Kingdom Living

By Tod Vogt Josh’s StoryHe grew up in a suburban church – equipped in all the ways many other young Christians are equipped.  He learned the books of the Bible, the names of the apostles, the major stories and characters of the Bible.  Josh went to a Christian college where he majored in Bible.  He […]

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How does your church involve the members? For most of my ministry we had involvement forms that you would hand to new people and ask them to pick a few things to do. While that is necessary on some level from an organizational perspective it isn’t the best starting point. What is the best starting […]

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If legalism it taking the Bible and adding things that aren’t there…and if liberalism is taking the Bible and adding things that aren’t there…aren’t legalism and liberalism really the same thing? Legalists add requirements and remove requirements…they “go beyond” the scriptures. Liberals add requirements and remove requirements…they “go beyond” the scriptures. While there are some […]

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It has been a long season…nearly a year ago everything you knew about ministry was turned up on its head. No more hospital visits. No more fellowship events. No more Bible classes. No more in-person worship. And everyone looked to you for answers you didn’t have. And that hurt. As a Christian leader your faith […]

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Thank you. Thank you for reading the articles here. You are a blessing to me that you spend time here. Time to give back! We take all the money from our amazon affiliate links and give it back to our readers and viewers. Here is how to get in on the next two giveaways of […]

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When we think about faith we often think in terms of belief – things we believe even though we cannot see those things with our eyes. We are going out on faith in our beliefs. But faith runs far deeper than that. Faith isn’t just about believing things you cannot see in terms of intellectual […]

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1 – They don’t have a voice. In every other area of their life they are used to having a platform and a voice. From Instagram to Tik Tok they can post things and get affirmation. Not so much in the church. Their voices are not typically valued on the same level as others and […]

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Download the PDF of this content here. We are starting our 40 days of prayer this Sunday – January 3rd but you are welcome to start it anytime you like! Prayer has been a core activity of the people of God since the beginning. Before we understand how to pray we need to know why […]

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There are verses that you read that you just don’t know what to do with. It isn’t that the verse doesn’t make sense…it is that you know just how difficult a demand the verse places on your life. The answer to the question in the title will be different for each one of us. For […]

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We can put ourselves under tremendous amounts of pressure in life in trying to “stick the landing” in decision making. The pressure can make us sick…overwhelmed…even paralyzed. The logic goes like this – God already knows what is best. God knows the right decision and where each decision will take us. So if we are […]

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