Many Christians have never learned to push through the initial sluggishness they feel and lay hold of Christ on a daily basis. ...
Community Groups are the place where we try to cultivate authentic Christian community with one another. That involves pursuing close relationships, meaningful conversations, and deep-rooted commitment....
If we want to be free, we have to embrace the right limitations. ...
The more you become captivated by God’s beauty, supremacy, and love, the more joy you’ll experience as you live for his glory....
When the Bible about the new creation in Revelation 21:1-8, it’s a lot different than the way we typically think about heaven....
So often, the "Jesus" we worship isn't the Jesus of the Bible but rather "Jesus" as we've re-created him to be....
I’ve understood that fasting is an important part of the Christian life. However, I’ve always wondered why. ...
We don't acquire the characteristics of a mature disciple simply by gaining Bible knowledge. In order to grow to Christian maturity, we also have to spend time with people who are spiritually mature themselves, observing their life and having formative conversations with them on a regular basis....
Christian maturity is a lot more than Bible knowledge. It's about growing to resemble Jesus in five areas....
We don't acquire the characteristics of a mature disciple simply by gaining Bible knowledge. In order to grow to Christian maturity, we also have to spend time with people who are spiritually mature themselves, observing their life and having formative conversations with them on a regular basis....
Keep ReadingChristian maturity is a lot more than Bible knowledge. It's about growing to resemble Jesus in five areas....
Keep ReadingI've always been challenged by John 15:7, in which Jesus states, "If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you." If you're anything like me, you come across verses like this and you think to yourself, "Well, that must be true because it's in the Bible." But then you have trouble really believing it. I think for most of ...
Keep ReadingIn our Community Bible Study, we have been studying the book of Acts, and a consistent theme we encounter again and again is the practice of the early Christians of living in community with one another.They understood that Christianity isn't something you do by yourself. It's something you do in the context of loving community with fellow believers. For example, at the en...
Keep ReadingHuman beings are worshippers by nature. That's who we are. It would be impossible for us to stop worshipping. The reason we do the things we do, desire the things we desire, and pursue the things we pursue is we are most fundamentally worshippers. God actually made us that way so we would be able to worship him. However, things get twisted around in our sinful hearts, and...
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