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Vision for Renewal: Renewal Series Part 1
The church today is in serious decline. There is a desperate need for a new outpouring of God’s Spirit. We must first recapture the biblical vision of the great church leaders and churches in history. Learn more in the new Renewal Series Part 1 by Dr. Steve Childers.
Corporate Worship Services: Worship Series Part 6
Our corporate worship should inspire our personal worship and our personal worship should culminate in our corporate worship. Learn practical ways your weekly worship can be more edifying to you and honoring to God in this new episode on worship by Drs. Frame and Childers.
Why Your Work Matters to God: Faith and Work Series Part 1
In today’s hybrid work culture, Christians need to embrace biblical principles and practices of work and rest. Recommit to a biblical view of work this Labor Day and get 50% DISCOUNT on “Faith & Work Course” by Dr. Steve Childers.
Wholehearted Worship - Existential Perspective: Worship Series Part 5
Learn how to worship God with your whole being, including your mind, affections, and intentional, physical acts of your body in this new episode on existential perspective of Worship by Drs. Frame and Childers.
The Cultural Perspective of Worship: Worship Series Part 4
Should I lift up my arms in worship? Should I bow down? Learn how to avoid the twin dangers of blindly neglecting the worship practices of the past and rigidly adhering to them in the present in this new episode on cultural perspective of Worship by Drs. Frame and Childers.
The Biblical Perspective of Worship: Worship Series Part 3
How should you respond to church leaders who accuse you of displeasing God if you don’t worship according to their practices, when you can’t see these practices condemned or required in the Bible? Learn how in this new episode on Biblical Worship by Drs. Frame and Childers.
Hope: Longing for One Kiss and One Song that Never Played
“I love that it [this line] is being questioned in that it means the poetry of the lyric is doing its job. And that job, or one of them, is to evoke deep feeling and imagery in an expansive way so that each reader/singer can see some of their deepest moments within them though having lived very different circumstances from one another.” – T. L. Moody
Vertical and Horizontal Worship: Worship Series Part 2
In our last episode, we learned about the broad and narrow focus in biblical worship. In this episode we learn about the vertical and horizontal focus in biblical worship. Our vertical focus is on God and our horizontal focus is on others. Learn more.
Broad and Narrow Worship: Worship Series Part 1
Learn how to deepen your understanding and experience of true worship in the new Worship Series by Drs John Frame and Steve Childers. In this episode, learn what the Bible teaches about a broad and narrow sense of worship.
How Can I Forgive Someone Who’s Wronged Me?: Managing Conflict Series Part 6
The final step in resolving all conflicts is to forgive those who wrong you and be reconciled to them. But how can I forgive someone who wronged me? Learn more.
How Do I Own Conflict as a Chief Repenter?: Managing Conflict Series Part 5
Be the “chief repenter” by learning 7 marks of a genuine, biblical confession. One of the most liberating acts in life is to confess your sin, not only to God but to another person. Learn how.
How Do I Engage Conflict Wisely?: Managing Conflict Series Part 4
When someone’s sin is too serious to overlook, Jesus gives us a detailed step-by-step process through which we are to confront them in a loving yet firm manner – always with the goal of their restoration. Learn how.
How Do I Manage Conflict?: Managing Conflict Series Part 3
People can still hurt us deeply but they cannot crush us and rob our joy when we learn how to believe in the gospel. We can be liberated to forgive and love others well when we learn how deeply Christ forgives and loves us.
How to Develop an Effective Discipleship Plan: How to Make Disciples Series Part 6
The reason most local churches do not have more mature disciples is because they don’t have an intentional discipleship plan. What does an effective discipleship plan look like?
Imitating Christ in Discipleship: How to Make Disciples Series Part 5
What would Jesus’ ministry look like today if he were a local church leader? His ministry methods are worthy of our serious thought and imitation. Learn how to be like Jesus not only in your moral virtues but also in your ministry methods.
Goals in Discipleship: How to Make Disciples Series Part 4
WARNING: Someone can be a visionary leader, outstanding preacher, brilliant Bible scholar, and missionary martyr but still not be a mature disciple. What does a mature disciple of Jesus Christ really look like? You might be surprised.
Principles of Discipleship: How to Make Disciples Series Part 3
Discipleship Principles 101: Effective discipleship requires placing principles before methods. Too much focus on methods can be harmful. Learn 6 biblical principles of discipleship you can apply with effectiveness in any ministry context.
The Master’s Method of Discipleship: How to Make Disciples Series Part 2
When Jesus’ plan is reflected on, it’s so different from the modern church that its implications are nothing less than revolutionary. Learn how to be more effective in making disciples by taking a closer look at the Master's method.
Foundations of Discipleship: How to Make Disciples Series Part 1
Jesus commands us to make disciples. But what exactly is a disciple and how should we make disciples? Learn how the Bible defines a disciple and the 3 specific ways Jesus teaches us to make disciples – in this 1st lesson in the new series, “How to Make Disciples.”
My Relationship With God in 20 Seconds
“We hate this dependency. It is nice to be save–once. When we face our lostness and are saved from it, we burst into song: “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me.” But it is not easy to live as a dependent daily. We don’t like to be pulled from the water, gasping and choking, day after day.” – Tim Stafford, Knowing the Face of God