A healthy church understands the importance of, and practices, meaningful church membership. It is through active, meaningful membership in a local church that Christians live out the commands of Scripture. The preaching ministry of the elders is the primary means by which God saves and grows His people in the local church. Through the preaching and teaching ministry the church is equipped to serve and do ministry.
Teaching Notes for Session Titled: The Preaching/Teaching ministry of the local church
MARK: A healthy church understands the preaching ministry not as an independent cluster of sermons, but as a body of work intended to transform the people of God.
The preaching ministry of the elders is the primary means by which God saves and grows His people in the local church. Continue reading »
I am taking my church through a new study on Sunday evenings. I am utilizing these three books in developing this study. So far, the first two messages have been well received. Many in attendance have remarked that these messages should be preached in the Sunday morning service. I agree. Last Sunday evening, I spoke on the importance of meaningful church membership and sought to answer the questions: Is church membership biblical? Why join a church? I also gave discussed what should be the minimum expectations of any member, old or new, in our church: Gathering, Giving, Praying and Serving. Continue reading »
Today, on Tweetdeck, I came across a link to a video of a 12 year old girl. In the video she gives a speech that she would later give at her school’s speech competion. Her topic was abortion. Needless to say, school officials were not pleased.
I, however, was not only pleased at her topic and her speech, but also the simple logic she presents. It’s so simple, even a 12 year old could explain it. No offense intended! You get the point. What some adults can’t seem to realize is that life is precious, no matter what stage of embryonic development. Here is the blog address http://bound4life.com/blog/2009/02/06/y-o-p-p
Here is the video
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