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How different we would be if we were to follow Jesus' plan for Biblical reconciliation. Continue

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Jesus said: If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. (Matthew 16:24)



What is it to be a disciple of Christ?

It is to come after him. A true disciple of Christ is one that follows him in duty and will follow him to glory. A disciple… Continue

Henry David Thoreau wrote, “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout… Continue

We know that Jesus was the greatest disciple maker who has ever lived, but how did He begin?



Though Jesus had many who followed, He chose only twelve ordinary men with a mixture of backgrounds and personalities to be His disciples. Jesus’ entire ministry depended upon these men who would go on to start the Christian Church. He began His discipleship ministry in prayer:



“One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to… Continue