On Disciple-Making, Movements, & Mission
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How To Grow As A Disciple Of Jesus – Part 3
Jesus calls his followers to live as constant disciples of Him—learning, growing, and applying His teachings to their lives.
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How To Grow As A Disciple Of Jesus – Part 2
Jesus modeled another crucial practice for disciples—regular prayer. While we may know the Scriptures, it’s the daily life of prayer that sets them into our hearts like a concrete form gives cement its shape.
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How To Grow As A Disciple of Jesus – Part 1
Discipleship isn’t just a Christian buzzword. It’s the life to which Jesus calls all believers. Before Jesus left the earth, he gave his followers their primary directive: Make disciples!
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Easter Changes Everything!
This past weekend our family celebrated Easter together worshiping in our living room. We’ve been doing so for the last 2 months as the Father’s Heart Church. It’s been so fun to watch our kids engage with Scripture and worship in a very intimate setting. It’s something to which they’re not accustomed. Up to this…
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The Father’s Heart – Part 4
In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, Jesus demonstrates clearly the Father’s heart. Many of us know the story of the Prodigal Son. (Not the FOX TV drama.)
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The Father’s Heart – Part 3
Jesus teaches us how much God loves us in the parable of the lost sheep. (Luke 15:4-6) The parable demonstrates our significant worth to God. As the shepherd pursued the sheep, God pursues us because He loves us. He considers us worthy to be pursued. Jesus made clear, when we turn to Him and believe,…
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The Father’s Heart – Part 2
“Sheep are stupid and they smell.” That’s how I explained the following passage to my kids as we worshiped God last weekend. “What man among you, who has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open field and go after the lost one until he finds it?…
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The Father’s Heart – Part 1
God loves you. Unconditionally. He’s cares about you more than you’ll ever know. He’s done everything to be with you. In the Gospel of Luke, chapter 15, Jesus shares three parables to demonstrate God’s heart for you and me. Over the course of the next few days we’re going to look into Luke 15 where,…
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Life In The Kingdom Of God – Part 4
Jesus invites you and me into life in the Kingdom of God. We enter by believing in Him. Life in the Kingdom of God is blessing. We get to experience life together with Jesus now and forever. He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; he does not let their livestock decrease. -Psalm 107:38 CSB Life in…