Category: Discipleship

Apolo…what?!

Apologetics is the discipline of providing a rational defense for the Christian faith.  It is derived from the Greek, apologia, meaning – to give a reason or defense.  There are a ton of reasons for apologetics to be relevant in the life of the believer.  We’ll delve into the most germane over the next few …

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We are all fruits & nuts!

Looking for some inspiration to pass along something…inspirational, I had an image land in my lap (thanks Brother Fisher).  It was a spectacular tree blooming and was clearly made up of many different colors – either a “photoshop-job” or an incredible undertaking of grafting in order to achieve that result.  Supposedly it is the later…and …

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How Familiar are you with “The Sword”?

Most, not all, Christians don’t spend the time in reading the Bible that they should.  As it was said by an evangelist on the subject, “How often do you eat?  Daily, right?!  Why then would you only partake of spiritual nourishment but once a week, month, not at all…?”  Great point, if we’re going to …

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Pour courage into one another…

I recently had the opportunity to read David Jeremiah’s book “The Joy of Encouragement”; in it he wrote an excellent chapter on one of my favorite people from Scripture, Barnabas (a nickname meaning = son of encouragement).  Barnabas was “Mr. Encouragement” – he demonstrated three qualities that I definitely desire to model in my own life. …

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