“Bethlehem church’s apology to this former pastor has simply restored to them the joy of their salvation, and made a significant difference in the character and disposition of our fellowship.”
“Evaluate your community, equip your volunteers, establish your goals. However, don’t set your goals too high. Make the goals reachable, because the church needs to be able to celebrate.”
“When the doctor says you have stage four, he says hope is off the table,” Jay Barbier explained. “But when I get to lean in on Jesus, I have hope in Him.”
Evangelism and discipleship are linked and cannot be separated. We have been called to make disciples, not converts, and we do that one person at a time. Jesus always had time for the individual, and we must follow His example.
“A theology of free speech understood by Christians is grounded predominantly in a doctrine to pursue truth as rational agents made in God’s image,” he said.
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