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April 15, 2021
The Meaning and Purpose of Edification [Ep. 242]
How was Christ exalted? That’s the question we’re addressing on this episode of The Hero of the Story. Listen in as we discuss: How Scripture shows us the meaning and intention of edificationHow edification includes encouragement, but goes well beyond thatHow this doctrine relates to the gospel and how we live in the world Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or wherever...
April 14, 2021
How Do We Help One Another Grow in Our Faith? [99 in :99]
One of my favorite verses about the life of the church is First Thessalonians 5:11, which tells us to encourage and build up one another. But what does it mean to build up one another? Is that like giving compliments or saying kind words, or does it go much deeper? Let’s explore this idea together. The word we often...
April 13, 2021
"The Church United": Weekly Leader Training—Unit 32, Session 2: The Church Is Sent to the World
Having been sent out by the Holy Spirit, the missionaries Barnabas and Saul, with John as their helper, enjoyed smooth sailing and success in the early phase of their journey. However, in Paphos the missionaries encountered resistance in the person of Elymas. One must not mistake ease and large audiences as evidences of God’s favor, just as hardship and...
April 12, 2021
“The Church United”: Preschool & Kids Leader Training for Unit 32, Session 2—Paul's First Journey
This week, we see the story of the church take a major turn, one that we should be immensely grateful for. In Acts 13-14, Paul and Barnabas take the first recorded church missions trip. Thus, the final step of the formula Jesus gave to follow in Acts 1:8 began in earnest. The gospel was being taken to the ends...
April 12, 2021
Confronting Opposition with Gospel Conviction [Ep. 241]
Why can we trust God in difficult situations? That’s the question we’re discussing on The Hero of the Story. Listen in as we discuss: The importance of prayer and fasting in commissioning missionaries If Paul’s response to Elymas’s rejection of the gospel—and his attempts to prevent others from believing it—was too harsh (and whether or not we are to...
April 9, 2021
Lay Your Burden Down
I’ll never forget Easter weekend in 2009. I was making a sandwich on Sunday after church, exhausted after weeks of working seemingly nonstop in my job with a Christian ministry. I slept poorly. I worked long hours. I barely took any time off. But it was worth it; after all, it was all “for the mission,” y’know? But this...