2010-08-07T16:56:37-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/grow/ http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/growth-by-accident-death-by-planning.php 2010-08-07T16:56:37-05:00 We believe that the Web has enormous potential in facilitating church growth. But a church which does not understand the spiritual dynamics of growth may fail to grow despite an apparently good evangelistic program. Bob Whitesel is a church doctor/consultant. There are very few people with his sort of ministry. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/when-the-goal-is-beyond-your-reach-6134 2010-07-23T15:48:25-05:00 Jesus was beckoning Peter to do something he had never done so he could experience something he had never experienced, just like I was doing with my little granddaughter. And that day Peter decided to take an even riskier step. He left the only life he knew, as a fisherman, and chose to follow Jesus wherever He took him, which was to give to his life a spiritual significance he could have never imagined. But he had to move beyond what was safe, and so do you. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Phil.1.9-Phil.1.11&version=NIV 2009-07-23T08:49:53-05:00 The writer of this passages expresses his desire that our love would "abound more and more"--in other words, that it would grow as we mature in the faith. The Christian life is not a spiritually static experience; as we commit more deeply to Christ, we should see an increase in grace in our own life and behavior.