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“Devote yourselves to prayer; stay alert in it with thanksgiving.” – Colossians 4:2 Here’s the backdrop to the great commission and the reason why we are commanded to pray: God is sovereign in salvation. It’s the Spirit who opens the heart. It’s the Spirit who convicts of sin and convinces of our need of Christ. […]
In our recent sermon series entitled Praying into the Mission, Pastor Joel started by preaching on “A Prayer for Clarity.” The main point: Pray for opportunities to speak the gospel with clarity and character. The gospel must be spoken. But good news can’t be understood apart from words. The gospel is a message. So, the […]
Sunday evening, our brother John Babuka encouraged us to be filled up with the Bible with 5 categories for how we can engage well with Scripture. Here’s a reminder of those categories with some additional resources included. 1. Read Read daily and consistently. Don’t just flip through the word and pick a verse you like. […]
“…you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” (1 Peter 2:5) At MHC, we believe that Christians are better together! We believe that membership (1 Cor. 12; Rom.12) is much more than a formality or a name on […]
Jonathan Edwards – #38. Resolved, never to speak anything that is ridiculous, sportive, or matter of laughter on the Lord’s day. [Sabbath evening, Dec. 23, 1722] J.C. Ryle – Oh, Sabbath-breaker, consider your ways, and be wise! What harm has Sunday done to the world, that you should hate it so much? What harm has […]
Election Day is underway in our country. This is a time of great anticipation. It’s a liberty for which men have toiled and given their lives for. We should be thankful for that. And yet, this is a time of year where the fracture lines in our country are seen most clearly. A casual scroll through […]
In our series of posts about a culture of discipleship, we’ve considered the necessity of building a culture of discipleship as opposed to a “program culture” that only perpetuates a consumer mentality. We also considered how a culture of discipleship is both informal and formal, and how both aspects are helpful in nurturing the other. […]
So, how do we see a culture of discipleship created? In our first post, we considered the need for church culture before church programs. In our second post, we considered what a culture should look like – a family of faith who is “concerned about one another in order to promote love and good works” […]
In our last post, we sought to lay some foundation to build upon as we seek to answer the question “what is a culture of discipleship?”. At the heart of this question is whether that culture will be built on shifting sand (programs that build a consumer mindset and ultimately undermine gospel culture) or a […]
If you’ve hung around our church for even a short length of time, a phrase you’ve probably heard is “culture of discipleship.” We talk about it, pray about, and seek to do it. But what exactly do we mean by this term? Andy Crouch, in his book Culture Making, defines culture as “what human beings […]