Worldly Sensibilities & Godly Zeal
We must boldly and fearlessly make a godly difference in our daily environment, refusing to be conformed to the pattern of the world.
evangelism
Question & Answer Service 2016-Part 3
Pastor Mike answers questions on the Bible, God and Christianity Questions from this service: 1. Foreknowledge vs predestined – Romans 8:29 2. Who do we evangelize to? 3. Political – why is the church remaining silent during all of these crazy times? 4. Theological question related to people questioning Orthodoxy of Bruce Ware & Wayne …
Question & Answer Service 2016-Part 2
Pastor Mike answers questions on the Bible, God and Christianity Questions from this service: 1. Deaths as a result of accidents – is this God’s will or not, even though God is sovereign? 2. Tribes of Israel – what people have melted into the lost tribes? 3. Matthew 18:20 – for where 2 or 3 …
Question & Answer Service 2016-Part 1
Pastor Mike answers questions on the Bible, God and Christianity Questions in this service: 1. Must a special person perform a baptism? There is no mention in Bible. 2. How does a man define kindness (from a wife)? 3. Scriptual decision on using the name Asa in the geneology in Matthew 4. Question on tongues …
Cultivating Biblical Optimism
We must be confident and optimistic about God’s indomitable plans to use us, the gospel, and his Church to build Christ’s kingdom which will be filled with all sorts of people from every part of the world.
What You Can Do for the Church
Every Christian must sense the urgent need to give priority to their church by praying, serving, and working to expand its evangelistic impact on its community for Christ.
Pugnacity
We must understand the reason people respond in a hostile way toward the truth, prayerfully and lovingly warning of the multiplied consequences of rejecting it.
Grandiosity
We must see the fundamental necessity of Christian humility, never promoting Christianity as a means in any way for self-promotion or self-aggrandizement.
Affectation
We must be careful not to win people over to some sort of cultural Christianity that gives an impression of conversion, when in fact, they have not been regenerated from the inside out.
Insularity
We must prepare to expose and respond to our generation’s resistance to the truth – foundational truths of the gospel that God continues to clearly communicate to every generation.
Incredulity
Jesus has more than adequately proven his status as Savior and Lord, so we must be careful not to avoid (or allow the avoidance of) the implications of those realities because of sinful pride.
Diversion
It is easy to replace a devoted and obedient submission to Christ with some lesser arrangement in our minds – something that we hope will insulate us from what following Christ may cost.
Propriety
We must understand the problem of people who are content to ask and receive God’s gracious and generous gifts without the costs, sacrifices, and devotion associated with following Christ.
Cynicism
We must understand some of the motives of those who react cynically and skeptically to the gospel, responding to them with gentleness and respect but never devoid of urgency.
Questions & Answers 2015-Part 2
Pastor Mike answers questions on the Bible, God and Christianity Questions from Part 2: 1. Is there anything on the prophetic clock that needs to happen before the Rapture? 2. What are the sins that lead to death? 3. Question on persecution. Is there a point where we flee from it. 4. Mandatory vaccination and …
Questions & Answers 2015-Part 1
Pastor Mike answers questions on the Bible, God and Christianity Questions from Part 1: 1. Explain what praying in more detail looks like (in the case of praying for Revival). 2. When do you give up praying for the lost? 3. How can we be born in the image of God if we are sinners? …
Workers Who Keep First Things First
When we serve Christ in evangelism (or in anything) we must always see our service as personally offered to Christ and never allow it to become an end in itself.
The Importance of Costly Cultivation
In our evangelism we must do the difficult and often uncomfortable work of exposing sin by presenting God’s holy laws in the context of expressing true compassion and sacrificial love.
When You're the Farmer of the Year
We should be grateful for the foretaste of God’s power that is manifest through us in our evangelism that changes lives and toward us in our own salvation and personal transformation.
When Your Efforts Don't Yield Fruit
We need to be discerning in our evangelism, knowing when to move on and understand the gravity of the situation when we have to.
Taking Risks to Reap for Christ
Sharing the gospel will feel risky; any pattern of evangelism must be accompanied by a sincere trust in God’s provision as we boldly speak up for Christ and the good news of his kingdom.
Learning to Care About God's Fields
Jesus points out a few obvious yet easily forgotten realities which should drive us back to the urgency and the gravity of the task of preparing people for the arrival of Christ and his kingdom.
I Can't Lord, It Will Damage my Relationships
Following Christ requires clarity regarding who Jesus is and how his Lordship must not be supplanted by any earthly love or loyalty.
When the World Doesn't Understand Us
We should expect ongoing confusion about the person and work of Christ – he has always been controversial because the truth demands that he be received as THE Prophet, Priest, and King.
Questions & Answers 2014-Part 2
Pastor Mike answers questions on the Bible, God and Christianity Questions in this service: If you were update the 95 Theses, what would be your top 3 Theses? 1 John 5:16 what is the sin that leads to death? How would you share the gospel with an unregenerate Jewish person? How does Compass Bible Church …
Why We Amplify the Truth
Our careful learning and obedient response to truth has a lasting & profound impact, and should remind us of our stewardship to become thoughtful evangelists & caring teachers of truth.
A Grueling Spiritual Battle
Knowing we have a spiritual enemy who seeks to obscure, twist, and deprioritize the truth of the Bible we must continue to boldly present it, obey it, and pray for God to let it be heard.
Teaming Up to Prepare Our Generation
Our personal dissimilarities and diversity actually work in favor of our mission when we pull together as a church to evangelize and disciple our generation in preparation for Christ’s return.
Learning to Listen to the King's Prophets
We may at times respond with negativity to the accurate preaching of the truth, but God has called all Christians as his messengers to be faithful to God’s message regardless of the response.