Sermons About Discipleship
Personal Holiness
Week 37 in the Vintage Jesus series. Preached by Elder Candidate Nathan Phillips on March 15, 2009 at Missio Dei Church in Mokena, Illinois (www.mdchurch.us). Scripture from Mark 9:42-50.
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A Culture of Growth
Discipleship. It's a Christian buzz-word, but what does it look like? If we're honest, doing this well is a major challenge for churches. In this message we study an important passage from Ephesians 4 that points us to what a culture of growth and discipleship should look like in a healthy church.
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Crowds and the 12
We study a passage in Mark that gives a snapshot of what Jesus was about - preaching to the crowds and discipling the twelve he chose.
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The Habit of Authentic Fellowship
In the book of Acts the first century Christians had a habit of authentic fellowship that helped them grow up into mature Christ followers, seeing miraculous life change in themselves and in their community. We can develop the habit of authentic fellowship and be helped in our Christian growth and see real life change in our lives and our communities. The text gives four marks of their devotion to authentic fellowship:
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Following Jesus: The Cost of Self-Denial
A preacher once said, “To come to Christ will cost you nothing, to serve Christ will cost you something, but to follow Christ will cost you everything.” To be a biblical Christian, things are required of us. In this sermon Pastor Heim expounds on the truths of God's Word and what it means to follow Christ in today's world.
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What Is Your Cross?
Sermon on Mark 8:31-38 by Dr. John Oakes, delivered March 8 at Holy Trinity.
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Following Faithfully in a Broken World
What does it mean to follow Jesus in this Broken World? What does it mean to take up one's cross? The dark clouds of sin and death are overcome.
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Marks of the Spirit-filled Life: Part Two
What are the evidences of the Spirit-filled life? In this second message on the marks of the Spirit-filled life, we examine the correlation between being filled with the Spirit and the word of Christ dwelling in us richly (Col. 3:16)
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The Habit of Personal Prayer
In the book of Psalms, King David and other writers, poured out their hearts in prayer to God. The book of Psalms is just that—a book of written prayers. In many cases they were put to music and sung in the temple. But they began as personal prayer. We can learn how to develop the habit of prayer by studying and praying the Psalms. Let’s look at Psalm 103 and learn the three movements of personal prayer:
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