http://www.discipleshiptools.org What Blocks us from increasing our trust and faith in Jesus Christ? http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40612&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Jesus is telling us that a new birth is absolutely essential to enter the Kingdom of God. http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40611&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0400 The first encounter we will look at is in John 3: 1-21. This passage contains the quintessential slogan to what it means to be an Evangelical Christian. http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40610&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Introduction to Spiritual FormationIn the next nine studies we will be taking a look at the causes and motivations that block our spiritual growth. This subject is often called "Christian Formation" or "Spiritual Formation," or the "Ecology of Faith Development." http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40609&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0400 It all comes down to a decision. Will we make our faith real and impacting, relinquishing our pride to allow us to learn and grow, and in turn teach others, or will we plant our rears in the pew, so that our only impact is our butt print in that pew! http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40390&view=post&blogid=4189 Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0400 His call, above all else for us as Christians, of what God's will is all about, and of what we are to be doing in our personal lives and in our churches is… Discipleship! Nothing else is more important, period. http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40386&view=post&blogid=4189 Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Are you a committed Christian or a surrendered Christian? http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40385&view=post&blogid=4189 Sat, 1 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0400 The picture of life is the church as we relate to the world, living and working in the power of the Spirit by what Christ has done. http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40362&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Christ is the Teacher, but He is not only a Teacher! If we see Him only as a teacher, we will become flustered by being totally unable to do as He instructs. http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40360&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Sin and the wrath of God are to be taken seriously, especially by those who reject Him. http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40359&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 God is involved, that He does indeed care, and that He is concerned and does intervene in history, thus we can trust Him. http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40358&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 We are to wait, but we are not to be idle while we wait. We are to be involved and make every effort to know Him and make Him known. http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40357&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 We can be influencers even if we are being influenced from the wrong areas and guidelines. http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40356&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 This passage is about living honorably, even in the face of oppression and enticement. http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40355&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Using Our Faith To Live the Life To Which We Have Been Called! http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40354&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 God's grace and abundant mercy is available to us both now and as an inheritance to come! http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40353&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Then he gives us a litany of loaded theological words filled with power and meaning, showing us who our God is and, more prevalently, what He has done for us. http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40352&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Do you fear to witness? Have you done evangelism with all of your heart and passion with little to no results? http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40351&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 God has no obligation to save us or to show mercy, we have no right to receive God's love or grace, yet He does. http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40350&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Is there Unrighteousness with God? Have you got mad when things have not gone your way, or perhaps blamed God for your mistakes saying, well you made me? http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40349&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 This passage tells us with confidence, encouragement and assurance from a the human perspective of Paul who knows the magnitude from a God who loves and cares. http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40347&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Ultimate assurance! We have incredible assurance that nothing can separate us from God's love. http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40345&view=post&blogid=4189 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Romans 8: 18 - 30 http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40217&view=post&blogid=4189 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Romans 8: 18 - 30 http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40216&view=post&blogid=4189 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Romans 8:1-17 http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/?articleid=40215&view=post&blogid=4189 Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0400