Plugging in the Lamp
As we continue our series on the epidemic of spiritual immaturity in the church, based on the book _Outrageous Love, Transforming Power_ by Terry Wardle, we get to the characteristic of empowerment, the idea that...
Giving Back
As we continue our series on the epidemic of spiritual immaturity in the church, based on the book _Outrageous Love, Transforming Power_ by Terry Wardle, we get to the characteristic of ministry, the idea that...
Broken
As we continue our series based on Terry Wardle’s book, _Outrageous Love, Transforming Power_, looking at the characteristics of Jesus that bring spiritual maturity, we come to the theme of brokenness. We all have brokenness,...
Character Over Caricature
As we continue our series called “Epidemic in the Church: Spiritual Immaturity”, based on Terry Wardle’s book, _Outrageous Love, Transforming Power_, we look at how embodying good Christian character helps us become spiritually mature. The...
Life Together
In this series entitled, “Epidemic in the Church”, we’re learning about the problem of spiritual immaturity. If we live as Jesus did as shown in the gospels, we will develop spiritual maturity. So far, we...
Let’s Get Intimate
In Terry Wardle’s book, Outrageous Love, Transforming Power, he notes 8 characteristics of Jesus’ life that, if we emulate them, we will find ourselves getting out of the epidemic of spiritual immaturity that characterizes the...
Know Whose You Are
In Terry Wardle’s book, Outrageous Love, Transforming Power, he talks about the crisis that exists in the church due to spiritual immaturity. (Get the book. It’s well worth the read, and is available from the...
Fulfill Your Calling
In a culture of celebrity, be a servant. That’s what the Palm Sunday story tells us, well illustrated by the apostle Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 12.1-31a, in which he wrote to a dysfunctional church...
Reclaim your Call
Many people in the world – even some church-going people, even some people who have professed faith in Jesus – treat their faith as an add-on, an option among many other options. Yet to be...
God Calling
If you follow Jesus, you’re a gifted person. The Bible tells us in a number of places that every follower of Jesus has at least one special ability, given by God, to serve him in...