Marked & Sealed
Jesus promised that He wouldn’t leave us as orphans but that He would send another Helper, the Holy Spirit, to live in us. And where the Holy Spirit would abide, there the Father and Son would be too. Paul continued in this theme in Ephesians and taught the saints that the Holy Spirit had marked…
Read MoreWDYB Episode #4: Disciples that Make Disciples
Today’s show focused on our heart for discipleship. Reading from a passage in his book, “Discipleship Based Churches,” Joe laid out the moral crisis taking place in our nation, and identified the primary cause as a lack of discipleship in American churches. In giving “A Word from the Word” Joe provides the answer to the…
Read More301 Class : Presuppositional Apologetics : Week 1 : Introduction
This course will study presuppositional apologetics to be a better witness for Jesus Christ. The textbook used will bring to light the presuppositional method with its most important parts. The student will learn how to know what they believe as a Christian is true and how to show the faulty assumptions of those without a…
Read MoreThe Gospel, Part 2
How do you chose a plane? When you go to the airport with your purchased tickets, how do you pick a plane? Do you walk around and look for a plane with your favorite color? Or the biggest one or maybe the “newest” one? Do you look in the lines and find where the most…
Read MoreWDYB Episode #3: Fishers of Men
Today’s show was evangelism heavy. Pastor Joe taught from the word about the biblical mandate to “preach the gospel to all creation” from Mark 16:9-20, and then spoke from the heart about evangelism in the life of the church. We believe evangelism is the mission of the Church, and a command to every disciple of…
Read MoreThe Gospel
On Paul’s second missionary journey he preached the gospel in Ephesus for around three years. During that time, despite great opposition, a large number of people were saved and discipled (Acts 18:19-19:41). Here is a summary of what God did in Acts 19:8-11, “8 Paul entered the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months,…
Read MoreWDYB Episode #2: Hated by Many, Loved by Some
Today’s episode covered a wide range of topics, from spiritual gifts to religious freedom to child rearing. In “About Us” we took a closer look at the Pentecostal worldview, where it came from, its basis in Scripture, and its impact on the world today. We then recapped a visit to MPI Church by missionaries, Jean…
Read MoreWDYB Episode #1: Knowing Your Identity
Today’s episode (our first EVER!) opened with an “About Us” segment that explored the meaning and application of Matthew 16:15 where Jesus asks His disciples, “Who do you say that I am?” The bottom line being that what we believe matters, what we believe determines how we ultimately live, what we believe must be carefully…
Read MoreMade to Praise
Do you know what you were made for? You were made to praise God and bring Him glory! Sadly, when you replace your primary purpose with something else it leads to pain, confusion and even destruction. If you tried to use a saw as a hammer it would destroy the hammer and be painful for…
Read MoreGod’s Plan
Nothing has every happened that has been outside the plan of God, whether bad or good. God’s plan encompasses everything in all creation, both in heaven and on earth. Sadly, many Christians become distressed when evil comes into their lives because they forget everything is, “Father-filtered.” At the same time, just because God allows evil…
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