Who is God? (Discipleship Training)
Discipleship Training #3: Who is God? What does it mean that our one God exists as three Persons? How do the three Persons relate to each other? How do we relate to our one God in his three Persons?
What Should We Do With the Bible? (Discipleship Training)
Discipleship Training #2: If the Bible is God’s breathed-out word, what should we do with it? Suggested resources for reading, studying, meditating, applying, and memorizing the Bible.
1 Corinthians 3:1–17: The Temple of God
God builds his Church spiritually—through the accomplished work Jesus Christ and him crucified, and by the work of the Holy Spirit. God alone gives the growth, but his people are the instruments by which God gives the growth. (Exposition of 1 Corinthians 3:1–17)
What is the Bible? (Discipleship Training)
Discipleship Training #1: What is the Bible? Why is the Bible so important? What makes the Bible different from other books in the world? Christian discipleship requires us to understand the nature of the Bible.
Discipleship Training and The Lost Art of Disciple Making (LeRoy Eims)
I love that The Lost Art of Disciple Making by LeRoy Eims offers a clear plan for training disciples. As a pastor, here is my suggestion for how to adjust Eims’s plan to offer a more robust vision of the church.
Blind Eyes, Deaf Ears, and Dull Hearts (1 Corinthians 2:9)
No eye has seen, no ear heard, and no heart imagined the hidden wisdom of God in a mystery predestined before the ages: the person and work of Christ. My argument against reading 1 Corinthians 2:9 as only a quotation of Isaiah 64:4 and 65:17.
1 Corinthians 2:6–16: Wisdom from the Holy Spirit
In his wisdom, God planned in eternity past to save sinners by the person and work of Jesus Christ, but the world cannot discern that wisdom. Thus, God sends his Holy Spirit to reveal his hidden wisdom in Christ. (Exposition of 1 Corinthians 2:6–16)
1 Corinthians 1:26–2:5: Christ and Him Crucified
If the cross is foolishness, and preaching is weakness, how does anyone ever come to believe in Christ? God calls his people to boast in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Exposition of 1 Corinthians 1:26–2:5)
1 Corinthians 1:18–25: The Foolishness and Weakness of God
The cross seems to be folly, yet, to those who are called, it is the power of God and the wisdom of God unto salvation. God calls fools to faith by the folly of the cross. (Exposition of 1 Corinthians 1:18–25)
1 Corinthians 1:1–17: Christ’s Holy, Divided Church
The people in the Church of God are called to be holy, and yet are sinfully divided. You cannot have the whole Christ without the whole Church. (Exposition of 1 Corinthians 1:1–17)
Luke 2:8–20: The Annunciation of the Shepherds
Jesus is glorious, but his glory is veiled. The gospel announces that Jesus reveals ever-increasingly more of his veiled glory by his word and through faith. (Exposition of Luke 2:8–20)
Luke 1:39–56: The Magnificat of Mary
The Advent of Jesus is more than a child for Mary, but the beginning of a new kingdom that will reverse human power entirely. God sent Jesus into this world to overturn the kingdoms of this world. (Exposition of Luke 1:39–56)