My spiritual director laughed when I told him I’d preordered this book.
He knows me well. He wouldn’t have been surprised by how overloaded I felt just last Thursday, or how
I’ve long struggled to understand Jesus’ words in Matthew 11:28-30: “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you,
How soon is too soon to begin discipling other believers?
Most of us think we’re not ready. We need to grow a little more before investing in others. We can think of
If you work out in the gym, you need to mix things up. We need to work different muscle groups, build strength and cardio, create some muscle confusion, and progress in difficulty.
If
It’s there, right in the middle of the character qualifications of eldership:
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable… (1 Timothy 3:2)