March 2010
3 posts
Study every verse on the matter.
Biblical interpretation is sometimes difficult. I hope to one day write about it at length, but until then let me offer one word of caution that could save you countless errors: study every verse on the matter.
If you truly want to know what God thinks about something then you will eventually find it necessary to devour all the verses on that topic. We are so quick to give our opinions about any...
Jesus never had a (fill in the blank).
One day I realized something. Jesus never had a youth minister. He never had a worship guy either. The same goes for Paul, Peter, and everyone else who spread the gospel in the New Testament. They had an understanding of the good news, a desire to spread it, and the ability to do so, but they didn’t have much else.
Why do we think we need so many resources to make disciples? A few days ago...
Make a disciple.
A curious fact about the New Testament is that it never commands us, or anyone else, to plant churches. The great commission is thought to promote new churches, but let’s look at it one more time.
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the...