TEXT: John 15:1-5 TOPIC: The Four Spiritual Disciplines of Christian Growth Pastor Bobby Earls, First Baptist Church, Center Point, April 30, 2006 Today’s sermon asks a simple question. Are you a growing Christian? Are you? If I offered you a measuring device designed to measure spiritual growth in a…

Churches are confused. There appears to be no consensus on what function the church serves in the world. Building up believers, evangelizing the lost, feeding the poor, lobbying government, and protesting legislation are just a few of the functions churches feel compelled to perform. Rick Warren recognized…

Discipleship 101 Intro: One of the things that I like about teaching at the school is the flow that it provides for the year. I think of years, not according to the Gregorian calendar, but according to the flow of events that surround the school. August is exciting with in-service, open house and the…

The content of discipleship is most clearly seen in the Christian’s relationship to Jesus Christ. But this also affects a person’s relationship to God the Father, the cross, the church and the world.

When I became a Believer, I was told that I needed to grow in my walk with Jesus. You hear about people who give their lives to God and BAM, they are like one of the disciples or something. People say that Jesus changed them, but how? For me, it seemed that there was a long list of things that I had…

Part 2 Pathway to Growing The Vision Naalehu Assembly of God ++Committed Followers of Jesus Christ 42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.…

There a many metaphors in English that deal with the hand. For instance, 'don't bite the hand that feeds you.' If you are benefiting from someone you don't treat them badly or you might loose the benefit. 'A bird in the hand,' it is better to look at what you have now then loose it and hope for something…

The Changing Times 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy…

When Christians think about the Great Commission they think about Matt 28:18-20. But there are actually five other passages where Jesus commissions us. When we examine each of these six passages we come away with a far more detailed and complete idea of our mission in this world. We find six very important ideas: Jesus is The Master Builder, Jesus is The Model, The Magnitude is significant, Jesus gives The Method, Jesus gives The Message, and the Holy Spirit provides The Means.

The Building Blocks to Maturity as gleaned from the Luke account of The Boy Jesus in the Temple at 12.

RENEWAL IN THE CHURCH 1. WORSHIP “Let us worship God.” Familiar words, but what is worship? J.H. Oldham has said, “Worship is the response of believing men in adoration and joyous self‑dedication to God’s revelation and to His redeeming grace.” Normal Christian life focuses on the joyous response of…

Sermon: Discipleship Fruit Main Pt: God created us to be fruitful disciples, for His glory & by the power of His Holy Spirit DISCIPLES and the Vine (2x: 1,5) Who is Jesus? = seven “I am” in John true vine v.1….the vine v.5 OT negative connotation (Isa.5:1-7; Ps.80:8-17; Ezek.15; 19; Jer.2:21; Rev.14:14-20)…

Jesus has given us the job of making disciples of all nations.

The Marks of the Committed Christian by John MacArthur Table Talks With Jesus 3 INTRODUCTION Without question, some of the most poignant, powerful teaching in all of Jesus' earthly ministry took place on the last evening He spent with His disciples before He was crucified. The occasion was the Passover…

What are small groups, how Jesus modeled small groups, how the early church modeled small groups, and how LifeSpring Church will do small groups.

Join us for our series ON PURPOSE about our mission, vision, and values at Pilgrim Church, "What do we see?"

Mark 7:1-30 Introduction Quite a few years ago I was the photographer at a wedding at an Orthodox church and was amazed at the ritual involved in the ceremony. They did things, which I had never experienced before. The priest had a censor filled with smoke which he waved around. He led the couple around…