Wisdom and knowledge matter
Sure you're on the narrow road?
Sure you're on the narrow road?
Sure you're on the narrow road?
Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. (Matthew 10:16)
Consider deception. According to Deuteronomy 32:28, "Without sense, there is no discernment in them". With the help of Satan and the inattention of mankind, even believers are being greatly deceived...
Planting. Growing. Harvesting.
Sure you're on the narrow road?
Sure you're on the narrow road?
On Planting Churches & Growing Disciples
I am a pastor.
In eighteen years as a pastor and a church planter, one of the most important things I have learned is that churches compromise in the same way that Christians compromise. And the effect is the same. The Church has lost its prophetic voice and its ability to speak to power. We are imperfect, self-involved, distracted and afraid.
Disembodied Religion
Sure you're on the narrow road?
Disembodied Religion
... therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. (Gen 3:23)
One area in which I have noticed a major problem is the tendency of the Church and Christians to think of their spirit and their body as separate and independent of one another. Adam made the same mistake. We see this throughout American society and its loss of tradition and "common sense" (God) Ways - e.g., in food, family, work, health, & education.
Prophesy and Pietism
The Fact/Value Split
Disembodied Religion
"What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?"
The Fact/Value Split
The Fact/Value Split
The Fact/Value Split
There is a tendency in Christians to relegate their spiritual life to the arena of values, while considering science and the material world to the arena of facts. This is a fallacy that is having major consequences.
Bonhoeffer's Awakening
The Fact/Value Split
The Fact/Value Split
Biographer Eric Metaxis writes that "Dietrich Bonhoeffer was an orthodox Christian who, at a grave historical moment during WWII, rejected what he called ‘cheap grace’—belief without bold and sacrificial action. Metaxas reminds us that there are forms of religion—respectable, domesticated, timid—that may end up doing the devil’s work for him. " That is where many Western churches are today. And that is where many Christians unknowingly are.
Thought-Provoking Ideas For Teachers & Workers for Christ
The articles and VIDEOs below discuss Scriptural application and lessons we are just not hearing about in most Churches today. These are of critical importance to the Christian faith and vital Truth for all, young people especially.
Stirred by Lostness; Engage The Work. Heroes & Troublemakers (Philip Nation)
12 Reasons Millennials are OVER Church
The 7 Obstacles Pastors Face When Helping Congregations Integrate Faith and Everyday Work
Calling: A Biblical Perspective, Free eBook (downloadable e-Book)
Take God’s Side! Become A Dissident In America!
Can the humility and gentleness God desires in us morph to inert, deceived, or acquiescent to evil?
Being Too "Nice"- Is It Compromising Conviction and Truth? (Thought Challenge) The etymology of the word "nice" may surprise you: ca. 1250–1300; Middle English: "foolish, stupid" late 13c., "foolish, stupid, senseless.
Conversations With "Equipping Pastors"
The Challenges College Students Face on Secular Campuses
What Am I Supposed To Do In Life? Defining Success For a Purposeful Life (Pt 3) - Nicholas Pearce
LISTENING TO UNDERSTAND: The Kindness Discipline for Effective Witness And A Spirit-Led Walk
"My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry." (James 1:19) (Related Podcast)
Start understanding the Enemy more purposefully. Who are those gods that our God is above (in Ps82, 95, 96, 97)? Here. Here. Unseen Realm by Dr. Michael S Heiser.
ONE Statement Took Her from Homosexuality to God! - Living Waters
Where are the Christians? The War Against Christ by the American Government (Lesson)
Something ominous is happening to men in America and in the Church
- Doug Giles: Driving men away. Effeminate Churches. God Punished His People By Removing Mighty Men From Their Midst. Jesus Calls His Boys SALT, Not Little Sugar Cubes
Through his ministries including www.clashdaily.com, Pastor Doug Giles is confronting Churches - especially men calling themselves Christian - to know and go; to know the culture, and go into the world challenging this culture boldly...to be warriors for Christ not just in prayer and faith, but in action and attitude. Jesus was the great disruptor -- confronting evil and sin in many ways Christians today would find offensive. We forget that, and also base our actions on the finely polished King James English translations of the Word, which guts the confrontational side of the story and exact words of Jesus. In too many ways Christians have become snowflakes like the rest of American society and surrendered.
In his book Rules For Radical Christians, Giles says: "Dear Young Christian: The "tolerant" society in which you live is intolerant of your Biblical Worldview. So whats the young Christian to do? Well, You could huddle together in a Christian subculture and pray that Christ would come quickly and rapture you out of this mess. Or, you could compromise your godly principles, become spiritual chameleons and allow your relationship with God to be governed by CNN. Or, you can become strategically equipped to move into an anti-theistic environment and effectively influence it for the glory of God. "
Doug Giles on "Why Pastors Avoid Politics"
https://soundcloud.com/user-78094805/e37-why-pastors-avoid-politics-like-rosie-avoids-jenny-craig
Strong Men Equal Strong Churches, Weak Men Equal Chick Churches
Many Christians are asleep.
A clash of civilizations. Organized genocide. Displacement of Europeans, Euro-Americans, & Christians globally. They are relying on the Christian victims to continue going on with life fecklessly indifferent.