by OakAdmin | Feb 22, 2024 | Community Life, Discipline, Identity, Shalom, Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Growth, Unity
“Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so...
by OakAdmin | Feb 2, 2024 | Generosity, Kids & Family, Ministries, Outreach, Parenting, Unity
Free father holding child’s hand image, public domain CC0. More: View public domain image source here “Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.” Psalm 68:5 All followers of Jesus have been adopted into the...
by OakAdmin | Dec 29, 2023 | Discipline, End Times, Famous Writers, Identity, Justice, Ministries, Outreach, Shalom, Stewardship, The Gospel, Work
“I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride...
by OakAdmin | Jul 6, 2023 | Comfort and Grief, Famous Writers, Integrity, Life Stories, Spiritual Gifts, Stewardship
Robertson McQuilkin was the president of Columbia International University for 22 years, after planting churches in Japan for 12 years. He retired from his role as president of CIU in 1990 to care for his wife as her Alzheimers advanced and lovingly served her for 13...
by OakAdmin | May 11, 2023 | Community Life, Disciplemaking, Famous Writers, Identity, Spiritual Gifts, Work, Worldview
Since work tends to be difficult, and is often frustrating, we can wrongly conclude that work itself is more of a curse than a blessing. “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of...
by OakAdmin | Mar 10, 2023 | Disciplemaking, Discipline, Spiritual Gifts, Spiritual Growth
As we finish our series on the character of Jesus, let’s look back briefly on what we’ve covered. Discipleship, very simply, is becoming like Jesus. We seek to become like Him in His character and calling. We have been looking at the 13 perfections of...
