POSTS TAGGED : Discipleship
“Same-Sex Marriage?”
This was quite possibly the hardest, busiest, most exhausting week of my pastoral ministry up to this point (for a variety of reasons, including a situation that required A LOT of pastoral attention). It’s a good thing I was scheduled to preach this sermon on an easy subject like same-sex marriage!
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“Faithmapping” by Daniel Montgomery and Mike Cosper
Faithmapping: A Gospel Atlas for Your Spiritual Journey by Daniel Montgomery, Mike Cosper Published by Crossway on January 31, 2013
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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From the Back Cover:
Most of us emphasize one aspect of Christianity over another. Competing voices tell us that the Christian life is all about this or that: missions, discipleship, worship, the cross, or the kingdom. It’s as if we are navigating the Christian life with fragments of a map-bits and pieces of the good news-rather than the whole picture.
If we put those map fragments together, we discover a beautiful, coherent picture. Faithmapping invites Christians to see that map, exploring a whole gospel that forms a whole church who carries that glorious news to the whole world.
This is what I think of this book.
“Evangelship and Discangelism: Counting the Cost”
I preached a sermon last Sunday to wrap up GracePointe’s M.E.O.W. (Missions, Evangelism, and Outreach Week). I don’t preach a lot of topical sermons, but this one was on the dual themes of Evangelism and Discipleship. My premise was two-fold, from Matthew 28:18-20 (the “Great Commission”) and Luke 14:25-33… Continue reading