by OakAdmin | Jan 21, 2022 | Comfort and Grief, Counseling, Disciplemaking, Discipline, Integrity, Ministries, Pain and Suffering, Scripture, Spiritual Growth
From Jay Adams to Larry Crabb, then Paul Tripp and David Powlison, Biblical counseling has grown from a small niche into a mainstream Christian ministry. Jay Adams initially called it “Nouthetic” counseling based on the Greek word for exhortation. “He is the one we...
by OakAdmin | Dec 10, 2021 | Disciplemaking, Discipline, Ministries, Outreach, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual Growth, The Gospel
Our mission is to join God in His work of transforming people and communities through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Our pathway is the baseball diamond – showing our key strategies as a church (the basepaths) and the essential steps for all believers (the bases)...
by OakAdmin | Dec 8, 2020 | Disciplemaking, Famous Writers, Ministries, Outreach
How many fish did you catch in the last 12 months? How many times did you go fishing? How many times did you cast a line? If (like me) you never went fishing and never cast a line, then you are not surprised by the fact that you didn’t catch any fish. And even...
by OakAdmin | Dec 4, 2020 | Disciplemaking, Ministries, Outreach, The Gospel
“We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” Acts 5:28 What an accusation! Ordered to stop preaching the name of Jesus, the apostles do the opposite...
by OakAdmin | Aug 27, 2020 | Church News, Community Life, Disciplemaking, Discipline, Global Missions, Ministries, Outreach, Spiritual Growth
Jefferson High School, January 2020 Baseball provides a great analogy to the Christian life. First it reminds us that Jesus wants followers not fans. He is not interested in a bunch of “enthusiastic admirers,” but in those who will give their lives in...
by OakAdmin | Jun 9, 2020 | Comfort and Grief, Current Events, History, Justice, Ministries, Outreach, Pain and Suffering, The Gospel
Read the full message here Almost two years ago I preached through our baseball diamond, which is our discipleship pathway from loving God to growing in Christ to serving the church and reaching the world. This message was part of the Reach the World series. As we...
