The System or The Ecosystem is a new book by author Michael H. Peters. It contains great words of wisdom, seasoned with over forty years of practical experience, presented in concise, easy-to-digest segments. I highly recommend this book. It’s free to download or you can request to receive a free hard copy. You can check […]
I recently found a website that has 40 years of content and everything is free. Seems pretty awesome. jesuslifetogether.com/With-You-Now BibleStoriesOnline.com SystemOrEcosystem.com Have you ever thought about the fact that the nature of the Church is that if I don’t love and have a relationship with Jesus, then I don’t have a basis of existing in […]
The House Church Life by Bill Wagner can best be described using his own words. “These pages capture the kinds of conversations we had, the lessons we learned, and the values that quietly shaped our community – discipleship, accountability, responsibility, restraint, worship, love, and life lived in the presence of others.” The excerpt below is […]
The excerpt below is from A Meal With Jesus by Tim Chester. Hospitality involves welcoming, creating space, listening, paying attention, and providing. Meals slow things down. Some of us don’t like that. We like to get things done. But meals force you to be people oriented instead of task oriented. Sharing a meal is not […]
Excellent textbook on the early church. Rediscovering The New Testament Church by Anthony Jacomb-Hood is a 300 page work with ample footnotes and appendices. Not for the casual reader, this is an in-depth work. The excerpt below is about leadership in the New Testament church. The most profound teachings about leadership in the New Testament […]
The first half of You Are The Church by Steve Lorch covers the fundamentals of how to study the Bible. The second half explores fellowship, communion, prayer, evangelism, baptism and church leadership. The excerpt below focuses on fellowship. This book is an easy read and highly recommended. There is perhaps no greater statement regarding Christian […]
I recently spent some time with David Dyer, author of a book I really enjoyed entitled Let My People Go! You can read an excerpt here. David also completed The Father’s Life, a translation of the New Testament. You can obtain a copy at no cost by requesting it at www.agrainofwheat.com. (From David Dyer) This […]
This is the second excerpt from the manuscript of Leland Yialesis. For more than 1500 years Christians have been taught that the purpose of gathering together as Christians was for the experience of worship, specifically to worship as a group congregational worship. But after 1500 years of a congregational worship-based Christianity we find a Christianity […]
The excerpt below is from a manuscript by Leland Yialelsis. It is one of the best works on relational gatherings I have read and it is highly recommended. If you are interested in understanding the heart of why gatherings are so important, you should put this one on the top of your list. This hasn’t […]
