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Zac Poonen

(Practical Discipleship) 4. Discipleship And Church Matters

Zac PoonenA disciple of Jesus can never be a loner. He will always live in fellowship with other disciples in a local church. Jesus said that the primary mark of His disciples would be "love for one another" (John 13:35). This is possible only when the disciple is related to other disciples. So there cannot b... Read More
Zac Poonen

Are you making disciples or converts?

Zac PoonenWhat obedience to the great commission actually involves It is a common mistake among believers to be taken up with one Scripture on a subject, to the exclusion of other Scriptures on the same subject. Satan tempted our Lord with the words "It is written ..." (Mt.4:6). But the Lord rejected the temp... Read More
Zac Poonen

The marks of cultism

Zac Poonen"Let no-one defraud you of salvation's victory prize, no-one who indulges in assumed (false) humility and the cult of messenger-worship .... instead of keeping hold on the Head from which the whole body grows with God's increase"(Col.2:18,19 - Berkeley version). "A people who walk in the way which i... Read More
Alfred P. Gibbs

Scriptural Principles of Gathering

Alfred P. GibbsScriptural Principles of Gathering OR Why I Meet Among Those Known as Brethren by Alfred P. Gibbs Foreword by John Bloore Plainfield, N. J. February, 1935. As the years pass and the Lord calls home those who have been used to bring out the essential teachings of God's word as to the truth of the gos... Read More
Dave Hunt

Faith, Works & the Holy Spirit

In our recent series of meetings in Switzerland, Germany, Poland and Russia my wife, Ruth, and I saw again that the spiritual climate is much the same worldwide. Everywhere we found joyful, victorious Christians and good evangelical churches but they are a small minority. Seventy-five percent of Rus... Read More
Denis Lyle

Name and claim it!

Reading: Acts 8:26-40 19. WHAT IS THE MISSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Is there a hell Yes! Is there a heaven Absolutely! Did Christ die on the cross and rise again to keep people out of hell Yes. So basically our work as Christians is all about getting people to Jesus Christ! Someone has said, "The missi... Read More
Denis Lyle

The importance of delegating responsibility

2 Kings 9: 1-13 10: 28-31 THE IMPORTANCE OF DELEGATING RESPONSIBILITY. Most people who hold positions of responsibility find it difficult to delegate authority. Do you recall the epitaph on the tombstone of the business executive "This cemetery is full of people who thought they were indispensable".... Read More
Denis Lyle

What is the mission of the Holy Spirit?

Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:1-13 20. CHARISMATIC CONFUSION Startling things are happening among professing Christians today. Amazing claims abound that God is doing signs, wonders and miracles. Fantastic encounters with Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit are reported as common place. Healings of all kin... Read More
Greg Herrick

Lecture Four—Christology: Jesus Christ

The term “christology” (from Greek christos meaning “anointed one” or “Christ”) refers to the study of Christ. It often includes such topics as the preexistence and eternality of Christ, OT prophecies about Christ, Christ’s humanity, deity, and incarnation, as well as the issue of his temptations an... Read More
Harry Ironside

Baptism: What Saith The Scripture?

Harry IronsideIntroductory So much has been said and written on this subject, so various and conflicting have been the opinions expressed, so widely divergent are the meanings even, given by scholars to the very word baptism, that one naturally hesitates to write on such a theme. But a verse in the only Book that... Read More

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