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Since this study only applies to what Jesus taught his disciples, or spoke to them I am starting with their call. These verses are: Matthew 4:18-22 Mark 1:16-20 Luke 5:2-11 John 1:35-42 Jesus’ initial call is, “Follow me.” This first call ia a major life shift that takes the disciple away from his or her comfort zone. [...]

Image via Wikipedia You may hear regularly that we are bombarded with information and advertisements. However marketers know that you see what you want to. If you set up a website and want to advertise you find out that the banner ads on a lot of sites are becoming irrelevant because they are seen by [...]

I have a lens on a site called Squidoo. It is a Christmas quiz from college that I found very interesting. It is just a fun way of looking at what is in the bible about the birth of Christ and what we have added to it. Here is the link The [...]

I am starting this new series as a year long look at who Jesus is and what he really said. I have started a discipleship class with two friends and the first lesson is on Matthew 28:18-20, also known as the “Great Commission.” In this passage Jesus tells the disciples to teach the [...]

In late March our church pastor took a position at another church. Within a couple of weeks we had a transitional pastor come in not just to speak on Sundays but to help us find out who we as a church are and who we really need as a pastor. This time has [...]

My youngest son (6) exclaimed that today as he spelled Toys “R” Us. I laughed and filed it away with many other terms that have become Michaelisms in our house. A few hours later it began to eat at me as I thought what does that mean for me. How many people [...]

Just got this from Geoff Surratt Great video to explain a movement.  I am completely sold on multi-site being the way church should be.  If we stop building buildings, and start reaching out to our neighborhoods the message of salvation will be spread. Multi-Site – Being One Church in Multiple Locations from Zondervan on Vimeo. Related Posts:House [...]

The Barna Research Group released a report in May of this year talking about Casual Christians.  My first thought was that that is impossible because there is nothing casual about Christians. But my better judgment knows there is, and that casualness is described in Revelation chapter 3.  Jesus speaking to the last of the seven [...]

I grew up in the small Arkansas town of Russell. In this town we were lucky enough to have a school house. It was bigger than most old red one room school houses that you see portrayed on T.V. it was actually 3 or 4,000 square feet so the only reason I can find to [...]

Image via Wikipedia In 1st Corinthians 12 Paul tells us that we are all part of one body in Christ.  No matter where we came from or what we did before we became Christians we are now one in the body of Christ.  This is true in two ways.  First in totality of all Christians being [...]