Articles Tagged 'Us' (Page 4)

Living vs. Life

by Paul Faulkner · 1 Timothy 5:8 · Work

Life is more than making a living, it's making a life.

What's the difference between making a living and making a life?

Please, Help Me Learn to Pray

by Phil Ware · Matthew 6:5-14 · Prayer

Phil Ware provides a host of resources on prayer and how to grow our prayer lives.

I feel like I am launching my prayers upward, as if I was shooting bbs toward heaven, only to have them hit a metal ceiling and fall at my feet, mocking me with their ineffectiveness!

Spirits, Demons, and the One Greater than Them All

by Tim Archer · 1 John 4:4 · Spiritual Warfare · Halloween

There are scary things in this world, but we need not fear any of them. The one who is in us is greater than the powers of this world.

Do spooky things scare you?

What is CORE: Finishing

by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15:1-7 · Core

Phil Ware brings his series on 'What is CORE!' to a close, giving us a short summary to help us remember these three CORE passages and what they teach and call on us to do.

I remain convicted that these passages give us the CORE of what we must believe and practice as Jesus' disciples.

Phil Ware finishes his series on What is Core by talking about worship and the importance of meeting together in big and small groups, but also living out the life God has called us to lead, being a reflection of the righteous character and gracious compa

Why do we put so much emphasis on worship in the box and not in our everyday lives?

What is Core: Communing

by Phil Ware · Matthew 26:17-35 · Core

Phil Ware talks about what is core to our faith and then ties it to everyday meals as well as our celebration of the Lord's Supper and the things of first importance in 1 Corinthians 15:1-7.

When we gather in Jesus' name, something transcendent happens: the Lord is present with us!

Communion: Passion, Pain, and Promise

by Max Lucado · Matthew 26:18 · Communion

Max Lucado tells about sharing communion as a boy and what it means to us now -- more than symbol, it's sacrament, a holy time of anticipation.

Communion was intended to be an I-can't-believe-it's-me-pinch-me-I'm-dreaming invitation to sit at God's table and be served by the King himself.

What Is Core: Loving

by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

Phil Ware continues his series on what is core and focuses on love and what it is and how Jesus and God demonstrate it.

Core to following Jesus is becoming like God in offering love, first.

What is CORE: Training

by Phil Ware · Matthew 28:18-20 · Great Commission

Phil Ware continues his series on What is CORE focusing on the training -- teaching to obey -- element of the Great Commission.

Our practice of omitting from the Lord's Great Commission is more likely based on our preference for the attractional model of doing church.

What is CORE: Baptizing

by Phil Ware · Romans 6:3-7 · Baptism

Phil Ware continues his series on "What is CORE" by talking about baptism and why it is important.

God has given us a way to experience the saving work Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection.

The Hand of Hope

by Max Lucado · Romans 15:13 · Presence

Max Lucado reminds us that God's grace shows up for us daily in the nail-scarred hands that Jesus uses to rescue us and work with us through his presence in our lives.

To see the despair without the grace is suicidal. To see the grace without the despair is upper room futility But to see them both is conversion.

What is CORE: Going

by Phil Ware · Matthew 28:18-20 · Great Commission

Phil Ware continues his series on "What is CORE" by focusing on Jesus' final and intentional last command to make disciples of all nations, and emphasizes the first process of doing that: GOING!

True disciples of the Lord haven't stopped going ever since Jesus commanded it!

What IS CORE: Disciple-making

by Phil Ware · Matthew 28:18-20 · Disciple Making

Phil Ware continues his series on "What is CORE" by focusing on Jesus' final and intentional last command to make disciples of all nations.

When I die, my prayer is that Jesus will tell me that my life has honored his final command with even more passion and purpose. How about you?

What Is Core: Believing

by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15:1-7 · Creation · Core

Phil Ware begins a series of messages on what is core, or what is at the heart of what we must believe and do to be true disciples of Jesus, today.

What is most important for us to believe and do as disciples of Jesus, today?

What Is CORE? Jesus!

by Phil Ware · 1 Corinthians 15:1-7 · Core

Phil Ware stops at the mid-point in his series on What is CORE to review and look forward to what is ahead.

How do we know what passages of Scripture are most essential?

Which Way Will I Run?

by James Nored & Phil Ware · Mark 14:50-52 · Resurrection

James Nored and Phil Ware share in video, words, and images some of the many reasons Christians have to believe that Jesus was raised from the dead and is Lord, Christ, Jesus, and Son of God!

Will I run in faith to follow the Jesus of the empty tomb even if it means I have to follow him to a cross of my own?

Leaving the Past, Living the Kingdom

by Paul Faulkner · Matthew 6:10 · Future

Paul Faulkner reminds us that we need to live for the present to help others and keep our focus on the matters of the Kingdom rather than let our lives get filled with regret for the past.

How can I escape my past?

The Narrow Way Is Not About Narrow Thinking!

by Ron Rose · Mark 10:46-52 · Thinking · The Way

Ron Rose is back at Black Rifle Coffee, and God is in the room inviting people to walk with Jesus in the narrows!

These followers are not what they used to be and not yet what they are going to be... they are learners.

Eternity: Beyond Separation to Hope

by Gene Vance · 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 · Grief · Death

Gene Vance shares insights from his book, 'Transition to Eternity' to help us find great hope and anticipation of Eternity with Jesus!

When this life-altering grief and separation invade our worlds, we are left with many challenges, some seem insurmountable.

I Doubt It: Never Die

by Phil Ware · John 11

Phil Ware continues his "I Doubt It" series focused today on Jesus' promise to Mary that those who believe in him will never die.

Can Jesus really promise us that we will never die?

Raise Up Many Disciples

by Lois Tverberg · Matthew 28:18-20 · Disciple-making

Dr. Lois Tverberg shares great insights on the meaning of discipleship and a disciple based on their meaning in Jesus' Jewish culture.

Becoming a great rabbi was the highest goal possible, and just to be a disciple of a famous rabbi was an honor.

I Doubt It: I AM, Don't Be Afraid

by Phil Ware · John 6:15-21 · Fear

Phil Ware continues his series called "I Doubt It" and this week focuses on Jesus coming to his closest followers through the storm when they were exhausted, afraid, and uncertain.

Maybe the goal in life is not to arrive at our goals, but to invite Jesus into the journey and let him get us where we need to be.

I Doubt It: You Feed Them

by Phil Ware · John 6 · Provision

Phil Ware continues his series on 'I Doubt it' focusing this week on Jesus' challenge to the apostles to feed the five thousand.

Will we hold a miracle in our hands? My experience says, “Yes!”

We Were Made for This!

by Melissa Troyer · Philippians 4:13 · Marriage · Love

Melissa Troyer shares her heart about the strength, faith, and love that it takes to get through hard things and hard times together.

There are a million little moments that really matter, and you DO have what it takes to give.

Joseph, My Hero

by Phil Ware · Matthew 1:18-2:23

Phil Ware uses this Father's Day to remind us of the man God chose to be daddy to Jesus -- Joseph the Carpenter -- and his greatness despite being overlooked by many who love Jesus!