I can remember when I was a teenager, one of the things that bothered me more than anything else was when my younger brother, or as some say, bother, used to follow me and want to do everything just as I was doing. If I went outside, he wanted to go outside, if I took a shower, he wanted to take a shower, if I wanted to play with a certain toy, he wanted to play with that same … [Read more...]
Finding the One
As we have been talking about discipleship the last few weeks, I would like to ask the question, “What is our ultimate goal in discipleship and the ministry in general?” Especially as a missionary, what am I hoping to accomplish while on the mission field? I have seen on many missionary’s prayer cards that their goals are, Win People, Disciple Them, and Establish Churches. … [Read more...]
What is Truth? “Three keys to knowing the truth”
I have always heard growing up that there are two things you don’t talk about, politics and religion. Obviously, the reason for this is that there are so many differing views on both politics and religion that it is sure to end up as an argument, and most people don’t want to argue especially with people they consider their friend. The idea is that it is much easier to avoid … [Read more...]
SOAP
You might be asking why I would write a blog entitled SOAP. Besides being something good for good personal hygiene it is also a great way to keep up with your personal devotional time. One of the most important things for us as Christians, and perhaps the most neglected, is our devotional time with the Lord. Psalm 1:2,3 tells us that if we delight and meditate in the law of the … [Read more...]
Who is your Mentee?
In the great commission we see a command that is given not just to pastors or missionaries, but to each and every Christian. That command is to go and make disciples. For many that might mean preaching and witnessing or even a "discipleship class" but what the Bible is telling us is that we must help people grow spiritual by investing our life and time in them. The question … [Read more...]