Weekly we'll be sharing videos from Acts 29 churches that tell stories of the Gospel transforming the hearts of people, communities, and cities.
From the Pastor Below is Cole and Jeanne's story. Sin had destroyed their marriage of 13 years. After realizing his need for a Savior, Cole, drawn by the grace and mercy of Jesus, was given a new heart with new desires. Watch how in the midst of everyday life, God reconciled Cole and Jeanne to Himself and then to each other.
Church: Coram Deo Church CommunityPastor: Bob Thune Location: Omaha, Nebraska
"Let us always long to hear the stories of grace in others' lives. Every conversion is the story of a blessed defeat." C.S. ...
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How would you describe the level of your intensity for the mission of Jesus? Have you grown more or less intense over time? I look forward to addressing this issue at the Orlando Boot Camp in January. After years of coaching church planters, I remain both inspired and troubled. I’m inspired by the caliber of men that God is raising up to plant churches today.
Regularly, I sit across from gifted men who love Jesus, demonstrate theological clarity and possess a refreshing sense of authenticity. We are brothers and partners in a common mission of being disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus. But I confess that I am often troubled when I spend time with church planters. I’m not troubled by the typical arrogance or impatience that often appears as the shadow ...
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When we look at the scriptures we see five components of a man of God, not to be applied legalistically, but they reveal God’s heart. There are four components that precede the first man being blessed with a wife. These are vital because they are the elements of a man of God and are in this order:
1. A man of God has life (Gen. 2:7)2. A man of God has a place/purpose (Gen. 2:8)3. A man of God has a job and a godly work ethic (Gen. 2:15)4. A man of God has a role (Gen. 2:16-17)5. A man of God sacrificially loves his wife (Gen. 2:18-25)
I think it’s vital to understand that every other title we have springs from being a son of the living God. Understanding our sonship enables us to sacrificially love and lead our wives.
Genesis 2:7
"Then the Lord God formed the man of dust ...
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Weekly we'll be sharing videos from Acts 29 churches that tell stories of the Gospel transforming the hearts of people, communities, and cities.
From the Pastor
This is the story of a young man who was born mostly deaf, but felt the call to become a worship leader with us at The Well. Several of our missional communities banded together to purchase him state of the art hearing aids so that he could pursue the calling God had given him.
"People cared. People that have never met me, people that I don't even know, gave to this need that I had."
Church: The Well Church Pastor: Matt Patrick Location: Boulder, CO
"Let us always long to hear the stories of grace in others' lives." - C.S. ...
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I have a wicked heart. I can totally relate to the line in Come Thou Fount that says “prone to wander Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love”. I want to be known, liked and exalted which makes the position I am in as pastor and preacher an extremely precarious one. I have learned over the last 20 years of ministry that if my pursuit in life (all areas of my life: marriage, children, ministry or even hobby) is anything other than knowing, experiencing, following and worshipping Jesus, things go wrong and I begin to love the transient things of this world more than Him and His glorious gospel. I am constantly guarding my heart and wrestling with my motives concerning the actions of my life. In the end what I want is Him. To behold Him and be transformed into “one ...
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