When I was a pastor I made a Gospel "deal" with our church. Every week I'd give the Gospel in a clear, compelling way at some point during my sermon. Soon they were bringing new people out weekly because they knew I'd give it.
Make the Gospel deal with your church this Sunday!
I wonder if the reason Paul wrote 1 Corinthians 13, and put it in the middle of his conversation about spiritual gifts, is to show us the type of love we share while using our gifts. Simply put, when I am serving, am I loving, kind, patient, etc. with those whom I serve?
Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:7 NLT
When you hold someone accountable it means, “I care enough about you to not let you settle for mediocrity.”
Accountability breeds trust.
Accountability breeds comradery.
Accountability breeds toughness. #Accountability-Toughness-Love
I know churches acting irresponsibly makes for sexy news, and I know it’s not fashionable to brag on churches for their simple faithfulness, but the overwhelming majority of churches have acted with great concern for the common good, often at great cost, and I, for one, am proud.
A Christian happens to mean a man who has discovered that Christianity is true, not that it is pretty or even practical. It may be a very strange discovery for a modern man to make; but some of us happen to have made it.
Just released a new series, with my neighbor Phil, on walking someone through salvation in a relational way using some powerful scriptures!
https://t.co/WQ5UjZYFFY
Abortion is the Antichrist's demonic parody of the Eucharist. That's why it uses the same holy words, "This is my body," with the blasphemously opposite meaning.
—Peter Kreeft