“The earthly form of Christ is the form that died on the cross. The image of God is the image of Christ crucified. It is to this image that the life of the disciples must be conformed; in other words, they must be conformed to his death (Phil 3.10, Rom 6.4). The Christian life is a life of crucifixion (Gal 2.19) In baptism the … Read More
Spurgeon, Lucado, Havner and Nee on Baptism
“A man who knows that he is saved by believing in Christ does not, when he is baptized, lift his baptism into a saving ordinance. In fact, he is the very best protester against that mistake, because he holds that he has no right to be baptized until he is saved.” – Charles Spurgeon “Baptism separates the tire kickers from the car buyers.” – … Read More
Theologian Wayne Grudem on Baptism
“Our justification from sins takes place at the point of saving faith, not at the point of water baptism, which usually occurs later. But if a person is already justified and has sins forgiven eternally at the point of saving faith, then baptism is not necessary for forgiveness of sins nor for the bestowal of new spiritual life. Baptism, then, is not necessary for salvation. … Read More
7 Ways to Increase Your Baptisms – Free Webinars this Week
In all my years of coaching pastors and working with other churches, I’ve never once met a pastor who said “We’re baptizing all we can…” The truth is ALL of our churches could be baptizing more people. And Baptism ignites the fire of evangelism in a church more so than any other activity – your people get to see a … Read More
How You Can Celebrate and Raise the Value of Baptism in Your Church (FREE Video)
In case you missed it, this week I’m celebrating our recent Beach Baptisms at The Journey by giving you some tools to help you Baptize more people in your church. Today I want to tell you about a POWERFUL (and underused) technique to challenge and motivate more people to be baptized… THE BAPTISM VIDEO! There’s nothing like seeing people experiencing the joy … Read More
How to Follow Up with People Who Have Been Baptized (Free Download)
Not sure if you’ve heard (I’ve been trying to tell everyone I know – ha!) – we’ve baptized 85 people at The Journey’s summer beach baptisms over the last 3 weeks! That puts us over 1,200 new believers baptized since The Journey launched in 2002 – Go God! Since I’ve got Baptism on the brain, I’m giving away my personal … Read More
How You Can Make a BIG Impact This Summer!
We are putting the finishing touches on all our preparations for our “God on Film” series and I thought I would share a few ideas with you today to spark some thoughts on how you can make a bigger impact this summer. If you don’t plant in the Summer you will beg in the Fall. We do a series each summer … Read More
21 Ways To Double Your Attendance THIS Easter – Conference Call on Thursday and Friday
God wants you to reach more people this Easter. Join me for this FREE Conference Call designed to give some practical steps that will allow you to experience record attendance on Easter Sunday. I want to make this as easy as possible so I will be doing this call 6 times in the next two days: CHOOSE ONE OF THESE … Read More
Replay for “21 Ways to Double This Easter” is now available!
You asked for it and we responded! So many pastors wanted to listen again and share the “21 Ways to Double This Easter” that my team has made a “Replay” of the conference call available! Listen now to learn 21 practical techniques that you can apply to double your attendance this Easter! I normally share these principles with just my … Read More
FREE “21 WAYS TO DOUBLE THIS EASTER” CONFERENCE CALL IS TODAY! (SENIOR PASTORS ONLY)
Join me TODAY, Thursday, February 16 for this “first of its kind” conference call, where you’ll learn 21 practical techniques that you can apply to double your attendance this Easter! I normally share these principles with just my tele-coaching participants but I decided to open it up to the Church Leader Insights Family and help as many churches as possible. … Read More