8 Steps on the Path of a Transformed Life
If you want to live a changed life, be like-minded with your brothers and sisters in Christ. If you want to live a changed life, seek unity in the body of Christ. If you want to live a changed life, stop being selfish and conceited. If you want to live a changed life, it comes […]
The Thief on the Cross, Baptism and Salvation
I hear it often, we don’t need to be baptized because the thief on the cross wasn’t baptized and Jesus saved him. Here are a few things to consider as you process through this issue: Jesus is God & Has Authority to Save Jesus forgave sins even when people didn’t do the things required to […]
Does Sunday Stress You Out?
When I was doing traditional ministry, a lot of effort went into make sure things went smoothly on Sunday. If someone didn’t show up who had a role to play…lots of STRESS!! This morning, about a half dozen things didn’t go according to plan. This was almost to the point of ridiculousness…and we even had […]
First Century Church Size Revealed – How Many Gathered?
We talk a lot about first century Christianity and imitating it in Churches of Christ. It is interesting that we don’t talk about location or size even though there are examples of where they met. It is not that I am trying to make a rule out of that, just that it is interesting it […]
You Want to Get In On Some Amazing Conversations…
The YouTube channel hit 15k subscribers this morning! You know why that is the case? As much as I would like to take credit for it, it is the amazing conversations we have in the comments. The value is in the community. We talk about the church and more biblical expressions of church, discipleship and […]
The Church of Christ “Pattern” – Adventures in Missing the Point
The point is Jesus. The point is not church. Church is a community of people focused on Christ and working together to build each other up through using our gifts to grow in Christ-likeness. If you focus on church, which is what we did, you don’t get Jesus. If you focus on Jesus you will […]
Logos Has A New AI Bible Study Feature – Study Assistant – Here’s My Take!
Logos has done a responsible job of integrating AI into their Bible study software. Their AI isn’t trained on whatever can be found on the internet. It is trained on the Logos Library of 300k books or, if you specify, on your specific library. The new feature is called Study assistant. It allows you to […]
Do you need a process to make disciples?
Yes. You need a process to make disciples. When you first learn something you need easily discernible next steps. I would love to just say “Make a disciple by reaching out to someone and then just pray about what to do and do that.” That’s great in theory but in practice it can be incredibly […]
Does the church make disciples or do disciples make disciples?
The answer is really both with some nuance. So many churches think they are making disciples because they meet on Sunday. As if attending means maturing. But it doesn’t. Going to hear a sermon (on its own) won’t make or grow disciples. When everyone is doing it, no one is doing it. If you think […]
How to Find the Right Church
You can walk in the door of many different churches and get pretty much the same thing: greeted at the door, great sermon, powerful worship team, etc etc… How does one decide which church to attend? Is it the one that best meets your needs? The one where you can grow the most? The one […]