Comments on: The Purpose of All Ministry

By: Ara

Ara — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 04:10:22 +0000

Amen! Can’t argue with the truth.

By: Ken Dawson

Ken Dawson — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 18:51:54 +0000

This article came to me from you in a very timely manner because today I attended an institutional church here in Tulsa for the first time in many years and I want to reread your article before I make my assesment–I am now unemployed and felt Dad prompting me to go to this church and thought that maybe someone there would speak a word to me about finding a job but it was the typical structure of IC so now I want to go to Papa and ask–whats next–your article will be very helpful I am sure—THANKS CHIP

By: Nan Williams

Nan Williams — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 18:40:41 +0000

An excellent word, my brother. Thank you for pointing us to Christ in all things.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 16:37:01 +0000

Thank you for the simple approach to ask of all ministry including mine: Is it Christ centered and does it bring people closer to Christ through a personal relationship? Done. Easy!

By: John Templeton

John Templeton — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 16:22:18 +0000

Recently l have been baptized a Christian. As an adult l have never believed in formal religion. I am a recovering alcoholic without a drink of alcohol for over 40 years. I quit on my own and suffered without any guidance for 7 years then l joined the AA program, something that I should have done when l quit. The AA program is based on a ” Higher Power. ” My higher power was ” God ” my Heavenly Father. I worked hard in the program and maintained a strong connection with ” Him. ” When l quite ” His Amazing Grace ” completely removed my compulsion to continue drinking. The urge to drink was gone. This was a miricale which rarely happens with alcoholics struggling to quit. Had l been religious l would have worked with the church in order to become successful in managing my life. This would have been my second critical mistake.

By: ENI AKPODIETE

ENI AKPODIETE — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 05:50:19 +0000

Sound teaching. Pointing the man away from yourself to Christ will lead to his spiritual maturity. The opposite is to sentence him to spiritual babyhood.
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By: Calpin

Calpin — Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:36:26 +0000

These are some very great facts of whats happening in this world. I have also known of pastors causing marriages and potential marriages to break up because the people are hearing his voice as opposed to the voice of the Lord.

Paul said “Follow me as I follow Christ” I Cor. 11:1 and that we must be like the Bereans Acts 17:11 who did not take his word straight from his mouth to their heart. They examined it with the scriptures to see if it according to the rhema word of God.

Thanks for the message.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:04:53 +0000

Thank you Brother Chip for sharing this

By: Tyrisha

Tyrisha — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:55:47 +0000

Amen to that i just . Experienced this same revelation in my own life. i go to church on sundays but i relized that its about my own personal relationship with christ. i still belive in submission of authority. but i relized that at the end of the day its about me and jesus christ. and that i can also hea from god and that he will talk to me himself!

By: Keith Yale

Keith Yale — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:57:09 +0000

I just preached yesterday on “the kingdom suffers violence and the violent take it by force”. with a secondary verse, “strive to enter the strait gait” I was then critiqued and was told I was preaching a works oriented message. The Greek word for force is rooted in ” arena” the place where the struggle takes place, a focus of the message. Like an athletic, we must train, we must discipline ourselves least we enter the area unprepared and are thus defeated. This is the teaching of how to bake a loaf of bread rather than eat a loaf of bread. HMMMMM,
On a different note, I will be moving to Corpus Christi Texas in two weeks, as being directed by God to do so. Please pray