The Call to Grace and Discipleship – Bonhoeffer

Sometimes the modern believer thinks he or she has stumbled on something new and refreshing about Christ to only find out that he is merely traveling down a path others have traveled before. The power of the Gospel is that each generation finds afresh and renewing the same Gospel message. One of these past voices was Dietrich Bonhoeffer. We see a glimpse of this in his introduction to his famous...
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Who Is The Lord Of Your Life?

As you may or may not know, my family and I have been attending a new church. We have been happy and feel pretty comfortable there. I was able recently to speak with the Pastor for a few minutes and felt even more at ease as we spoke about his theological stance and how he runs the church. Early on, as we sat in church and listened to the sermon, I was once again shown that this is indeed the...
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Discipleship Groups

If you were to question me about my theological stance you would quickly find that I fall into a Calvinistic camp. However, I attribute the majority of my personal growth and knowledge to the Methodist church which is primarily Arminian in their views. One of the things that the Methodist church I attended allowed me to do was question what was being said. In the 15 years that we attended that...
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Discipleship Math

There is a common issue in many churches today. They are losing members and can’t figure out why or how to stop the losses. It’s all about math. It’s addition vs. multiplication. It seems that many churches are caught up in church growth (numerical). That is, bringing in new members. We do this with great  music, wonderful children’s programs, dynamic speakers, food and...
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Discipleship – Why Bother?

There has always been this tension and debate about why anyone needs to do anything other than believe that Jesus died for our sins. Some will say that is all you need to get to heaven when you die. Then there are people like myself, who would tell you that there is more to being saved than simply agreeing that Jesus is Lord and being done with it. If there is no change, no repenting, no growth,...
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1 on 1 Discipleship

In the church today, I would venture a guess that there is very little one on one discipleship taking place. Generally, you will find that most churches rely on small groups, seminars, etc. Meeting in large or small groups have advantages and disadvantages. Large groups allow people to blend in an never really become involved or maybe they are not noticed and given that personal attention. Small...
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