DiscipleMaking from a relational Trinitarian Perspective
Making disciples! How can ever be kept simple? Have you tried it? At the beginning of His ministry, Jesus clarified that the way in is also the way on. The way we come to Jesus for salvation (new life) is how we grow in sanctification (growing more like Jesus on our journey). Notice the two … Read more
Wow, what a treasure chest the Old Testament (OT) is, yet Jesus radically changed all things. In the OT, discover so many first things. The beginnings of God’s big-story. How God designed us. Whose we are. God’s original…and unchanging…intent for His people. God’s archenemy who brought evil and pain and death into this world by … Read more
Engage people like a diamond expert approaches mining diamonds, like Jesus. When the expert encounters a mud-caked diamond-in-the-rough, his response is not, “what a clod of dirt!” No, he focuses on the potential hidden by the clod. This future possibility is the true value of a diamond, not its present condition. The diamond expert looks … Read more
Let’s take a fresh look at Jesus’ Twelve as Primal Groups. I was watching Monday Night Football with Travis Twyman, pastor at the Inland Vineyard, and his family in the Fall of 2015. Travis is a bright thinker who thinks from Scripture. In a few sentences, he mentioned how he was stirred to think about … Read more
We Become What We Behold Early in my Christian life I identified what needed to be changed inside me. I prayed that these weak areas would be changed. And they got worse! The more I prayed, the worse they seemed to get! For instance, as I prayed for God to take impatience from me, it … Read more
One thing! A mountain stream runs powerfully toward its one goal by moving within narrower banks. Later, the river may flatten out within its broad banks, meander through meadows and hills, and provide a lovely place to float leisurely. However, let’s never forget that most beautiful rivers begin in the headwaters with powerful, focused streams. … Read more