Equipping Men to Lead in Discipleship

Rise up O men of God!

Here is an article written by John Bunyan:

Duties of the Master of a Family

Men, this is not a long article, please take a look!

Scripture Memory Challenge

Open Door Family Fellowship - here is a scripture memory challenge! These are some verses that you can use when sharing your faith. Let's memorize them as a church! Will you take the challenge? Click on the following link to see the verses:

Soul-winning verses

You can also download a MS Word doc on the website.

What Happens When You Die?

Encouraging Holiness

1 Peter 1:15-16 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

What does it mean to be holy as God is holy? Read a new position paper here:

Encouraging Holiness

The Purpose of Power

Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

What is the purpose of the power that the Holy Ghost brings when He comes upon the followers of Jesus in power? The power of the Holy Ghost is power to witness. Why do we focus on so many things that are peripheral? Why do we covet spiritual power if it is not to be witnesses for Jesus Christ?

Empowered by the Holy Spirit

Here is a book chapter from I.M. Haldeman's book "How to Study the Bible". The chapter on the Holy Spirit is WELL worth the read! If it is too small to read, here is a link to another page An Address on the Holy Spirit

William Booth on the Calling to Evangelize

'Not called!' did you say? 'Not heard the call,' I think you should say. Put your ear down to the Bible, and hear Him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to its pitiful wail for help. Go stand by the gates of hell, and hear the damned entreat you to go to their father's house and bid their brothers and sisters and servants and masters not to come there. Then look Christ in the face -- whose mercy you have professed to obey -- and tell Him whether you will join heart and soul and body and circumstances in the march to publish His mercy to the world. --William Booth

Parable of the Fishless Fishermen

Now it came to pass that a group existed who called themselves fishermen. And lo, there were many fish in the waters all around. In fact, the whole area was surrounded by streams and lakes filled with fish. And the fish were hungry.

Year after year these who called themselves fishermen met in meetings and talked about their call to fish, the abundance of fish, and how they might go about fishing.

Continually they searched for new and better definitions of fishing. They sponsored costly nationwide and worldwide congresses to discuss fishing and to promote fishing and hear about all the ways of fishing.

These fishermen built large, beautiful buildings called "Fishing Headquarters." The plea was that everyone should be a fisherman and every fisherman should fish. One thing they didn't do, however; they didn't fish.

They organized a board to send out fishermen to where there were many fish. The board was formed by those who had the great vision and courage to speak about fishing, to define fishing, and to promote the idea of fishing in far-away streams and lakes where many other fish of different colors lived.

Also the board hired staffs and appointed committees and held many meetings to define fishing, to defend fishing, and to decide what new streams should be thought about. But the staff and committee members did not fish.

Expensive training centers were built to teach fishermen how to fish. Those who taught had doctorates in fishology, but the teachers did not fish. They only taught fishing. Year after year, graduates were sent to do full-time fishing, some to distant waters filled with fish.

Further, the fishermen built large printing houses to publish fishing guides. A speaker's bureau was also provided to schedule special speakers on the subject of fishing.

Many who felt the call to be fishermen responded, and were sent to fish. But like the fishermen back home, they never fished.

Some also said they wanted to be part of the fishing party, but they felt called to furnish fishing equipment. Others felt their job was to relate to the fish in a good way so the fish would know the difference between good and bad fishermen.

After one stirring meeting on "The Necessity for Fishing," a young fellow left the meeting and went fishing. The next day he reported he had caught two outstanding fish. He was honored for his excellent catch and scheduled to visit all the big meetings possible to tell how he did it.

So he quit his fishing in order to have time to tell about the experience to the other fishermen. He was also placed on the Fishermen's General Board as a person having considerable experience.

Now it's true that many of the fishermen sacrificed and put up with all kinds of difficulties. Some lived near the water and bore the smell of dead fish every day. They received the ridicule of some who made fun of their fishermen's clubs and the fact that they claimed to be fishermen yet never fished.

They wondered about those who felt it was of little use to attend the weekly meetings to talk about fishing. After all, were they not following the Master who said, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men?"

Imagine how hurt some were when one day a person suggested that those who didn't catch fish were really not fishermen, no matter how much they claimed to be. Yet it did sound correct. Is a person a fisherman if year after year he never catches a fish?

by: Anonymous

Evangelizing Through the Power of the Gospel

This week we are focusing on the third value:

Evangelizing Through the Power of the Gospel

click the link above to read the article.

The Master Plan of Evangelism

Robert Coleman wrote a GREAT book on how Jesus made disciples. I recommend the book, but here is a summary that is a quick read:

Master Plan

There is a Place Where HE is not Worshipped

If you were not able to be with us on Wednesday or Thursday night, you can watch the video "Hell's Best Kept Secret" here:

Hell's Best Kept Secret

Who are you praying for that does not know Jesus Christ?

Expository Preaching and the Sufficiency of Scripture

There is a new position paper available. It will be on the Position Papers page of the website soon. For now you can view it here:

Expository Preaching and the Sufficiency of Scripture