The words are as indelible as any ever recorded: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations…”
That’s how Jesus closed the whirlwind of events and emotions that surrounded His trial, execution, the three days of hopelessness, and His resurrection. But these words weren’t ...
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The Power of Consistency –
Imagine a leaky faucet. Regardless of how you hard you twist the knob, it still drips. One drop at a time. Incessantly – drip, drip, drip. The consistency becomes an annoyance pretty quickly. But put in the right environment and given enough time, that same dripping with that ...
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Small Groups, Rebar, and Culture Blindness –
No one comes to a building in its early stages and marvels at the extensive nature of its rebar. Instead, we wait until the structure actually starts to go up; we don’t want to see what makes it stable—we want to see what makes it pretty.
Even though rebar isn’t pretty, it’s ...
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4 Ways to Make Multiplication Less Painful –
I remember the first time I heard the illustration of compound interest — it changed my whole perspective. Here’s the scenario: I will either give you $1 million right now, or I will give you a penny today and give you twice as much every single day of the month. Which would you ...
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4 Reasons to Pursue Authentic Discipleship –
Discipleship isn't some mystical process performed in classrooms or monasteries. It's simply helping one another follow Jesus. And because we don't just follow Jesus at church, but in everyday life, making disciples is meant to be carried out in all arenas of life. Real simple, ...
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3 Ways to Battle the Frustration of Sanctification –
In 2003, I was closing up my third semester of Hebrew at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Ala., and frankly, I was glad to be done. I had worn my fingertips raw on notecards and parsed enough verbs (I thought) for a lifetime.
One day, as the semester was getting close to the ...
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