by Wade Berry | Apr 24, 2018 | Carroll Community, Ministry
Last week, we laid out the Enemy’s strategy (or, at least, one of his strategies) for keeping us enslaved to sin. I argued that the Enemy begins by allowing us to imagine how a given course of action might benefit us and then convinces us that God has been holding...
by Wade Berry | Apr 17, 2018 | Ministry, Scripture, Uncategorized
Romans 6 describes sin as an enslaving power. It takes away our ability to choose another way of life. It works its way into every aspect of our thinking and feeling, and, in so doing, it impacts everything we do. And like the cruelest of slave-masters, it results...
by Wade Berry | Apr 10, 2018 | Carroll Community
Last week, we tried to gain a better understanding of what discipleship is by describing the kinds of obstacles that we encounter when we try to do it well. We learned that real discipleship integrates intellectual, spiritual, and emotional elements, and we discussed...
by Wade Berry | Apr 3, 2018 | Carroll Community
With the glow of Easter still hanging in the air of our homes and our churches, most of us who have placed our faith in the risen Christ want to make more disciples for him. We ourselves want to be better followers of “the Jesus way” (to borrow language used...
by Wade Berry | Mar 27, 2018 | Carroll Community
“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve. Rather, he came to serve and to give his life as a ransom payment for many.” Mark 10:45 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to come after me, let them deny themselves, take up their...
