Romans Road Step #4: The Options The 6th chapter of Romans, we read this well-known verse: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Rom. 6:23) This verse present “The Options” and our 4th step in The Romans Road. It’s referred to as, The Options because as we walk a friend…
Romans Road Step #3: The Solution This week, we’ve been walking down The Romans Road. We took our first (1) step, “The Beginning” using Romans 1:20, focusing on God as our Creator. Sharing the truth that the story of salvation begins with creation. Yesterday, we took our second (2) step, exploring “The Need” for salvation, using Romans 3:23. Our focus, that…
Romans Road Step #2: The Need Romans 3:23 tells us that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God“. If you grew up attending Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, AWANA or a Bible camp, you likely memorised this verse. As we move forward in our post-series centred around The Romans Road, Romans…
Romans Road Step #1: The Beginning Last week, I introduced a post series on The Romans Road. Today, we take our first step on that road. And The Beginning is always a great place to start. From chapter 1 of Romans, we read the following: “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and…
Biblical, Practical & Evangelical There’s an age-old evangelism tool that’s been used by missions and evangelical organizations for decades. Perhaps, many of you reading this post have heard of or used an evangelism method called “The Romans Road”? Now there are quite a few versions of The Romans Road. But the basic concept is using the book of Romans,…
Inviting a friend, family member, neighbour or coworker to church may take extra effort. It may cause some embarrassment; potential risk of rejection. And yet, there’s a strong potential that they’ll tag along next Sunday.
A Struggle of Priority As Fall approaches, school starts up again and families get back into their routines. Churches often follow suit. Life’s going to get busy for pastors, ministry staff and all of those who volunteer in a local church. With the busyness of ministry, church can become very structure and process heavy. There always seems to…
What I’ve learned in my first year. On September 3rd, 2014, My family and I packed up and headed North. A year ago today, I attended my first service as Associate Pastor, at Whitehorse Baptist Church, Yukon Territory. We were finally home. And I say home, because for years my wife and I dreamt of serving…
PAUL: THE LEADING CHOLERIC Two things come to end today. First, we end our week-long study of the Apostle Paul. But second, we end our month-long post-series, “Leaders Are Everywhere: God can use anyone, from anywhere, to do anything.“ To recap, we looked at 4 Biblical leaders over 4 weeks: MOSES: The Analytical Melancholy ABRAHAM:…
PAUL: The Leading Choleric Paul has been referred to as the Leading Choleric. I know, I know, once again (as I’ve done throughout this series) I’m throwing out a couple of words that you may or may not immediately understand. Let’s unpack the meaning of this character profile. It’s believed that Paul, more than any of…
PAUL: The Leading Choleric Yesterday, we introduced our last Biblical leader of this month’s “Leaders Are Everywhere” post-series. The leaders of the Bible show us that “God can use anyone, from anywhere, to do anything.“ The apostle Paul was once known as Saul. And Saul spent his younger years were spent in the world of Pharisees. His…
PAUL: The Leading Choleric Throughout this month we’ve explored a post-series titled “Leaders Are Everywhere: God can use anyone, from anywhere, to do anything.” This week, we come to our last Biblical leader, the Apostle Paul, the Leading Choleric. As we’ve done with all of our Biblical leaders throughout this series, a foundation needs to be…