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The Cost of Following Jesus: Lessons in Costly Discipleship
In an age of cheap discipleship, few passages offer a more sobering yet essential message than Luke 9:57–62. Here, we encounter three potential followers of Christ, each representing a different attitude toward discipleship and each receiving a distinct response from...
The Wonder of God’s Steadfast Love: Three Realities That Transform Our Faith
In a world where relationships fail and promises are broken, Micah’s closing words offer a breathtaking declaration of wonder: “Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression?” These words from Micah 7:18–20 capture the heart of what makes...
Breaking Down Barriers: Common Objections to Partnership Opportunities and How to Overcome Them
Partnership sounds wonderful in theory. When we hear stories of churches working together to plant new congregations or revitalise struggling ministries, our hearts are rightly stirred. This is what the body of Christ should look like. But when we begin to consider...
Challenges and Encouragements on the Road to Contentment: A Call to Christ-Centred Contentment
Hebrews 13:5 issues a necessary, but neglected, exhortation to Christians: “Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’” This single verse carries a rich balance of warning,...
Prayer, Fellowship, and Partnership: The Three Pillars of Sola 5
The foundation of Sola 5 is our shared confession of faith: We come together around sola gratia (grace alone), sola fide(faith alone), solus Christus (Christ alone), sola scriptura (Scripture alone), all for soli Deo gloria (glory to God alone)! Three pillars stand...
The Motivation for Devotion: Seeing the Loveliness of Christ
Previously, we considered Christ’s invitation to devotion to his people. Today, I want us to understand that he invites us to share in a trinitarian devotion. This understanding will help us in sharing in the intra-trinitarian devotion. How do we move beyond the cycle...
An Invitation to Devotion: Called to Share in Intimacy with Christ
The Monday morning alarm pierces your 5:00 am slumber and you find yourself caught between the comfort of your sheets and the demands of another day. As parents, you face a familiar routine: rousing sleeping children, coaxing reluctant teenagers from their beds, and...
Training for Godliness: Developing Spiritual Discipline
In our fitness-obsessed culture, programmes like “75 Hard” promise to transform participants through 75 days of rigorous physical and mental training. The programme’s five daily requirements—following a structured diet, completing two workouts, drinking nearly four...
Radical Marks of a Christian: Christ’s Call to Humility and the Hope of the Gospel
The human struggle with humility reveals itself most clearly when we consider the standard by whom we are to measure ourselves: Jesus Christ. We hesitate to hold ourselves against this divine benchmark. Instead, we engage in the far easier task of comparing ourselves...