The apostle Paul wrote to the Christians at Philippi, “Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do” (Philippians 3:17). What would it take to live a life that would prompt you to invite others to […]
Week 27 Mission |
Week 26 Mission |
Working Out Our Salvation
Wouldn’t it be nice if Christians could enter a little room, push a button, and in a matter of seconds be instantly transformed from spiritual infants to spiritual giants? The physical maturation process does not work that way, and neither does the spiritual growth process. It takes effort, time, and discipline. No shortcuts exist for […]
Week 25 Mission |
The Power of Preaching
I love preaching. I mean, I love preaching. I remember sitting in a worship service with my grandparents at a southern Ohio congregation and hearing the preacher deliver the sermon and, at the wise old age of 5 or 6, saying to myself, “That’s what I want to do with my life.” I preached my […]
Week 24 Mission |
How to Resist Temptation
Every one of us faces temptation. Even Jesus was not immune, “tempted in every way, just as we are” (Hebrews 4:15). Anyone who has read the Gospels knows that Jesus was tempted during his 40 days in the desert and then again in the garden just before his trial and suffering. But the writer of […]
Week 23 Mission |
Stepping Out
I love to read C. S. Lewis so you can imagine my delight in discovering one of his early short stories lately published in 1977. This particular story was found hiding in a bound notebook. Though many questioned its authenticity, a later revision in Lewis’s own hand, along with the testimony of Douglas Gresham who […]
