Jesus Christ is not waiting to be King—He is King. “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me,” He declared (Matthew 28:18). And from that position of total dominion, He gave His Church a mission: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations… teaching them to observe all that I have…
John Stott once said, “The church doesn’t have a missions program, it is a missions program.” Or as Jesus said in Acts 1:8, we are His witnesses, we don’t merely go witnessing. I think Christians today all too often think of faithfulness as boxes to check: evangelism… check… discipleship… check… worship… check… But this is…
Discipleship, Evangelism, and Discipling at Cornerstone Reformed Church What follows is a general guideline to help us in the basics of the Christian life: discipleship (our own walk with Christ), evangelism (sharing the gospel with the lost and trying to lead them to Christ), and discipling (our helping one another know, love, and live for…
G. K. Chesterton once said, “When a man has found something which he prefers to life, then for the first time he begins to live.” If that’s true, then last week I saw our beloved brother, Don Thurman, more full of life than ever before. No doubt, Don preferred Jesus to life long before he…
A few of us are reading through Thoughts For Young Men by J. C. Ryle. At one point in the book he says, “Habits, like trees, are strengthened by age… The older the stronger; the longer they have held possession the harder they will be to cast out. They grow with our growth and strengthen…