John 15:1-8 English Standard Version (ESV) I Am the True Vine 15 “I am the the vinedresser. 2 he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, you are clean Abide you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that he is thrown […]
Month: June 2012
Understanding the Gospel
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 There are three ways to look at grace and works and only one is biblical. Some seem to think that we are saved […]
The Tyranny of Good Things
“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. John 14:12 How can we in the church best unleash the people […]
A Heart for Shepherding Followers
And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers. Ephesians 4:11 After spending some days considering the question of fan versus follower, we return to the question of pastor. If we are called to be followers, what should we be looking […]
So Follow
If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. Luke 9:23 In the first part of Kyle Idleman’s Not a Fan: Becoming a Completely Committed Follower of Jesus The author explains the difference between fans and […]
On the Right Road
John 14:27 English Standard Version (ESV) 27 my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. let them be afraid. Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and […]
Spirit Powered Follower
You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and […]
Face Painted Fans
Matthew 23 English Standard Version (ESV) Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees 23 Then Jesus “The scribes and the Pharisees but not the works they do. They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them […]