Josh Hunt's Blog, page 247
March 16, 2017
WHAT GOD IS DOING IN THE WORLD — OSERVATION OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS
I received this from Elmer Towns recently. Enjoy. My first wife Ruth died approximately four years ago and I resigned as Dean from both the School of Religion and Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, but remain active as Vice President and Co-Founder for Liberty University. I have traveled to 19 nations (invited by national churches […]
March 15, 2017
How to conquer fear
Yes, you can confront your fears by drawing near to God. Think back to those spies who entered Canaan. Up to now, we haven’t mentioned that there were two dissenters in the group. They went on the same trip, saw the same walled cities and the same giants, and they brought back a minority opinion. […]
March 13, 2017
Only the obedient believe
Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate. Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man will […]
March 12, 2017
4 Movements I’m Watching in Small Group Ministry
I received this from Allen White and found it interesting. Most of us have cycled through small group strategies and discipleship methods and ended up with mixed results. Some strategies helped us start a bunch of groups, but didn’t help our people growth. Other pathways raised the quality of groups, but could not multiply groups […]
March 11, 2017
Journeying Beyond Jealousy
There comes a time when we have to stand up and face the giant, and the strategy may be a painful one: We must renounce our jealousy as sin. Please don’t deal with jealousy as a personality disorder. Avoid thinking of it as a genetic trait you never chose. Don’t ascribe it to social environment […]
March 10, 2017
March 9, 2017
How to get 100 percent in small groups
I realized the only reason the church had been stuck on that plateau was because of a mental block. It was like back in the 1950s when everyone said no man could ever run a four-minute mile. It was just a dream. Then, on May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister ran the mile in 3:59.4 minutes. […]
March 8, 2017
March 7, 2017
Cheap Grace
Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting to-day for costly grace. Cheap grace means grace sold on the market like cheapjack’s wares. The sacraments, the forgiveness of sin, and the consolations of religion are thrown away at cut prices. Grace is represented as the Church’s inexhaustible treasury, from which she […]
