“The Tour”

Hello. How good of You to come and see my humble dwelling. (Yes, I think You’ll find unique’s the word.) It suits me to a T. And it’s a source of pride (the humble kind). And did I say it looks brand new despite its age? I’ve lived here all my life, but I’ve been…

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FBFI 2023 Workshop: Jim Berg – Notepad Discipleship

Today, we are publishing our final bit of audio from our summer Annual Meeting at Faith Baptist Bible College in Ankeny, Iowa. We spread it out a little too long, I think. Next year you will get it at a more rapid pace. Our theme for the conference was “Reclaiming the Great Commission.” Besides the…

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Why a Local Church Bible Institute?

The desire of Heritage Baptist Church is to win souls to Christ and train those disciples to live for Him. Since September 1996, our church has provided a ministry we call the Heritage Discipleship Institute (HDI) to provide an opportunity for believers in our local church to fulfill this goal. Our HDI has been a…

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It is Bible reading time!

I pass out Bible reading schedules every year on the last Sunday of the year. It is a blessing to see people enthusiastically take up the project each year. Last year I published an article here on P&D called “Bible Reading and Vain Vows.” How did you do with your vows of Bible reading last…

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Podcast: FBFI 2023 Workshop: Helping Members Own Spiritual Reproductivity — Theology of Disciplemaking

Yes, we are still publishing audio from our summer Annual Meeting at Faith Baptist Bible College in Ankeny, Iowa. This is the penultimate post, one more to come in due course. Our theme for the conference was “Reclaiming the Great Commission.” Besides the preaching sessions, our speakers and other leaders conducted several outstanding Workshop sessions,…

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Letters to Stagnant Christians #4: Hodgepodge Theology

[Editor’s note: As you see by the #4 in the title, this is a series of posts. I was talking to brother de Bruyn this morning, doing an interview for an upcoming P&D podcast. “Off-air” I mentioned to him how much I was enjoying these posts on his blog and asked to use one of…

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Ears to Hear

Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. Deuteronomy 29:4 Moses is wrapping up his last words to the children of Israel prior to their going into the Promised Land. He made it clear that God had initiated covenant parameters with…

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Serving One Another

Paul challenged the Corinthian believers’ perspective on Christianity.  They were puffed up over sin tolerated in their midst (1 Corinthians 5:1-2).  There were divisions among themselves as they laid claim to following their favorite apostles (1 Corinthians 3:3-5).  They misused the gifts of the Holy Spirit given to them to draw attention to themselves in…

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A Good Man or Good At Being A Man

Back in October 2022 I saw this question on social media: Would you rather be a good man or be good at being a man? How would you answer? First, we must ask, “What is a good man?” I did a Google search and found … 11 Qualities of a Good Man You Should Look…

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Train Your Brain

There are lies we believe that derail us from who God wants us to be. Satan is the father of lies. He not only wants us to believe lies but wants to defeat our Christian lives with those lies so that we are of no good to anyone, including ourselves. What are some of these…

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