In 1 Corinthians11:1 the Apostle Paul encourages the Christians at Corinth to “Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.” Whether we believe it to be true, it is

I drive a hybrid car. A hybrid car has both gasoline and electric motors. My hybrid is not a plug-in hybrid. It recharges the batteries when I’m driving. For

There are very few things people can be confident in completely. Some trust the promises of their spouse, only to possibly discover unfaithfulness. Some trust the promises of those

In Mark 9 there is a man who brings his son to Jesus to be healed of a “mute spirit.” We’re told in Mark 9:18 that “wherever it (the

Anyone who has heard me preach knows that I conclude my sermons with an invitation to become a disciple of Jesus. I also encourage those who are already baptized

When we talk about a disciple as a noun, we are talking about a person who is a learner and a follower. A disciple of Christ is someone who

Sometimes I think that Christians just want to let the lost find Jesus on their own. They figure that if unbelievers are ever interested in the Scriptures that they’ll

In my first year of graduate school I took an advanced preaching course. One of the students, who aspired to be one of the well-known preachers in the brotherhood,

The Apostle Paul encourages us on multiple occasions to imitate Christ (1 Corinthians 4:16, 11:1; Ephesians 5:1). The word translated “imitate” in these texts is also translated as “followers”

Most of us are regular Bible readers. We read daily or weekly or in some consistent fashion. We study the Scriptures and some of us teach the Scriptures. Our