Glory of Christ Fellowship

In this series, I’ve been addressing a vital question, specifically, how can we continue to make disciples for the glory of Christ during the COVID-19 crisis? And as I’ve said in each of the previous blogs, this question is vital because the command to make disciples comes from Jesus himself, and since he’s expressed his will, he will make a way. Based on this assumption, I have then suggested that making disciples can be summarized by three words: “share, grow, and show,” that is, we first share the gospel, then we grow as disciples of Jesus, and then we show others how to grow along with us. In the last two blogs, I’ve addressed the issues of worship and community, and I’ve said a few things about how we can grow as disciples of Jesus in these vital areas and how we can show others how to join us in them. In this same spirit, I want to talk in this blog about how we can “grow and show” with regard to mission, so first I’ll define the word “mission” and then I’ll say a few thi...

In the first blog in this series, I began to address what I consider to be a vital question, specifically, how can we continue to make disciples for the glory of Christ during the COVID-19 crisis? In that blog, I said to make disciples we must “share and show” which I later modified to “share, grow, and show,” that is, we must share the gospel, grow as disciples of Jesus, and then show others how to grow along with us. It’s really that simple, and with this in mind, I made the point that we will make disciples in this or any season of life as we determine to make disciples by faith in Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. Then in the second blog, I addressed the issue of worship and I talked about how we can grow as disciples of Jesus in this vital area and how we can show others how to join us in it. In the same way, I want to talk in this blog about how we can “grow and show” with regard to Christian community. So, let me begin by defining Christian community, and then I’ll...

In the first blog in this series, I began to address what I consider to be a vital question, specifically, how can we continue to make disciples for the glory of Christ during the COVID-19 crisis? This question is vital because Jesus commanded us to make disciples in every season of life, so whatever you think about the crisis, we’re in it, there’s nothing we can do about it, and so the question becomes, what will we do with it? We will press on in obedience and make disciples, or will we allow ourselves to be on missional lockdown and thus fall into disobedience? The main point of that first blog was this—we will make disciples during this crisis first by determining to make disciples. We will make disciples as we submit ourselves to Jesus and commit ourselves to sharing the gospel and showing those who believe how to walk with Jesus day by day. Where there's a will, there's a way, and since Jesus has clarified his will, he will make a way! With this in mind, I want ...

In this unusual season of life, I want to address a vital question for the people of God, namely, how do we continue to make disciples for the glory of Christ during the COVID-19 crisis? To be clear, this is our calling before the Lord no matter our circumstances in life, because Jesus himself commanded us to go and make disciples of all nations by his power and for his glory, promising that he will be with us to the very end of the age - specifically with regard to making disciples.  So, again, how do we lovingly and joyfully obey our Savior’s command in such an unusual time as this? There's much to be said in answer to this question, but for today let me share three thoughts which I'll build upon in the coming days.  First, what does it mean to “make disciples”? To make disciples is to share the gospel with people and then to show those who believe how to walk with Jesus day by day—share and show. To begin with, we must explain the gospel to unbelievers in en...