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Those who disciple are those who by teaching explain the truth of God. “Teaching them… (Matthew 28:20a). Those who disciple are those who after being taught, observe and obey the truth they have been told. “…to observe all that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:20b). Discipleship is also “…the obedience (agreement, respect, submission) to those teachings that promote the lifelong lifestyle of becoming ever more like Jesus (in my character), thereby bringing Him glory.” 
 
Those who disciple are those who by teaching explain the truth of God.

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Is it Missional to tell the truth?

Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2015 by Todd Pruitt on 1517

Does being missional require that we mislead people? 

I remember when the word missional was new. It was filled with all the facial hair, slim-fit shirt, Avett Brothers cache that a single word could carry. If churches were not actively seeking how to be “missional” they were missing out on the next great thing. And no church wants to miss out on what’s hot. 
 
It has not been easy nailing down just what missional means. I have heard about as many definitions for it as there are people who have attempted to define it for me.

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Joyful Exiles

by Scott Redd • July 16, 2015

Be a joyful exile, a penitent stranger, as your ancestors of the faith were before you, and in doing so lay hold of your identity in Chirst.

When talk turns to exile, Christians ought to understand the full sense of that term. God’s kingdom does not advance despite opposition from the world, but as a result of it. The church is experiencing her own exilic quality in many parts of the world, and the American church should not think she is exempt from such an experience as well. The experience of exile, however, should not inspire a generation of worried hand-wringers but a community of humble commitment.

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How the Church Ministers to Every Member

Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2015 by Aimee Byrd on Housewife Theologian

Is "women's ministry" a helpful term?

So I am a woman, who is a Christian, who loves to be a part of women’s Bible studies. I used to think that meant that I should be actively involved in a women’s ministry. But I haven’t always been sure of what women’s ministry should entail. And one theological concern that has been nagging away at me is the whole use of this word “ministry.” 
 
It seems that everyone in the church needs to be a part of some kind of niche ministry these days and women’s ministry is the queen of them all.

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Our Lord Weeps for Jerusalem

Posted 7/16/15 by Donald Barnhouse
The Gospel of Luke amplifies Mark’s account to tell us that as Jesus came to a turn in the road and saw Jerusalem in the distance, He wept, saying, “Would that even today you knew the things that make for peace! But now they are hid from your eyes. For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies will cast up a bank about you and surround you, and hem you in on every side, and dash you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another in you; because you did not know the time of your visitation” (Luke 19:42-44).
 
Theme: The Mirror of Prophecy
 
SCRIPTURE
Mark 11:1-11
 
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them,“Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

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Those who disciple are those who by teaching explain the truth of God. “Teaching them… (Matthew 28:20a). Those who disciple are those who after being taught, observe and obey the truth they have been told. “…to observe all that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:20b). Discipleship is also “…the obedience (agreement, respect, submission) to those teachings that promote the lifelong lifestyle of becoming ever more like Jesus (in my character), thereby bringing Him glory.” 
 
Those who disciple are those who by teaching explain the truth of God. “Teaching them… (Matthew 28:20a). Those who disciple are those who after being taught, observe and obey the truth they have been told.

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Over the Jordan at Last - Part Two

By James Boice
Theme: God’s Providence
This week’s lessons teach us about the character of God, as seen in the ark of the covenant which went before the Israelites through the Jordan.               
 
SCRIPTURE
Joshua 3:1-17
 
Then Joshua rose early in the morning and they set out from Shittim. And they came to the Jordan, he and all the people of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
The thing that is the most prominent, especially in chapters 3 and 4, is the presence of the ark of the covenant. Now we haven’t seen the ark of the covenant up to this point, but suddenly here it is as the focal point of the narrative. And it is mentioned again and again. It’s mentioned nine times in chapter 3, seven times in chapter 4, and four more times by the use of a pronoun. What was important about the ark? It was the focal point of the nation of Israel.  It was where God symbolically resided among his people.
 

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Conflicts Over Truth and Morality

by Steven McCarthy • July 15, 2015
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If a worldview can be likened to a set of corrective lenses through which one sees life and the world around them, it’s not hard to imagine why a proper worldview is important. If your perception of the world is inaccurate, you struggle to find your way, get dizzy, and bump into things. Holding a “Christian worldview” means taking “every thought captive to obey Christ” (2 Cor 10:5). It means Christ is your optometrist, and so your vision is clear. For example, we see Jesus operating as the great optometrist in passages like Mark 8:22-26.

If a worldview can be likened to a set of corrective lenses through which one sees life and the world around them, it’s not hard to imagine why a proper worldview is important. If your perception of the world is inaccurate, you struggle to find your way, get dizzy, and bump into things. Holding a “Christian worldview” means taking “every thought captive to obey Christ” (2 Cor 10:5). It means Christ is your optometrist, and so your vision is clear. For example, we see Jesus operating as the great optometrist in passages like Mark 8:22-26.

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Jesus Welcomed as King

Posted 7/15/15 by Donald Barnhouse
Throughout the Gospel of Mark, we have seen the attempts of the crowd to make Jesus king by force, to install Him into a position of earthly prominence and power. Jesus always ran away from it, but now He walks toward it. This is the only place recorded in all of the gospels where Jesus ever sought the place of prominence. He identifies Himself as King, but one very different from the king the crowds had envisioned.
 
Theme: The Mirror of Prophecy
 
SCRIPTURE
Mark 11:1-11
 
Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them,“Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

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Those who disciple are those who by teaching explain the truth of God. “Teaching them… (Matthew 28:20a).

Those who disciple are those who by teaching explain the truth of God. “Teaching them… (Matthew 28:20a).
 
Those who disciple are those who after being taught, observe and obey the truth they have been told.

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