Dancing with truth and peace
Tuesday
June 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Your Church
Darren grew up in Philly. He found trouble and the law found him. He sat in prison with a man sentenced to 119 years on one side of him and another who threatened a family by tossing their baby in an oven on the other. “How could God love guys like this?” Darren thought. God […]
Thursday
June 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Your Church
Our church is focused on discipleship, which we define as helping people know God and grow in God. In a recent conversation with church leaders, I asked them what obstacles they were facing as they encouraged others to make disciples. They were encouraged in several ways, but they’d all heard a few reasons/excuses to shun […]
Wednesday
May 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Your Church
I like simple definitions. The word discipleship may strike you as daunting, but it’s really quite simple. Discipleship: Helping someone know God or grow in God. Jesus commanded us to make disciples (Matthew 28), which includes baptizing people (leading them to know God) and teaching them (helping them grow in God). Simple, right? If you’re looking for […]
Tuesday
May 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Your Church
Paul, Priscilla, Aquila and Apollos bled discipleship. They embodied its three stages: be fed, feed self and feed others. Acts 18:23-28, which details their work together, uses no fewer than eighteen words/phrases bursting with discipleship implications. If you want to write a book about discipleship, the following would make great chapters: Spending time Traveled Strengthening all […]
Monday
April 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Your Church
A good Jew would’ve never entered the home of a Gentile. But there he stood, breaking cultural rules soaked in animosity. In the first century, Christian Jews assumed that Gentiles must follow the Law of Moses (including dietary regulations) in order to follow Christ. But God said, “Don’t call anything ‘unclean’ that I’ve created,” in […]
