Our new book, The Storms Have Only Just Begun, is now available at Barnes and Noble and other popular platforms. Its purpose is to encourage and enable Christians to become houses who will stand in the relentless storms of the decade. Houses that stand will serve as God’s refuge, encouragement, and wisdom for family, friends, […]
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God’s Way for Christian Maturity (Part 2) encourages Christians to consider the four reasons God creates or allows storms in our lives. One of those – to force a decision – references a conversation between Jesus and His disciples. Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He said to them,
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While teaching a series of lessons from The Storms Have Only Just Begun, I stumbled across a podcast in which Jordan Peterson spoke about chaos and willful blindness. I think the podcast was episode 268, his conversation with Rod Dreher regarding Live Not by Lies. The following is an amalgamation of Peterson’s thoughts and a
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God requires nothing of His children that He Himself will not provide, including the understanding and grace to be holy as He is holy. Searching out the matter has drawn us closer to Him and His glory. It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,But the glory of kings is to search out a matter. Proverbs
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I must confess, searching out this matter of holiness with you has been a challenge for me. Not so much with the understanding – the Holy Spirit is a good and patient teacher. My difficulty lies almost entirely in how to share what He has been so gracious to reveal. And so, I ask for
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Last week’s introduction to this topic suggests that this way of God is the most mysterious and challenging of all His ways. We also asserted that the mystery and challenge of holiness has put off most Christians from considering, discussing, and teaching one of God’s great blessings. God is holy, and He commands us to be
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Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; as obedient children, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts, as in your ignorance; but as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is
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Our new book, The Storms Have Only Just Begun, is now available at Barnes and Noble and other popular platforms. Its purpose is to encourage and enable Christians to become houses who will stand in the relentless storms of the decade. Those houses will have opportunity for growing the church within God’s prescription. For this is good
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The following has been adapted from Map 26 of The Map Maker, our first book, written to encourage, edify, and equip leaders in the workplace to become disciple makers and transformation agents. Pursuing such an adventure requires community – particularly in seasons of storms and chaos. This article will close out our exploration of God’s
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The following has been adapted from Map 7 of The Map Maker, our first book, written to encourage, edify, and equip leaders in the workplace to become disciple makers and transformation agents. Those who dare to live in kingdom community will find themselves involved in one of God’s great and eternal purposes. To begin this
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