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Session 6 Teaching - M'Cheyne One Year Reading Plan. Ywam Kansas City. Why YWAM KC?

Ywam Kansas City

YWAM Kansas City is the product of nearly two decades of planning a strategic alliance between the largest prayer and missions movement on the earth, in a collaborative effort of the Body of Christ to fulfill the Great Commission. Youth With a Mission, a global, multi-cultural expression of Christian believers, pioneered a base in Kansas City in 2011, catalyzing one of the first missional expressions of the global prayer movement. We believe the centrality of God’s presence is fundamental to impacting society locally and globally with the gospel. Our vision involves implementing long-term discipleship models in strategic and measurable missions, co-laboring with other key players in fulfilling the Great Commission such as Call2All, and becoming the apostolic sending hub, bringing the highest revelation of Jesus Christ to the nations.

QS-Quick Start. Authors@Google: Timothy Keller. "We Engage Culture for Jesus," Lecrae at R12. Panel with John Piper and Mark Dever : CROSS. The Bible Project. Rick Warren: A life of purpose. Desiring God. David Pawson. RELEVANT Magazine. 2013 Resurgence Conference.

2013 Resurgence Conference The 2013 Resurgence Conference was held November 5th and 6th in Downtown Seattle and broadcast to four locatons across the nation, as well as live online tomore than 20,000 people.

2013 Resurgence Conference

Featuring Mark Driscoll, Rick Warren, Matt Chandler,Greg Laurie, Crawford Loritts, James MacDonald, and more. Sign up for a free Global Account from Resurgence to receive updateson the 2014 Resurgence Conference and future events,as well as exclusive content only for members. The Gift of Prophecy. The Names of God in the Old Testament. "Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory [is] above the earth and heaven.

The Names of God in the Old Testament

" Psa 148:13 In the Old Testament times, a name was not only identification, but an identity as well. Many times a special meaning was attached to the name. Names had, among other purposes, an explanatory purpose (e.g., Nabal, whose name means "fool," is the target of Abigail's explanation to David: "For as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him:" - 1Sa 25:25).

Throughout Scripture God reveals Himself to us through His names. Who is God to you? Is He your Most High God, All sufficient One, Master, Lord of Peace, the Lord Who Will Provide? Where did the Bible come from? How did we get the Bible?

Where did the Bible come from?

Can we be sure that our Bible today is the same as what God inspired to be written? Pastor Mark Driscoll explains the fascinating story of how the Bible got from God to us in this second installment of his blog series, which provides a guided tour of topics such as what is the Bible, principles for interpreting the Bible, and misconceptions about the Bible.

As New Testament scholar Daniel B. Wallace has said, “Before the year 1881, you had three choices for an English Bible translation: the KJV, the KJV, or the KJV.” In our day, we are tremendously blessed to have a variety of English Bible translations that we can access easily. Sexy "christianity". — kyledonn.com. My generation of believers loves the idea of radical Christianity.

sexy "christianity". — kyledonn.com

It’s edgy, compromises everything, it’s dangerously transparent, and it’s simple. Phrases like “I just want Jesus” are its slogan – its very breath. What Men Want in a Godly Woman. Editor's Note: This is the second in a two part series of what people are looking for godly marriage material.

What Men Want in a Godly Woman

Click here to read yesterday's post, "What Women Want in a Godly Man. " “Single 27-year-old male, searching for a life-partner. Why millennials are leaving the church. Opinion by Rachel Held Evans, Special to CNN (CNN) – At 32, I barely qualify as a millennial.

Why millennials are leaving the church

I wrote my first essay with a pen and paper, but by the time I graduated from college, I owned a cell phone and used Google as a verb. I still remember the home phone numbers of my old high school friends, but don’t ask me to recite my husband’s without checking my contacts first. I own mix tapes that include selections from Nirvana and Pearl Jam, but I’ve never planned a trip without Travelocity. Despite having one foot in Generation X, I tend to identify most strongly with the attitudes and the ethos of the millennial generation, and because of this, I’m often asked to speak to my fellow evangelical leaders about why millennials are leaving the church. I Wonder If Sunday School Is Destroying Our Kids - Beliefs of the Heart.

Several years ago I met with a woman distraught by her son’s rejection of Christianity.

I Wonder If Sunday School Is Destroying Our Kids - Beliefs of the Heart

On Faith. The Question Why did Jesus come to the Earth?

On Faith

Sunday school & church goers will answer something along this line: To save us from our sins so that we can go to heaven and have eternal life Focus on self-benefit (going to heaven) and self-salvation (eternal life) constitute the underlying paradigm of this common response. America's obsession with heaven, a mythical place with no negativity and everything good, and immortality has diluted the truth of the gospel.

The Bridge to Heaven and Eternal Life Many Christians today have seen an illustration similar to the one above in an explanation of Jesus' work. Many Christians today have grown up reading or learning mainly about how Jesus Christ saved us from our sins. The Rise of Steph Curry Is No Fluke. Steph Curry is currently the best basketball player living on planet earth.

The Rise of Steph Curry Is No Fluke

There are people that may argue that Lebron is currently better or Jordan was historically better, but a look at the raw numbers tell you why he’s the first player ever to be unanimously chosen as league MVP (the second year in a row he’s won the award). Curry is the first NBA player ever to average more than 30 points a game while playing less than 35 minutes a game (he’d often sit out at the end of games because they were blowouts). He recently led his team to the best regular season in NBA history, breaking a record held by Jordan’s Chicago Bulls. He hit 402 three pointers in the regular season. Emotional Health Creates Relational Wealth. “The righteous choose their friends carefully” (Proverbs 12:26a NIV).

If you wait for the perfect wife or the perfect husband, it isn’t going to just happen. Let me tell you why: We’re all broken. 8 Ways to Know You're in a Healthy Relationship. As anyone who has navigated the world of dating well knows, romantic relationships can create some of our greatest happiness and some of our deepest heartache. They make us think, stress us out and bless us abundantly. Most of us desire to end up as part of a happy couple one day. We want relationships that will last and bring us real joy. And God wants that for us, too. Therefore, it’s important for us to know what a healthy, lasting relationship looks like. Below are eight key traits of a healthy relationship that can help create the foundation for long-term, side-by-side growth and happiness as God intended: 10 Leadership Tips from the Life of David. Imagine David sitting down with you and me at the end of his life, offering us the opportunity to ask him what tips he might have for us for our own leadership today.

What might he tell us? The following may well be included in his top 10: 1. Be Your Unique, God-Given Self. 10 Marks of a Mature Christian. I have two boys (Noah and Micah) 15 months apart. My Daily Bread is: To Know and to Do the Will of God 24/7 with the Mind of Christ. Do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is for you at all times. [Eph 5,16-17] ____________________________________________ ____________________________