Discipleship, Spiritual Growth, and Christian Living
Discipleship
We Believe : Q&A format, teaching the core beliefs of the Christian faith as outlined in the Nicene Creed.Discipleship 101 : teaching ten major doctrines of the Christian faith and how we respond to them. A series of 30 articles.Small groups starter: ready, set, grow : starting and facilitating small groups that disciple people in the way of Jesus.Basics for New Christians : A series of nine small group discussions teaching fundamental elements of what it means to be a Christian.40 Days of Discipleship : self-directed, advanced study of incarnational Trinitarian theology. 20 minutes a day, for 40 days. Then a second 40 days, and then a third.Discipleship pathway : resources for helping people journey with Jesus from belong, to believe, to become .
Christian living
Christian life articles in Discipleship 101 and 40 Days of Discipleship
Christian Life , by Michael MorrisonObeying God , by J. Michael FeazellResponding to Jesus With Prayer , by Joseph TkachJohn 14: In His Name , by Joseph TkachNew Life in Christ , by Michael MorrisonThe Goal of the Christian Life , by Joseph TkachThe Purpose of Blessings , by Joseph TkachTrials and Faith , by Joseph TkachLife in Christ: Living Like a Christian , by Michael MorrisonJesus Helps Us in Everyday Trials , by Joseph TkachSanctification , by Michael MorrisonTell Peter , by Eugene GuzonOur Relationship With Jesus Christ , by Joseph TkachTrusting God With the Problem of Sin , by J. Michael Feazell
Additional articles: Spiritual growth
The primary means of spiritual growth are Bible study, prayer, participation in a local church, trials, and living each day as led by God’s Spirit and his Word.
What Are Spiritual Disciplines? by J. Michael FeazellSmall Group Studies in Spiritual Disciplines (15 lessons for small group discussions, PDF format)
Our goal: Christ formed in us , by Joseph TkachWhy were you born? by Michael MorrisonLearning to be like Christ in everyday life , by Michael MorrisonOur need for spiritual training , by Joseph TkachOur greatest needs: prayer and study , by Joseph TkachFour-point plan for spiritual growth , by Joseph TkachThree basics of Christian life , by Joseph TkachFellowship with God: our greatest priority , by Joseph TkachWhat, Me Take a Bible Course Online? by John HalfordRight Idea, Wrong Foundation , by John HalfordIt Was OK for Timothy , by Kerry Gubb
Prayer
“In Jesus’ Name”: Reflections on Why Our Prayers Matter , by Rick ShallenbergerActs 4: How shall we pray? by Sandy BlankAttacked by an Answered Prayer , by Rick ShallenbergerCan You Do That in School? – Separation of Church and State , by Karen SeddonDisciplemaking ministry: prayerful dependence , by Jeb EgbertJohn 14: In His Name , by Joseph TkachLearning to pray: a study for new believers Moving Mountains and Cursing Fig Trees , by James HendersonPaul’s Pastoral Prayers , by Michael MorrisonPrayer: a Cry for Help Prayer: a small group study , by Susi AlbrechtPrayer: Does it make any difference? Q&A with Philip YanceyPrayer: When You Don’t Know What to Say… , by John Halford and Clayton SteepPraying for My Enemies , by Rick ShallenbergerPraying for the Peace of Jerusalem , by John HalfordPraying Like Elijah , by Joseph TkachPraying With Great Interest , by James HendersonPsalms Can Help You Pray , by John HalfordPsalms: When You Talk to God , by Jim Herst and Tim FinlayReleasing God’s Power Through Prayer , by Tammy TkachResponding to Jesus With Prayer , by Joseph TkachSaying Grace Graciously , by Paul HaileyTalking With God , by Paul KrollThe Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6 , by Michael MorrisonThe Prayer God Always Answers , by Bernie SchnippertYes! God Hears , by Norman L. ShoafShort videos: School Prayer: It’s Not Illegal Prayer It’s a Wonderful Life: Prayer Intercessory Prayer Does God Hear Our Prayers? Long video: David Torrance: The Importance of Prayer in Pastoral Work
