Discipleship – At Christ’s Table

From Children to a Mature Man

This is a brief essay on a passage in Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. My “bottom line” flies in the face of a current tendency in much of the professing Church in western nations, including most of the so called “Ekklesia” movements. That tendency is to shun the reality and necessity of authentic spiritual leadership.[1] To be clear, by “authentic spiritual leadership” ministries I am NOT referring to those who have well-known, large, and popular, “successful” ministries. Nor am I

Revelation & Relationship

The Foundation I Corinthians 3:10-11 10 According to the grace of God, which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. 11 For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. No Christian would deny that Christ is the Foundation of the Church. After all, Paul said it was

Tribulation

“What does the future hold?”, if we were to give a one-word answer to that question, that one word would be “TRIBULATION”. Jesus told us this 2000 years ago. In Matthew 24 Jesus said the indications of the end of the age[1] would be deception[2], lawlessness[3] and tribulations[4]. “Deception” and “Lawlessness” are topics for other messages.[5] The focus of this message is “Tribulation”. The tribulations Jesus specifies just in Matthew 24 are wars, international unrest, famines, earthquakes, persecutions, and betrayals

Faith for the Future

“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation but take courage; I have overcome the world.”[1] How can we have peace in the midst of tribulation? How can we have courage in tribulation? How can we overcome in tribulation? The answer I have to offer you in this message is “Faith”. To truly understand why faith is essential in facing the future, we need to begin by

Small but Wise Lizard

A foundational Scripture passage – Proverbs 30:24-28 “Four things are small on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise: The ants are not a strong people, but they prepare their food in the summer; The rock hyraxes are not mighty people, yet they make their houses in the rocks; The locusts have no king, yet all of them go out in ranks; The lizard you may grasp with the hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces.” The corresponding Scripture passage

Small but Wise Locusts

Small but Wise Rock Hyraxes

Small but Wise Ants

Humility – Wisdom Connection, The

”… so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places.”[1] God has a cosmic point to make: God’s WISDOM makes the wisdom of the world and the god of this world look foolish.[2] But what is the Biblical meaning of “wisdom”? The first mention of the concept in the Scriptures appears in Exodus.[3] It is in reference to the skilled artisans whom God appointed

Apostolic Discipleship

“Discipleship”[1] In my article, Discipleship & the Equipping Ministries[2], I discuss at length the particular ministry relationships between a disciple and an apostle, prophet, evangelist, shepherd, and teacher. Here, I would like to identify that which each of these Christ-appointed ministries have in common: “Apostolicity”. “Apostolic” “… He gave gifts to men…. And He gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of

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