Pride is so extremely subtle and religion is such a powerful ally, that self in its effort to stay alive and in control of your life, turns to them for assistance. Rather than submit to denial and crucifixion, self becomes religious and adopts the outward forms of piety and spirituality, while not at all yielding to the inward workings [...]
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Evangelism must spring spontaneously out of the reality of our fellowship with Jesus, and our love for Him. As a result we will never attempt to export our religious culture nor our Western way of life to other peoples and nations, but we will desire to take only Him. Furthermore, because we will not be promoting a certain doctrine, [...]
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The fellowship that was God’s original intention in creating and then redeeming man is a real fellowship – an actual experience of fellowship. Just as Adam walked and talked with God in the Garden in the cool of the day, so those who have been graciously restored to a state of peace with God should not be content merely to discuss [...]
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If you will surrender to God from your heart, His Word will do a deep exposing work in you, putting self to death and bringing you to God; but you must approach it honestly and sincerely, genuinely prepared to submit to it. It is vain to discuss and debate, or even to agree with the Word of God unless you really are willing to yield to [...]
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What an insult to God it is to offer Him anything less than it all! What a perfect insult to offer Him only half your life, keeping the other half for yourself! He is GOD! How can you offer Him anything less than absolute surrender? It is all His anyway. He will take it all to Himself in the end anyway. Ultimately, every knee will bow to [...]
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When He was at the table with them, He took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him… (Luke 24:30-31) To understand the nature of the church we must first understand the nature of the Christian life on a personal level. The Christian life is the personal restoration of [...]
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If union with Christ is the core reality of Christian leadership, then time with Christ in prayer must be one of its core activities.
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Why does humanity exist? Norman Grubb answers: “Not to become something but to contain Someone.”
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In previous Letters we have discussed the centrality of Jesus Christ in Christian leadership. The following story, taken from Placebo by Howard Pittman, is a powerful expression of this reality.
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In response to our last Letter, one of our Asian friends wrote the following:
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