Obedience Family Child-rearing Personal Money Management Generosity
Is tithing required in the new covenant? by Michael MorrisonA command Paul did not obey: a study of 1 Cor. 9 , by Michael MorrisonRich in good works: a study of 2 Corinthians 9 , by Michael MorrisonThe grace of giving: a study of 2 Corinthians 8 , by Michael MorrisonStewardship involves all of life , by Michael MorrisonMoney and Worship Three Reasons to Give , by Joseph TkachHow Much Is Freedom Worth? by Joseph TkachStewardship: Our Lives Are Not Our Own , by Michael MorrisonPoverty and Generosity , by Joseph TkachA Life of Generosity , by Michael MorrisonGenerosity as a Way of Life , an interview with Mark VincentPlanting a Seed for the Gospel , by Mathew MorganGive Now, in a Recession? , by Mathew Morgan
Trials and suffering
Why God Allows Suffering , by Paul KrollWhy Must Christians Suffer? by Paul KrollWhy Does God Allow Evil? by Michael MorrisonWhy God Allows People to Do Evil The Suffering God , by J. Michael FeazellJesus – The Suffering God Disaster in New Orleans! by Joseph TkachSafe in God’s Hands , by James HendersonTsunami Report — an Insider’s View , by Randal DickWhere Was God? by J. Michael FeazellFinding Meaning in Tragedy , by J. Michael FeazellHindsight: Faith Reframing Tragedy , by Kerry GubbThe Problem of Evil — a Biblical Theodicy , by Luciano CozziJesus Helps Us in Everyday Trials , by Joseph TkachTrials and Faith , by Joseph TkachSuffering and Worship , by Siang-Yang TanJoy — Despite Pain and Suffering , by Joseph TkachAn Answer in the Dark , by Marie DockenThe Blame Game and Other Games When Bad Things Happen , by J. Michael FeazellI Think God Hates Me! by Keith HartrickHer Beauty and Her Terror , by Kerry GubbThe Trial of Job , by Paul KrollWhere Are You, Lord? by Michael HoughtonA Blessing in Disguise , by John McLeanSatan Is a Defeated Adversary , by Paul KrollGod Bless America , by Joseph TkachThe Purpose of Blessings , by Michael MorrisonWhat Does the Bible Say About Healing? (a booklet by Joseph W. Tkach and Bernard W. Schnippert):
Healing , by Joseph TkachTrials, Faith and Healing , by Joseph TkachJames 5:14 and Healing , by Paul KrollThe Purpose of Healings , by Michael MorrisonA Lesson About Healing , by J. Michael FeazellWhen a Loved One Dies – a booklet
On Death and Dying Not Long Now… , by Kerry GubbFuneral for a Friend , by Kerry Gubb
Spiritual warfare
A Hunger for God , by Michael MorrisonA New Year — A New Life A Sorry State of Affairs – Understanding the Power of an Apology , by Neil Earle and Curtis MayA Story From Joshua, Relevant for the Church Today Anger: A Battle We Can Win , by Neil EarleAnother look at faith , by J. Michael FeazellAs Ugly as Sin , by John HalfordBeing Human , by Bill WinnBeing Missional , by Steve SolariBuilding Unity: The Story of Euodia and Syntyche , by Ted JohnstonBuy One Set One Free , by Leanne WickeyCan you trust the Holy Spirit to save you? by Joseph TkachChristian submission to civil government , by Michael MorrisonDisciples Who Didn’t Understand , by Michael MorrisonDo you have the Holy Spirit? by Paul KrollDuty of care? What is a Christian’s responsibility toward the rest of creation? by Dennis GordonDying and Rising With Christ , by J. Michael FeazellFrom Both Sides Now , by Sheila GrahamGetting Real , by J. Michael FeazellGifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit , by Michael MorrisonGo and Do Likewise , by Dan RogersGod Knows Each of His Children , by Joseph TkachGoing for the Gold, by John Halford
