Did you know the well known "Lord's Prayer" was meant to be a character-strengthening test as well as a request? You'll never say it so easily again if you grasp what the Greek text reveals.

What confidence do you have in prayer? A look at 1 John 5:14-15 shows that the Apostle John wanted us to know whatever we ask, contrary to popular thought, there are no unanswered prayers.

"For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus" is a familiar verse for many Christians. Unless we see who "you" was, we miss the powerful message God intended to convey.

King David shows how to lead when poisonous arrows of surreptitious enemies cause even your close advisers to give up.

Even before the meal began, Jesus criticized his host's ritual. His lesson about traditions is something we all need to take to heart.

Every follower of Christ is called by the Father to share Christ's crown of thorns. Or perhaps you don't think there's one in your size...

Part 5 of a series on Disciple Making in Community. What types of groups should we implement?

Part 4 of a series on Disciple Making in Community. It's common to see church leaders create discipleship and membership training based on the modern secular educational system. So we have Discipleship 101, 201, 301 etc..

Part 3 of a series on Disciple Making in Community. Regardless of their physical age, the Scripture likens new followers of Jesus to infants who need to be brought to mature stature.

Part 2 of a series on Disciple Making in Community. Since God expects every disciple to grow to maturity, we need to know what a mature disciple looks like! With a little bit of work, we can glean from God's word some essential characteristics of mature disciples.

Part 1 of a series on making more mature disciples of Jesus.

With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990, many people seem to think the "Red Threat" is passed. Indeed, the likelihood of a third world war with China does not seem an immediate threat, barring some complication on the Korean peninsula, or over Taiwan. The other openly Marxist states...