http://disciple.gracesask.org A ministry of Grace Fellowship Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:24:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fellow Acts 29 church-planter, Ray Ortland, has written this brief post about breathing life into your spouse. “Let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.”  Ephesians 5:33 God made Adam first and put him in the Garden with a job ... http://disciple.gracesask.org/husband-and-wife/ Tim Keller has written an amazing and helpful post on the topic of handling criticism.  I read it with great benefit to myself and have posted it below in hope that you too might profit: Recently several people have asked me 'how do you deal with harsh criticism?' In each case, ... http://disciple.gracesask.org/how-do-you-handle-criticism/ My time listening to God this morning took me through the latter part of Isaiah.  At the end of the 16th verse of the 48th chapter, He says, "And now the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit."  The "me" within this context is the Servant of the Lord ... http://disciple.gracesask.org/the-trinity-in-the-old-testament-scriptures/ For those of you with young children.  Here is a series of messages that you might find very helpful from a conference at Mars Hill Church with Tedd Tripp. Biblical Parenting Conference http://disciple.gracesask.org/biblical-parenting/ Mark Dever had a Q & A session at Boyce College recently. Advice to first year college students: “You need to realize you’re arrogant. Not because you’re a first year student but because you’re a human being who’s fallen. Even if you’re redeemed you’re still fallen. Ok? You’re not glorified yet. Got ... http://disciple.gracesask.org/advice-to-college-students/ This is a good review by Dick Kaufman on what a missional church looks like.  Use it to reflect on your own life, the life of your missional community, and the life of your church. Dick Kaufman on being missional: What does it mean to be missional? Bottom-line it means:  We are a ... http://disciple.gracesask.org/how-missional-is-our-church/ Jeff Vandersteldt of Soma makes the following observations: The Church exists to BRING GLORY TO GOD in all things and in all ways (see Ephesians) God is glorified when the Church is MAKING DISCIPLES who Love and Worship God in all of life (Consider Jesus' commands and Paul's instructions to equip the ... http://disciple.gracesask.org/making-disciples/ This quote from Lesslie Newbigin's book The Gospel in a Pluralist Society on pgs. 232-233, is a great challenge for local churches who can have a tendency to have an introverted concern for their own life, and neglect their very purpose. If the gospel is to challenge the public life of ... http://disciple.gracesask.org/turning-from-an-introverted-concern-for-their-own-life/ Al Mohler makes a case for early marriage on his blog here. http://disciple.gracesask.org/a-case-for-early-marriage/ John Piper has written an excellent post on the helmet of salvation.  You can read it below: The helmets referred to in the Bible are for protection in mortal battle. A blow to the head with a mace or a bludgeon would crush your skull and kill you. So when Paul says ... http://disciple.gracesask.org/blows-and-the-helmet-of-salvation/