Welcome! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed or subscribe via e-mail and stay up to date with new posts. Thanks for visiting!As you know, we just celebrated Easter - the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Jesus is alive!
Jesus’ resurrection has strong implications for those that believe in Him:
Romans 6:5-14
"If [...]

This is from a short devotional I gave at a recent ministry leadership meeting
What does it mean to “do life together with Jesus”? What does it mean for the individual and what does it mean for ministry?

1 Thessalonians 2:8 says:
“So deeply do we care for you that we are determined to share with you not [...]

How do you “define” discipleship?
At a recent retreat we (the ministry team at Calvary) came up with this working definition for discipleship as we move forward into the new year and into changing times:
Discipleship - Doing Life Together With Jesus.
Simple, yet broad.
Here is how we break it down:
Doing - Discipleship is active, not passive.
Life - [...]

Did you make any New Year resolutions? I’d like to suggest one: A Love Resolution.
Listen to this sermon from Dec 30 to find out what I’m talking about

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Also, check out this post Angela Coon over at UniquelyHis.net wrote about setting realistic growth goals for the New Year.
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One goal that many people make for the New [...]

Think about it. Jesus’ call to be his disciples is not a call to the comfortable, mundane, status quo, or mediocre. No, his call is quite different. Jesus calls us into a life of:
- selflessness (Matthew 16:24)
- sacrifice (Matthew 19:21 Mark 1:20)
- spontaneity and living by the Spirit (John 3:8)
- radical service (John 13:14-17)
- radical [...]

I was driving down the road the other day and noticed the beautiful changing colors of Fall. This is one of my favorite times of year, and the amazing color is one reason why. I find it amazing how the leaves turn just about every shade of red, orange, and yellow and come together to [...]

John 3:8 says,
“The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
Jesus said this to Nicodemus, a Pharisee who curiously came to Jesus in the secret of the night, as He was telling [...]

While reading Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation I came across this quote by C.S. Lewis which I have heard before:
Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before.  And [...]

At the close of Psalm 13 David writes (from The Message translation)
I’ve thrown myself headlong into your arms
I’m celebrating your rescue.
I’m singing at the top of my lungs,
I’m so full of answered prayers.
This is a great passage to meditate on and think about the answered prayers in our own lives. Take some time and [...]

What does discipleship mean to you? What does it mean to you to be a disciple of Jesus? What comes to your mind when these words are said? What king of person do you envision? What kind of life / lifestyle do you expect to see? Do you consider yourself a [...]