Josh Hunt's Blog, page 69
November 1, 2022
How to increase attendance in your group
Effective Bible Teachers know you can only change people who are in the room. You can only make disciples of people who are present. Teaching is only effective when it is heard. God’s Word only influences those who hear it. For these reasons, Effective Bible Teachers make considerable effort to build and maintain attendance. Ineffective […]
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October 30, 2022
We’re all prone to spiritual deception
What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? MATTHEW 16:26 IS IT POSSIBLE to profess to be a Christian and yet not know Christ? Absolutely. In fact, according to Jesus, it’s probable. In the Sermon on the […]
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October 29, 2022
Why I love Christmas
As the song says, “In the air, there’s the feeling of Christmas.” I love Christmas because I get to see it through the eyes of my three young children. They turn Christmas music on first thing in the morning and make a date with their grandma to make sugar cookies. They work at my side […]
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October 28, 2022
Follow me
Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” JOHN 8:12 FOUR FISHERMEN WERE STANDING by the sea one day when Jesus approached them. “Follow me,” he said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”[1] With […]
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October 25, 2022
A Life of Endurance
It is said of God that no one can behold his face and live. I always thought this meant that no one could see his splendor and live. A friend said perhaps it means that no one could see his sorrow and live. Or perhaps his sorrow is his splendor. – NICHOLAS WOLTERSTORFF A friend of […]
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October 18, 2022
Sam Chan – Everyday Evangelism – How to Share Your Story
Check out our Bible Study on Sam Chan’s book How to Talk About Jesus. It is on Amazon as well as part of the Good Questions Have Groups Talking subscription service. Like Netflix for Bible Lessons, one low subscription gives you access to all our lessons–thousands of them. For a medium-sized church, lessons are as little as […]
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October 11, 2022
Feedback: the breakfast of champions
They say feedback is the breakfast of champions. Champions are always looking for feedback and ways they can improve. Here is another old saying that is not quite right. See if you can figure out what is wrong with it: Practice makes perfect. Here is a more perfect saying: Evaluated practice makes perfect. We all […]
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October 5, 2022
LIFE WITH A WELL-ORDERED HEART
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. PROVERBS 4:23 NIV In Arthurian legend, certain people devoted their lives to the great quest for the Holy Grail. They sacrificed their bodies, purified their hearts, and gladly renounced all they had—for what? To gain a glimpse of the ultimate symbol of communion […]
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October 1, 2022
You can’t be godly and grumpy
Oh, by the way, let me give some credit where credit is due. The genesis of my thinking on this came from John Piper. Both his book Desiring God and a half dozen or so essential sermons forever changed my life. Although I am dealing with a slightly different topic, (Piper is making the case […]
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September 28, 2022
AN UNDIVIDED LIFE
Woe to those weak and timid souls who are divided between God and their world! They want and they do not want. They are torn by desire and remorse at the same time…. They have a horror of evil and a shame of good. They have the pains of virtue without tasting its sweet consolations. […]
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