Written by Bob Schindler, Executive Director of CEDE Partners – an Initiative of CEDE Sports In the last seven days, our world has changed significantly As I’ve talked to people during…
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This reminder may be the most important you get today.
“I don’t know how to witness to people. I wouldn’t even know where to start.” Well, I know a good place to start. Start with you!
My answer to that question today is different than it would have been 15 years ago.
If someone from your church approached you expressing a desire to use their love of sports to be missional, what advice would you give them? How could this person use…
You know, I think the hero of every one of our sermons, every one of our lessons ought to be the Hero of the Bible, which is not you for…
Practice What You Preach According to author Jerry Bridges, we need to “preach the gospel to ourselves everyday” In chapter 1, I stated that the typical evangelical paradigm is that…
What you present as the gospel, will determine what you present as discipleship…
The basic concepts of the gospel — sin, guilt and accountability before God, the sacrifice of the cross, human nature, afterlife — are becoming culturally strange in the west for…
Motorcycles are dangerous. I believe that propositional statement to be true. You may believe it or not. If you do, you can without that belief really connecting with you. However,…
A while ago I was in Dallas meeting with leaders from local churches to discuss the foundation for Sports Ministry in the Local Church. We talked about the why, the…
The Reality Get involved with people very much and you find all kinds of problems. Failing health, marital infidelity, rebellious children, embezzling employees, fractured friendships – the list seems endless. The influence…
Steve Addison, Director of MOVE, confessed to the following: (for more, see this) You can teach an old dog new tricks. For years I’ve hidden behind the excuse that “I’m the world’s worst…
I enjoy the below definitions not only because of their theological correctness but also because of the beauty and poetry of the words. The gospel is good news indeed! In…
I recently stumbled across this training from Jill Nelson and think it’s quite good. A summary of the training is below but feel free to click on the previous link to hear…
I sometimes catch myself doubting that God could/would use me. He’s so big, and can handle everything on His own right? Yep, but doesn’t it bring Him more glory if…