Ryan Lehtinen talks with Aaron Lutz and Lance Lawson about the history of Halloween, whether Christians can celebrate it, and if so, how they can do it in a way to honors God.
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The Origins of Halloween
We believe the lists of spiritual gifts in the Bible aren’t meant to be exhaustive. However, we have compiled a list of spiritual gifts that are seen in operation at Clear Creek Community Church.
Administration – working with and through followers toward achieving Biblical goals and organizational objectives.
Church-planting (Also named Missionary) – the Spirit-given ability to minister cross-culturally with the goal of planting churches.
Discernment – to distinguish between truth and error, good and evil.
Evangelism – to act as a productive instrument of God in people coming to faith in Christ.
Exhortation – to come along side another in need of encouragement, challenge or earnest advice.
Faith – to trust in the power and presence of God and to act on this trust.
Giving – to freely give for the Lord’s work.
Hospitality – to provide an open home to those in need of food, lodging and fellowship, and a refuge to a bruised individual.
Knowledge – to master God’s revealed truth in Scripture.
Leadership – to set goals and to motivate others towards their accomplishment in the Body of Christ.
Mercy – to aid the suffering or undeserving and to spare them from punishment or penalties justly deserved.
Prophecy – to report an insight brought to the mind by the Holy Spirit to assist in ministering to others.
Pastoring (Also named Shepherding) – to effectively guide, feed, and protect a flock of followers in Christ.
Teaching (Also named Preaching) – to cause the authoritative word of God to shine by giving detailed understanding and application of Biblical truth.
Helps – to provide timely assistance that relieves other Christian workers for direct spiritual ministry.
Wisdom – to apply knowledge effectively.
Spiritual Gifts Online Assessments:
If you want to learn more about Spiritual Gifts, we recommend Discover Your God-Given Gifts by Don and Katie Fortune.
This book is Book 4 to the multi-book study “Devoted: Discipleship Training for Small Groups.” You will discover key beliefs and practices every disciple of Jesus needs for going and multiplying.
Yancey Arrington speaks with Bruce Wesley about his recent sabbatical, why rest should be important for all of us, and how we can leverage rhythms of rest in our lives.
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The Rest of God by Mark Buchanan
Liturgy of the Ordinary by Alan Noble
The Reflective Life by Ken Gire
Them: Why We Hate Each Other – and How To Heal by Ben Sasse
This book is Book 3 to the multi-book study “Devoted: Discipleship Training for Small Groups.” You will discover key the belief and practice every disciple of Jesus needs of loving and serving.
This book is Book 2 to the multi-book study “Devoted: Discipleship Training for Small Groups.” You will discover key the belief and practice every disciple of Jesus needs of listening and obeying.
This book is Book 1 to the multi-book study “Devoted: Discipleship Training for Small Groups.” You will discover key the belief and practice every disciple of Jesus needs of repenting and believing.
This book is an introduction to the multi-book study Devoted: Discipleship Training for Small Groups. You will discover key beliefs and practices every disciple of Jesus needs. You will be introduced to the Spiritual Growth Grid and how three critical gospel storylines within it tie to our growth as disciples of Jesus. You will also learn key concepts about gospel-centered growth in order to make the most of this discipleship training series.
Surely you’ve seen it or maybe even experienced it yourself. People become followers of Jesus, immediately they get excited about God, and initially their lives experience much joy, peace, and power. But then, over time, those lives seem powerless again as they drift back into old ways of thinking and behaving. What happened? Could it be that they began to drift away from the truths about Christ and his work that are so critical in experiencing the life God desires for his people? How would a person know if that was the case? What truths about Jesus and his work must we always keep before us? In The Gospel-Centered Life: A Study of Galatians, Drs. Bruce Wesley and Yancey Arrington will guide you through the book of Galatians to help answer those questions and discover the key to a vibrant, lasting, and growing relationship with God – it’s the gospel-centered life! This small group study guide will lead participants to both study the book of Galatians and prepare them for discussion that intersects with The Gospel-Centered Life DVD. Each session is strategically structured to help develop good Bible study habits by intentionally following a three-step pattern: 1) Observation (WHAT does this passage say?) 2) Interpretation (WHAT does this passage mean?) 3) Application (HOW do I apply this passage to my life?) PLEASE NOTE: Study guide to be used with The Gospel-Centered Life: A Study of Galatians DVD and Leader Guide (each sold separately).
Some have been defeated by certain sins for so long it seems hopeless. We do our best to fight by reading the Bible, praying, and engaging in other spiritual disciplines yet still find ourselves face down on the mat more than we care to admit. In TAP, author and teacher Yancey Arrington looks to some of history’s best sin-fighters, John Owen and the Puritans, to find out why the “Just Do More” approach to the spiritual disciplines may be the wrong strategy to defeating sin. TAP exposes some of the more popular, but ultimately inept approaches and beliefs about sin, repentance and spiritual growth while coaching how to get “into the cage” with our sins and not only survive…but win! Discussion questions included with each chapter.