Good News to the Poor — Interview with Richard StearnsHow to Be Effective and Memorable , by John HalfordHow to Resist Temptation , by Joseph TkachIf You Really Had Repented… , by J. Michael FeazellIn God We Trust , by Joseph TkachInsights into solitude , by J. Michael FeazellIntroduction to moral development , by Michael MorrisonIs God in Control? by Tammy TkachIs Jesus Enough? by Michael HoughtonIt Can’t Be Depression…I’m a Christian , by Mark MountsUnmasking Male Depression , by Archibald HartIt’s Not What You Aren’t That Counts , by John HalfordIt’s Not What You Have – It’s Who Has You , by Dan RogersIt’s Hard to Forgive , by Joseph TkachThe Problem of Forgiveness , by Lila Docken BaumanLeading in Spiritual Formation , by Dan RogersLiving the Trinitarian Life , by Michael MorrisonLooking for a Better Life , by Michael MorrisonLovers of Pleasure…Are We Trying Too Hard to Be Happy? by Archibald HartMaking Friends With the Disabled , by April HottleModern Slavery – The Unheard Cries , by Curtis May and Neil EarleMy Struggle With Pornography , by Rob RobertsonNobody Prepares You , by Greg WilliamsOpening the Eyes — A Step at a Time , by Michael MorrisonOur relationship with Christ , by Michael MorrisonOur upward, inward and outward responsibilities , by Joseph TkachPeace in Christ , by John McLeanPeople, I Just Want to Say, You Know, Can’t We All Get Along? by J. Michael FeazellResponding to God with faith , by Joseph TkachRight in Their Own Eyes – An Interview with Paul Johnson Running Away From Intimacy , by Mark MountsSay It Loud, Say It Clear , by Jeffrey BroadnaxShare God’s Love (Jesus and Zacchaeus) , by Dan RogersSharing in Jesus’ Life , by C. Baxter KrugerThe Use and Misuse of Spiritual Gifts , by Joseph TkachSpiritual Gifts Are Given for Service , by Joseph TkachSpiritual Gifts for the Gospel , by Joseph TkachAdditional articles about spiritual gifts Stewardship of Talents , by Michael MorrisonStrip These Words From Your Communication , by Beverly CarusoThanksgiving , by Joseph TkachThe Good Life — God Is Working in Us The Movie of Life , by Joseph TkachThe Purpose of Blessings , by Joseph TkachTired of Life, With Everything to Live For , by John HalfordToo Old to Be Useful? by John HalfordTouching the World in Two Ways , by Michael MorrisonUrge Protection , by John HalfordWalking in His Steps , by Paul KrollWhat Time Is It? by Joseph Tkach and Neil EarleWhen You Fast… by Pedro R. Melendez, Jr. & Joseph TkachWhere Is Love? by Joseph TkachWhose Hope? What Future? Jeremiah 29:11 , by John HalfordWWJD? by Kerry Gubb
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Building Stronger Families: Articles About Marriage and Family Articles About Spiritual Gifts Articles About Spiritual Growth, Formation & Spiritual Disciplines Articles About Personal Money Management Discipleship 101 40 Days of Discipleship: A Self-Paced Doctrinal Instruction Plan 40 Days of Discipleship: The Second 40 Days 40 Days of Discipleship: The Third 40 Days Christian Life Obeying God Responding to Jesus With Prayer The Goal of the Christian Life The Purpose of Blessings Life in Christ: Living Like a Christian Sanctification Tell Peter Our Relationship With Jesus Christ Trusting God With the Problem of Sin The Christian Life and Our Participation in Christ’s Continuing Ministry Wholehearted: Finding Personal Wholeness in Jesus What Is Truth and Does It Matter? Four Major Worldviews The Biblical Understanding of Truth Why We Resist the Truth Truth: A Choice to Be Made What Are Spiritual Disciplines? Spiritual Disciplines Grace and Discipline – a Small Group Study Prayer – a small group study Silence and Solitude Bible Study – a small group study Fasting – a small group study Meditation – a small group study Submission – a small group study Service – a small group study Guidance – a small group study Confession – a small group study Worship – a small group study