All Entries in the "Discipleship" Category
Humble Yourself
It is a favourite seeming contradiction of the Christian life that the way up is down. We cannot escape the seemingly backwards journey. If we want to be lifted up and used by the Lord, the key to remember is that by humbling ourselves, we are putting ourselves in the position to be lifted up [...]
Irreplaceable
King Saul was a bigshot. You know the type. He was muscley, tall, loud, large, and in charge. Sure Israel may have been a comparatively small pond, but Saul was definitely the big fish. Everybody knew him. Most respected him. Some feared him. Somehow, though, things went sideways. Saul got too big for his [...]
A thought…
“It is not our business to make the message acceptable, but to make it available. We are not to see that they like it, but that they get it.” – Dr. Vance Havner
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 on YouTube of [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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John 3:16; Jn 3:16; John 3Keyword:
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