Kevin DeYoung. Revelation 9:20-21 “The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands nor give up worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk, nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their sexual immorality or their thefts.”
God’s word to the peoples of the world is not only an offer of grace, nor even less simply a call to live rightly, nor even less still a promise to make all our dreams come true if we just have faith. We have not heard all that God wants to say to us unless we have heard his command to repent. Ezekiel said “Repent and turn from your transgressions” (Ezek. 18:30). John the Baptist said “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matt. 3:2). Jesus said “Repent and believe in the gospel” (Mark 1:15). Repentance has never been easy. Repentance has always been hard, always will be hard.
Regret, now that’s easy. Embarrassment is easy too. Vertical Church. Apr 09 2014 “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you . . . ” (Matthew 28:19-20a) I believe the ultimate end-game of all disciple-making is church planting.
That the mission of the church is missions, and the mission of missions is the church. That every ministry effort in and outside our church is to be viewed through the lens of making and strengthening disciples, some of whom the Lord will call to plant new churches, that make more disciples, who will plant more churches . . . and so on, until He returns. Since our first daughter church was planted in 2000, God has shown tremendous favor on Harvest Bible Fellowship, our church planting ministry.
MALAYSIA: By God’s grace, early this year we experienced the groundbreaking launch of Harvest Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, the first Harvest Bible Chapel in a Muslim country. Persecution Blog. Julie Roys. Desiring God Blog. Blog By Topic Subscribe David Mathis Wednesday went quietly.
Too quietly. With the previous three days awash in drama — Sunday’s triumphal entry, Monday’s temple cleansing, and Tuesday’s temple controversies — now Wednesday, April 1, A.D. 33, comes like the calm before the storm. But out of sight, lurking in the shadows, evil is afoot. Marshall Segal Sometimes it’s hard to sort out our lives before Christ. In his new single “Crimson Cord,” Propaganda pulls on the scarlet thread of God’s love in the past of the believer. Justin Taylor and Andreas Köstenberger It is now Tuesday morning, March 31, A.D. 33.
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