Celebration – a small group study Whole Life Stewardship Spiritual Discipline – A Lifestyle Our Goal: Christ Formed in Us Learning to Be Like Christ in Everyday Life Our Need for Spiritual Training Our Greatest Needs: Prayer and Study Four Point Plan For Spiritual Growth Three Basics of Christian Life Fellowship with God: Our Greatest Priority What, Me Take a Bible Course Online? Right Idea… Wrong Foundation It Was OK for Timothy "In Jesus’ Name": Reflections on Why Our Prayers Matter Acts 4:24-30: How Shall We Pray? Attacked by an Answered Prayer Can You Do That in School? – Separation of Church and State Moving Mountains and Cursing Fig Trees Paul’s Pastoral Prayers Prayer: Does it make any difference? Prayer: When You Don’t Know What to Say… Praying for My Enemies Praying Like Elijah Praying With Great Interest Releasing God’s Power Through Prayer Saying Grace Graciously Talking With God The Prayer God Always Answers Yes! God Hears The Role of the Law in Christian Life Grace: A License to Sin? Fulfilling the Law Six Reasons to Obey God The Greatest Commandment Responsibilities to "One Another" Behavioral Standards in Christianity Responding to God’s Grace in Our Relationships In Marriage… 1 + 1 = 1 Lonely in Love Before You Divorce Your Child’s #1 Teacher Love One Another Do You Have Time For a Happier Marriage? If Jesus Were Married… What About Divorce and Remarriage? What the Bible Says About Divorce and Remarriage The Single-Parenting Challenge Mom, I’m Not Sure There Is a God! Majors and Minors Home Base – a Series by Jeb Egbert Go Ahead – Spend, Spend, Spend How Are You Today? Jesus Loves Them, This I Know My Mother’s Prayer Our Children’s Heroes Parenting "Do Over" Advice From Grandparents The Gift Train Up a Child… Two Peas, Same Pod? Washing Your Children in the Word Six Steps to Financial Security Are You Living Beyond Your Means? Live Within Your Means A Budget That Works A Sample Budget Developing a Spending Plan With a "Virtual Cookie Jar" When It Comes to Spending, Patience Pays Off Warning Signals of Financial Trouble Solving Your Credit Problems Balance: "THE" Financial Worldview From Balance to Balance Sheets Financials—The Way to Financial Freedom Going Deeper With Financial Freedom Acting Wisely During a Recession Net Worth Statement Setting Up Your Money Plan Three-Month Spending Worksheet Teaching Kids About Money I Thought I Would Lose My Job! You Could Lose Your Job! Stewardship Involves All of Life Money and Worship Three Reasons to Give How Much Is Freedom Worth? Stewardship: Our Lives Are Not Our Own Poverty and Generosity A Life of Generosity Generosity as a Way of Life Planting a Seed for the Gospel Give Now, in a Recession? Why God Allows Suffering Why Must Christians Suffer? Why Does God Allow Evil? Why God Allows People to Do Evil The Suffering God Jesus – The Suffering God Disaster in New Orleans! Safe in God’s Hands Tsunami Report—an Insider’s View Where Was God? Finding Meaning in Tragedy Hindsight: Faith Reframing Tragedy The Problem of Evil – a Biblical Theodicy Jesus Helps Us in Everyday Trials Trials and Faith Suffering and Worship Joy — Despite Pain and Suffering An Answer in the Dark The Blame Game and Other Games When Bad Things Happen I Think God Hates Me! Her Beauty and Her Terror The Trial of Job Where Are You, Lord? Blessing in Disguise God Bless America What and Why Healing Divine Healing — What, Why, How? Faith and Healing Medical Science and the Bible Responsibilities in Sickness Healing (an article) Trials, Faith, and Healing James 5:14 and Healing The Loss of a Loved One Stages of Grief Daddy’s Gone How You Can Help Others Woman, Wife, Widow Working Through Your Grief Beyond Death On Death and Dying Not Long Now… Funeral for a Friend Spiritual Warfare Spiritual Warfare and You A