Available as paperback book or Kindle E-book: 'Running The Race To Win’ is a book about developing a deeper understanding of discipleship and developing a deeper relationship with Christ. It does not matter if you are a businessperson, schoolteacher, nurse, athlete, computer technician, student etc. you are called to be a disciple and to make disciples. The contemporary church has many times neglected the original command laid down by Christ Himself and for this reason discipleship seems to be a radical message. However, for the church to fulfill its mission we must once again return to this radical call. The word radical comes from the Latin word radix meaning the root of things. Radical discipleship is simply a call to return to biblical foundations. Biblical foundations are at the root of discipleship since a disciple is one who has been instructed ...
This workbook contains the tools you need to make disciples…it is a biblical pattern you can use for establishing others in Christ and His ministry. There are three different sections in this workbook, which build upon each other much in the same way a house is built one section at a time. This material takes the believer from understanding the foundations of our Christian faith to each member of the church entering their place of service and using their God given gifts. There are 52 lessons laid out in an outline form so you can teach directly from the workbook or study on your own as a daily devotional.
It is an oxymoron that we actually advance in the kingdom by serving. I have to be honest that I have always struggled in this area because of the seeming contradictions I have found in scripture. We are supposed to make of ourselves of no reputation while at the same time we are [...]
It’s no secret that other people influence our lives. This is a widely understood fact of life. Sciences have been created to study how people affect one another. Sociology and psychology are studies of human interaction. Advertising, marketing, and economics have a firm foundation in understanding influences that we exert on one another [...]
I am going to start this post off with a statement that I want you to internalize. Jesus can use anyone or anything, but it is only those who wholeheartedly yield themselves to Him in covenant relationship that He can manifest Himself through. We are called to a higher purpose than to just [...]
Paul used a principle that I call our “measure of rule.” We don’t live in boxes, but we are limited to our measure of rule or boundaries. In the physical world a boundary is a property line. It defines where you end and someone else begins, or where you end and something else [...]
If you want to accomplish something of value, you have to be willing to go beyond where you have gone before. The world is full of people who have settled for the comfortable status quo of existence instead of pursuing their purpose. If you are willing to press on to something new, it [...]
Aristotle said, “To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.” It seems that many people settle for this way of living in mediocrity instead of pursuing purpose. The book of Proverbs calls this type of thinking a snare, which is a trap for catching animals. If you are afraid of failure [...]
The most frustrating thing in life is trying to be someone you are not. We cannot live in the boxes that society or religion makes for us. We cannot live in the boxes others make for us regardless of their good or bad intentions. When we think of peer pressure, we normally think [...]
Have you ever been to the zoo and watched the caged animals? If so, you can see that even though these animals have been rescued from death, they are still not free to be themselves. It is said that injured lions mostly die not from their injuries but from the pain of being [...]
It is that time of the year when all of the economic, political and spiritual prognosticators’ give their take for what the coming year is going to look like. Since this is 2012 we are especially going to be inundated with a tremendous amount of speculation. I am not going to try [...]
I am finishing up this series on change and in this post I am continuing on with the principle of the seed. I encourage you to read Part I and II of this series to get the full understanding of this post. At the moment of new birth the very seed or nature [...]
