Exploring God's Colossal Promises
Sharing life in Christ
What if Jesus Christ had never been born? How would the world and our lives be different? If Christ Had Not Come is a provocative 8-page drama by Phil Bickel. Enjoy this one-act skit informally at your Christmas gathering. Download the script for free.
I used to be an embezzler — a time embezzler. I was obsessed with work. When I looked at my kids, I felt like I was peering at them through the wrong end of a telescope. Despite the warning signs, I told myself, “It’s not so bad. I’m still focused and tuned in at work.” Then I began to feel the same distance and isolation at work. How I was rescued from that mess is told in my free booklet “A Matter of Time.” If your To Do list is a Too Much list, what I learned can help you too.
Want to live your life to the max? You can, when you know who you are. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians reads like official adoption documents. So, don’t waste another year feeling like an orphan in the universe. Marvel at how God adopts you as His child.
As culture wars rage in the USA and elsewhere, the threat of persecution increases. Can believers in Christ survive and even multiply under harsh conditions? The recent history of Disciple-Making Movements proves that we can. Consider three examples.
We stand 503 years from the Reformation. What was all the ruckus about? Utimately, the issue at the center of the Reformation was a personal question you may be asking today: How do I receive the forgiveness and love of God? To learn the answer read this short story.
Jesus Christ is still making disciples. In 1990, of the 100 million Bhojpuri in northern India, only 10,000 confessed faith in Christ. Today they number in the millions! Since then, the disciple-making principles that the Lord taught the Bhojpuris have spread to other parts of the globe. Why not your neighborhood too?
Are you ready to live to the max in 2020? You can, when you know who you are. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians reads like official adoption documents. So, don’t waste another year feeling like an orphan in the universe. Marvel at how God adopts you as His child.
English speakers in the southern USA condense “you all” into “y’all.” Jesus’ teachings in John 14 contain dozens of “y’all”s. Why? Because the Christian walk is not a lonely solo trek but a joyful group hike.
Jesus promised in John 14:12 that we would do greater things than He did. How can that possibly happen? By believing His promise and asking in His name. So, will you?
An ocean liner can’t change course quickly. Neither can churches. For Discovery Bible Study to transform your church, start slowly and incrementally. Bit by bit, God will steer your ocean liner on a new course to make disciples who make disciples.
Where does God live? According to John 14:23, His current address is surprisingly nearby. May we avidly seek the fulfillment of this promise.
How does one start making disciples who make disciples? Jesus said to find a person of peace. Here’s how.