Biblical View of the Spirit World Satan: God’s Defeated Adversary Why the Devil May Care The Serpent and You Should You Look to the Stars? Communication With the Dead: Is it Possible? Reincarnation The God of this World Put On the Armor of God A Hunger for God A New Year — A New Life A Sorry State of Affairs – Understanding the Power of an Apology A Story From Joshua, Relevant for the Church Today Anger: A Battle We Can Win Another Look at Faith As Ugly As Sin Being Human Being Missional Building Unity: the Story of Euodia and Syntyche Buy One Set One Free Can You Trust the Holy Spirit to Save You? Disciples Who Didn’t Understand Dead to Sin — Oh Really? Dying and Rising With Christ From Both Sides Now Getting Real Go and Do Likewise God Knows Each of His Children Going for the Gold Good News to the Poor How to Be Effective and Memorable How to Resist Temptation "If You Really Had Repented…" Insights Into Solitude In God We Trust Introduction to Moral Development Is God in Control? Is Jesus Enough? It Can’t Be Depression…I’m a Christian Unmasking Male Depression It’s Not What You Aren’t That Counts It’s Not What You Have – It’s Who Has You It’s Hard to Forgive The Problem of Forgiveness Leading in Spiritual Formation Living the Trinitarian Life Looking for a Better Life Lovers of Pleasure…Are We Trying Too Hard to Be Happy? Making Friends With the Disabled Modern Slavery – The Unheard Cries My Struggle With Pornography Nobody Prepares You Opening the Eyes — A Step at a Time Peace in Christ "People, I Just Want to Say, You Know, Can’t We All Get Along?" Right in Their Own Eyes – An Interview with Paul Johnson Running Away From Intimacy Say It Loud, Say It Clear Sharing in Jesus’ Life The Use and Misuse of Spiritual Gifts Spiritual Gifts Are Given for Service Spiritual Gifts for the Gospel Stewardship of Talents Strip These Words From Your Communication Thanksgiving The Good Life — God Is Working in Us The Movie of Life Tired of Life, With Everything to Live For Too Old to Be Useful? Touching the World in Two Ways Urge Protection Walking in His Steps What Time Is It? When You Fast… Where Is Love? Whose Hope? What Future? Jeremiah 29:11 WWJD? Overcoming Alcohol Abuse What Is Alcoholism? The Slide Into Alcohol Abuse Alcoholism — a Disease? Alcohol and Teenagers Alcoholism Is Treatable Help for Family Members of Alcoholics Coping with Stress…Without Alcohol or Drugs A Child of an Alcoholic Speaks Out! At Greater Risk – Women and Alcohol Articles About Military Service & War Pacifism and the Church of God War in the Old Testament Warfare and the Ethics of Jesus Christ Pacifism Series – Summation Letter Regarding Pacifism Police Q&A What Is Truth? War and Vengeance in the Epistles and Revelation – Part 1 Overcoming Alcohol Abuse – A Series of Articles When a Loved One Dies Prayer: a Cry for Help Loving in Deed God Lives Under the Bed The Return of the Prodigal Son My Father’s Living Will Meeting Jesus on the Road to Ethiopia A Neighborhood Watched Give Me a Break! PD & Me Stars of Wonder The Gloves Are Off What Happens in Heaven… My New Mission Field Dr. Proverb The Audacity to Hope Elizabeth I Am Pilate’s Wife Joanna Let the Little Children Come Lunch Basket Extraordinaire Martha Mary Magdalene Mary Sister of Lazarus Peter’s Wife Remember to Breathe Salome Sold…for Thirty Pieces of Silver The Bride’s Story The Sword The Synagogue Ruler’s Wife The Syro-Phoenician Mother The Unclean Woman The Woman Accused of Adultery There She Is! These Pancakes Taste Like Rubber! Widow of Nain Be Ye Perfect Changed Lives Bridging the Generation Gap Do It Anyway From My Heart to Yours God’s Masterpiece, by Barbara Dahlgren How to Fix People If I Were God Jumping to Conclusions Keeping Perspective Listening Living in the Present Mid-Life Melancholy Mission / Purpose My World Puzzles and Premises Remembering God Grace Walk, by Steve McVey; Reviewed by Barbara Dahlgren Who Stole My Church? by Gordon MacDonald; Reviewed by Barbara Dahlgren Rumor Has It Small Things Text Speak The Abundant Life The Irony of It All The Storms of Life Using Knowledge Wisely Silk Purses From Sows’ Ears What, Why, When, How, Where, Who The Gentle Giant A Message the World Forgot Portrait of a Woman and Jesus Serving With Jesus in the Local Community: Meal and Prayer Just a Nobody? Mirror, Mirror The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Facing Up to Autism Standing Fast in Hope as Haiti’s Misery Continues Our Adoption Story Mom, I’m So Proud of You! The Beauty Within Celebrating "Holland" Winning from the Start A Cup of Cold Water A Fool for Christ He Oughta’ Be Shot! Kitchen-Bin Guidance Mateship: Imago Aussie? Stay Tuned The Boys The Untold "Unstory" of Trophimus The Yoke Was On Me! You’d Have to Have Been There Oh No… I’m a Mother-in-law! Big Sandy Revisited Blessed Are the Dung Beetles Doing What Comes "Naturally" Haiti – Help and Hope He’s Only Human Help My Unbelief (Mark 9) If You Knew Susie… If You’re Happy and You Know It, Binky! Little Stars: A Story of Faith, Love and Vision from Thailand Little Steps in the Right Direction Loving Them to the End New Glory – How Becoming a Citizen Helped Me Understand the Christian Faith Better Slugging It Out Stirred – But Not Shaken The Miracle Workers The Parable of the Ugly Cat There Is A Hole In My Campus When I Am Bigger… Dumpy, Dumpy Moments A Covenant of Forgiveness A Timely Gift Advice to Husbands From a Nomadic Tribe An Elephant’s Tail Don’t Just Go – Leave a Good Legacy Get Salty How Selfish Is Your Christianity? Keep on Walking Live to Save Now Wash Your Hands Self Portrait Son-Block Sticking Together The Prince Who Smells Good Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad… Lion? When the Sleeping Warrior Awoke Still Small Voices The Gathering Storm Guarding Hitler’s Deputy A Miracle in Torn Blue Jeans A Lesson in Humility Impress Yourself Bring the Cattle Together Even the Worst Things Will Come to an End Ever Seen Roasted Corn Grow? Facing an Uncertain Future Hand in Hand If You Are Going to Kratchi If You Hide the Sickness, You Hide the Treatment Sorting the Seed The Rain Won’t Stop Until… When Trees Grow Together Your Mother Is Still Your Mother Adoption: A Forgetting and a Remembering Drawing First Blood Love Others: Mission Impossible? The Art of Possibility The Day I Fired Myself The Forgettery Trust and Transformation The Nightingales of Bangladesh The Funeral Pyres of Kathmandu Who Ever Thought… A Ministry Partnership in Nepal Meeting a Living Legend Good Things A Place Where Everybody Belongs Blessed Are the Includers The Scarred Frog Blanket Will My Homeland Live Again? Regrets? I’ve Had Quite a Few Our Bulgarian Connection: Interview With Nikolay Nikolov Label Me Loved Journey to the Middle of the World Changing Faces Confessions of a Part-Time Waitress Adopted – Specially Chosen A Matter of Perspective Comic Relief Buddy – The Mighty Lizard Hunter He Ain’t Heavy The Lady With the Lamp Malawi Summer I’ve Been Taken; I’ve Been Rescued Chosen for Relationship When “No, Thank You” Is Rude Small Miracles A Time for Love A Lesson From Laundry Enjoy the Ride God Is in Our Moments Grace to Be Who You Are He Knows Us Like That Jesus Went With Him Let Someone Else Do It! Like a Weaned Child Lopsided Grace More Than a Tool Popcorn and God Rain to Rainbows Responding to God Surviving the Wilderness The Favor of the King The Right Place at the Right Time Up, Down, and Content Through It All Cleaning Up Katrina – After the Cameras Moved On She Made Home Happy Making History in Montana A High School Reunion Story Dog Is Love
