Membership
If the eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you,” how much more can it not say that to a whole local body?
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son...
What is our hope in heaven? Christianity’s resounding answer to that question throughout the centuries has been the beatific vision—that we shall see the face of God.
“The most experienced psychologist or observer of human nature knows infinitely less of the human heart than the simplest Christian who lives beneath the Cross of Jesus. The greatest psychological insight, ability, and experience cannot grasp this one thing: what sin is.”
In Genesis 15, Abram is thumbing through some evidence—he still doesn’t have an heir—and he’s facing a gnawing question: "LORD, how can I know for sure that you’re trustworthy?”
When we realize that spiritual gifts are for the common good, we will be less concerned with ourselves and start serving people with the strength that God supplies.
Here are nine ways to raise up leaders to carry on the work of the ministry after you, pastor, are gone.
If the eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you,” how much more can it not say that to a whole local body?