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Online Retreat - August 3,2024, 4 pm Kenya Time
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"Great thoughts, Michael. Yes, each church is a different body part with its role to play, but may not find out which part or role without seeking to collaborate in unity with other churches for the good of the city and growth of the Kingdom. "
"A common theme I see in all of this is empowering and equipping disciples (decentralized, like the early Church) rather than attracting and retaining churchgoers (centralized, like the modern Church)."
"Love that line, "prayer and evangelism are two of the most obvious birthmarks of the new birth." I know we're all called to different ministry and endowed with particular gifts, but prayer and evangelism are not the entire answer. What's missing…"
"There are powerful, entrenched models and forces at work stopping church leaders at reformatting within the current context, knowing that rebooting or resetting (although it's right and biblical) risks all they've worked so hard to…"
"My wife is taking us through Dr. Jeremiah's Advent book each night - Season of Joy, a Celebration of Christmas"
"My favorite chapter in all of Scripture (if I had to choose one) is Hebrews 10. IMHO, no where else is Jesus' mission and the connection between the OT and NT explained so clearly. "
"Interesting talk - need to think more about the speaker's challenging question, "Are we weeping with the merchants or laughing with the angels?""
"Had a few minutes between tasks and stumbled on this sermon - powerful stuff. I've been hanging out in Jude 1:20-21 for a few days - your message sheds light on the meaning of that verse."
"Great videos, excerpts, and insights on prayer, Phil. Thanks for openly sharing your experiences and revelations."
"Fantastic interview - important messages that I pray make their way into the hearts of many Christians and sanctuaries of many churches."
"Sad, but well said, Phil. A friend convinced me to write in parable form so just wrapped up a 5 part series about a hypothetical church planter tracing his prgression from high ideals to the depths you outlined above. Now launching into another 5…"
"Creative and inspiring article! Thanks, brother. Merry Christmas to you and your family!"
Christians may understand the urgency of evangelism and their role in leading people to Jesus, yet not know what the Bible says about how to share their faith. In other words, many get the “why” and “who”, but not the “how”. Few churches are…
"This article and the ratio concept are fantastic, Phil. Great biblical insights that I've never seen captured and reflected in this way. My only thought is that the 1:1 ratio is most critical yet most ignored these days. Discipleship is about the…"
"Enjoyed the interview - great message and mission. Not surprising coming from someone with the same name as my son, Jamie Morgan!"
Verse of the Day: 2 Corinthians 10:3-4
For though we walk in the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but might in God for pulling down strongholds.”
Praying Hands Albrecht Durer
Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
Son of the Father, in truth and love. I rejoiced that I found thy children walking in truth, …
The Praying Together Class which was on Pray.network has been updated/revised and is now posted on Wheatlandministries.blogspot.com.
It is an excellent training, encouraing people to pray together.
Now, dear children, continue to live in fellowship with Christ
so that when he returns, you will be full of courage
and not shrink back from him in shame.
1 John 2:28 NLT
Be captivated in your heart.
Lovingly obey Me, and I will get…
Children and Prayer Class update
The Children and Prayer class blog presented by Wheatland Ministries has been updated. This was necessary because some of the links no longer worked, and other technical “updates” to the blog were made in the past by Google.
The Blog should work well now. If you have visited it in the past, please…
Add diligence to divine promises, employ effort exercising faith
to develop virtue (excellence, resolution, Christian energy),
and in exercising virtue develop knowledge (intelligence),
and in exercising your knowledge develop self-control,
exercising self-control develop endurance (patience),
exercising…
To this were you called—it is inseparable from your vocation.
Christ suffered for you, leaving you His personal example,
so that you should follow on in His footsteps.
1 Peter 2:21 THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE
In a chaotic world, cultivate a calm…
Articles and News from My 18 Years as Prayer Coordinator
Christians may understand the urgency of evangelism and their role in leading people to Jesus, yet not know what the Bible says about how to share their faith. In other words, many get the “why” and “who”, but not the “how”. Few churches are preparing members well to present the Gospel and respond to typical questions. …
Not all church growth is healthy growth. Unhealthy growth attracts people from other churches by catering more to them and expecting less of them. Healthy, exponential growth involves sending those who’ve experienced genuine life change out into the community to demonstrate and share the love of Jesus Christ with those hopeless and hurting. The growth potential from discipleship is about leverage and empowerment, fueled by the Holy Spirit. There is so much latent…
In addition to the internal impediments to discipleship we discussed last week, there are cultural norms making it difficult for churches in America to build disciples. Even if pastors were fully committed to implementing personalized, intensive discipleship programs, they would encounter three significant attitudinal roadblocks pervading the…
Jesus selected an odd cast of characters to be His disciples. If you were asked to pick a team of 12 people to change the course of history, I’m guessing you wouldn’t head straight to the local marina or IRS office looking for candidates. Yet that’s exactly what Jesus did. In fact, the Old Testament, New Testament and the annals of church history are riddled with stories of “ordinary people doing extraordinary things”. God gets all the glory when those least capable achieve the seemingly…
Part 1 – Internal Factors
As we showed last week, discipleship expands the Kingdom, changes your community and grows your church. So why do only 1% of church leaders surveyed believe American churches are discipling well. Why wouldn’t more pastors emphasize discipleship and implement a discipleship track that goes well beyond sermons and small groups…
We Look More Like the Church BC than AD
Why did Jesus come when He did? Theories abound, but the state of the Church was likely, at least in part, behind God’s timing. Religious practices and teachings had gotten far off course, fueled by impure motives and metrics – and leading to cynicism among non-believers and an improper understanding of God among believers. Jesus came to blow up those misconceptions and set the record straight – about who God is and what He expects of His followers. Jesus reserved His harshest words and…
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Skip Holman
Minister of Discipleship
Northeast Baptist Church
San Antonio, Texas 78217