Posts with the tag “discipleship”

Managing What Is Not YoursThere is a word that gets thrown around in church circles so often that it has nearly lost its weight. That word is stewardship. For many people, it conjures images of pledge...  Read More

There is a word that makes many Christians uncomfortable. It conjures images of priests in long robes, swinging censers of incense through cold stone corridors. It sounds ceremonial, distant, and life...  Read More

Rediscovering the Meaning Behind Baptism and CommunionThere is something quietly alarming about a generation of believers who have become strangers to their own inheritance. We have access to more Chr...  Read More

The Case for Multi-Generational DiscipleshipWhat if the decline of faith in the next generation is not a mystery to be solved but a warning to be heeded? Consider this: according to a 2019 Barna Group...  Read More

Parenting is hard. Leading is hard. Living faithfully in a complicated world is hard. The Bible doesn't shy away from this reality. When we turn to Scripture looking for perfect examples of parenting ...  Read More

There's something deeply ironic about the human condition: from childhood through adulthood, we're all chasing the same thing. Children dream of the day they'll be "big" and can do whatever they want—...  Read More

Teaching Our Children to Love, Not Just ConformThere's a profound difference between teaching someone to conform to a standard and teaching them to love it. This distinction shapes everything—from how...  Read More