Category: FAITH

  • What being “IN CHRIST” means

    Here is a blog written by John Piper on what it means to be in Christ. After preaching yesterday about our justification IN CHRIST, this blog furthers the truth about our sufficiency in Christ. Being “in Christ Jesus” is a stupendous reality. It is breathtaking what it means to be in Christ. United to Christ.…

  • How to Know if you are Saved?

    Whoever believes will be saved! So I don’t know if there is such a thing as backsliding.  

  • Secret to a Praying Life is not Discipline

    Matthew 5:3 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. If you read Psalms you will be amazed at the prayers. There are so many times David would just pray, Help me God, save me God. It wasn’t the longevity of prayer but the spirit of dependency to the…

  • David, Goliath and the Gospel

    In this 3-minute video for The Gospel Project, Matt Chandler explains the difference between a moralistic interpretation of the story of David and Goliath and a gospel-centered approach. I love listening to pastors who exalt Christ everywhere they can as they proclaim the Scriptures. Christ-centeredness is one of the core values we are seeking to…

  • Bottleneck Discipleship

    Churches stop growing when disciples are not being empowered. It is a proven fact – the way to kill a church is to not empower people to make disciples. You can have a great program and a nice worship hall but if you are not empowering people – you can’t grow. We create bottlenecks when…