Category Archives: Discipleship

What to Teach Children about the Bible

Posted on April 27, 2012 by PS

There are three legs of a stool that you need to teach for children for them to understand the Bible and apply it to what they face in their life.  If one of these legs is missing, the stool is … Continue reading →

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What the Wise Parent Teaches Their Children from Proverbs

Posted on April 23, 2012 by PS

A wise parent teaches his/her children many things.  John MacArthur highlight ten critical lessons about wisdom from Proverbs in What the Bible Teaches about Parenting.  We should teach our kids to: Fear God (Proverbs 1:7, 9:10) by: Revering His holiness … Continue reading →

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Characteristics of the Wise from Proverbs

Posted on April 22, 2012 by PS

Real wisdom for life is the most valuable gift parents can pass on to their children – certainly superior to any material legacy.  Wisdom encompasses not only what we know, but also what we do and sometimes what we don’t … Continue reading →

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The Fuel of Death Defying Missions – David Platt Sermon

Posted on April 13, 2012 by PS

David Platt’s sermon at the 2012 Together for the Gospel (T4G) conference was one of the most popular from the event receiving accolades from John Piper and others.  Platt’s basic premise is, “A high view of God’s sovereignty fuels death-defying … Continue reading →

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Ways We Discourage Our Children – John MacArthur

Posted on April 10, 2012 by PS

In the short article titled Cultivating a Godly Child by John MacArthur, MacArthur outlines nine behaviors that provoke and discourage children to frustration: 1. Over-protection: not allowing them to develop independence and take risks 2. Favoritism: comparing siblings results in … Continue reading →

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Evaluating a Child’s Spiritual Condition – John MacArthur Sermon

Posted on April 8, 2012 by PS

In John MacArthur’s sermon about Evaluating a Child’s Spiritual Condition, he provides some indications what true conversion of a child looks like and how we’ll see God’s work in their life.  Since we are evangelists to our children, the most … Continue reading →

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Slaves for Christ – John MacArthur Sermon

Posted on April 7, 2012 by PS

John MacArthur explains how we’re slaves of Christ in contrast to the American version of Christianity which is about freedom and personal fulfilment of our dreams.  He says that the word slave is used 130+ times in the Greek, but … Continue reading →

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God’s Word

Posted on April 1, 2012 by PS

Harvest Bible Chapel has a week-long of Scripture reading leading up to Easter.  The reading is being streamed live 24/7 at the Scripture reading site.  It also has this ‘creed’ about the Bible, which does a nice job of capturing … Continue reading →

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John MacArthur on Evangelism

Posted on March 24, 2012 by PS

John MacArthur’s view of evangelism with regard to oversimplifying the Gospel and not addressing each person’s unique situation wisely. It seems m many evangelicals are obsessed with finding out how little of God’s truth a person can believe and still get … Continue reading →

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Evangelism Video – Aim Lower, Think Smaller and Give Up

Posted on March 23, 2012 by PS

Rethink how you focus your evangelism resources based on the message in this video that suggests we should focus more resources on child evangelism (aim lower), equip children to serve the church (think smaller), share resources across the world (give … Continue reading →

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