Tag: discipleship

Mark 6 is a chain of previews: Jesus rejected at home, disciples sent into rejection, and John’s death under a cowardly “king”. It’s all pointing forward — to the cross, and to the kingdom’s advance despite refusal.

Fruit of the Spirit: Self-Control

Dec 12, 2025

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Self-control is not willpower with a Christian sticker on top. It’s the Spirit pressing the grace of Christ into an ordinary life until a new steadiness grows.

Word Matters #8 — “Saint”: Why Ordinary Christians Can Use the S-Word Without Blushing

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“Saint” doesn’t mean spiritual hall-of-fame material. In the New Testament it’s the family name for every believer—ordinary Christians set apart for God in Christ. This piece clears the fog and gives the word back to Scripture.

Word Matters #4 — Metanoia: the Spirit-driven U-turn

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A fresh look at metanoia — the New Testament’s repentance word — and how a small Greek verb helped overturn a medieval system, reshape the Reformation, and still calls believers today into a Spirit-driven U-turn of life.

Word Matters #1 — Why Words Matter

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Starting a series on language, Scripture, and confidence for ordinary Christians.

Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness

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Gentleness isn’t weakness, softness, or avoiding hard truths. In Galatians 5 it’s the surprising strength of a life carried by the Spirit — the steadiness that flows from belonging to Christ rather than performing for him. This talk presses into what gentleness really is: not how we get into the kingdom, not how we stay…

Psalm 90:12: Teach us to number our days

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