All Entries in the "Discipleship" Category

Fundamentalist Pharisees

Mark 8:15  “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees.”
As I read the Gospel records of the life and ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am often struck by the way our Lord responded to the questions and teachings of the Pharisees.  I find them one of the most striking groups in the [...]

Two by Two

Over the past seven months our family has been blessed to have the Paul and Loretta Hitz family here in Rankin Inlet assisting us in our ministry.  They have been a great help to us here, and we have endeavoured to mentor them in preparation for their future ministry in the Eastern Canadian Arctic community [...]

How to Preach without Results

By Charles G. Finney

Let your supreme motive be to increase your own popularity — then, of course, your preaching will be suited for that purpose, and not to convert souls to Christ.

Avoid preaching doctrines that are offensive to the carnal mind, lest they should say to you, as they did to Christ, “This is a [...]

When The Fire Dies (Part 1)

I recently visited a sister church and was saddened by what I sensed there.  A church that had once been hot for God seemed to have cooled a little.  The people seemed tired and worn, and the vibrancy that once characterized that church seemed lacking.  As I pondered this, the Lord brought to mind the [...]

Faith, or False Fire

Recently a young Christian asked me about a certain song that he enjoyed. He asked if it was appropriate to include in a church service. I was unfamiliar with the song and decided to do a search online to see whether it was something that could be helpful. I found a video [...]

The Gap is Widening

Ezekiel 13:5  Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD.
Ezekiel 22:30  And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the [...]

Calvanism’s Recent Advance

TIME put “The New Calvinism” at #3 of its top Ten Ideas that are changing the World.  See this link (with thanks to Benji Magness)
And what is it about Calvinism that is so attractive? Interesting to note that the ESV is Calvinist “Flavoured”.  Since when do we flavour Bibles?!!  Oh, right… since about 1881.
Try flavouring [...]

Rock the River?

In THIS article, Baptist Press reports on the latest Franklin Graham Crusade. I have copied two excerpts below.
There were more than 65,000 in attendance, around 800 spiritual decisions made, 538 salvations, 300 decibels of sound, I was wearing 100 SPF sunscreen, I went through four quarts of water, and it all made for one remarkable [...]

Spit out the Lure!

I recently ran across an article at The Berean Call, written by T.A. McMahon.  It is entitled “Weaning Evangelicals Off The Word” and is worth reading in its entirety.  This portion seemed particularily pungent.
Experientialism (what feels right to man) is a leaven working its way through the entire church as it undermines biblical truth. Today [...]

A different type of man…

A while ago I published an article on Biblical Manhood. Since that time I have been looking for men who emulate that Biblical model.  Sadly, there are not many in the public eye that meet that standard.  Our land is filled with pretenders, players, and perverts, but not many real men.  We have Diotrophes and [...]