogy: the Bible is like an owner’s manual for life. What a pragmatic picture. What a joy-killing image. The owner’s manual for my car is hidden in the glove compartment along with napkins, the car registration, and ketchup packets. The...
Disciple-Making Grade

Disciple-Making Grade

A Modern Parable: Does Your Disciple-Making Make the Grade? Imagine with me that your family moved into a new community and was exploring schools for your children to attend. You and your spouse schedule an interview with the head principal of a prospective school....
Warfare and Royalty

Warfare and Royalty

PREPARING FOR OUR MISSION, PART 3 Embracing Spiritual Warfare and Royalty Promoted to Royalty Understanding the Spiritual Battlefield Your world is at war. You were born into a world of chaos and destruction, pain, and division that so often typifies war. And as with...