Jesus used slave language to define the reality of what it means to follow Him. Discipleship, like slavery, entails a life of total self-denial. The gospel produces godliness in a life lived with the Master’s sole objective as our purpose. When our identity is rightly placed in who we serve, Him, our identity joyfully overflows with the why. For the adornment of the gospel!
Pastor Bill Gowder Titus 1:5-9 Titus has been left in Crete to set things in order. One of those is to elect elders to lead the church. Paul makes it clear to Titus, that not just anyone can shepherd and lead the bride of Christ.
Pastor Drew Elgersma Titus 1:1-4 Paul writes to Titus, the church planter, on the island of Crete filled with liars, swindlers, and drunkards. Titus is encouraged to live out every day the theology that empowers and propels his purpose of service, hope, and the family he belongs to.
Pastor Drew Elgersma 1 Corinthians 15:1-10 Which is more important, the brain or the heart? The reality is, we need both. We love the cross, we point to the cross constantly, as we should. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is just as essential to the gospel, history, and to us as the cross!
