The cost of being a Gospel-Driven church. It’s one thing to work, labor, and endure when there’s no cost, when everything is peaceful. But it’s another thing entirely when your stand for the Gospel begins to cost you something. Travis explains the...
What is the true fruit of a Gospel-Driven ministry. This lesson will provide a great opportunity to examine your own life, and to look carefully at the functional, practical life of your local church. See if you find the evidence of the gospel...
A Repentant heart changes your life Have you turned from your sin? If your answer is, yes – praise God! But you might say: Now what?” Ask yourself – does your life bear the fruits of repentance? How do I determine what are the fruits of...
Repentance preaching is uncomfortable. Is it worth it? Repentance preaching is uncomfortable for both the one giving the Gospel and the one receiving the information. Repentance calls the hearer to evaluated their lives and the recipient can respond...
Bear fruit in keeping with repentance John came with a message of repentance, but he confronted the people and then he provided correction for their misunderstanding of repentance. He asked, “What is the real root of your religious works?” He...
John questions the motives of his followers John’s questioning of the people who came to be baptized is penetrating. It gets into the heart of their thinking; it causes them to examine their motives. People are religious for all the wrong reasons...
There must be repentance before salvation John the Baptist gave answers to the question about repentance: What shall we do? John explains how difficult it is for us to repent without help from God. Do you know what true repentance looks like in a...
Learn what true repentance is The wilderness from which John preached “Repent!” was a picture of our own spiritual barrenness. What exactly was John’s ministry preparing the people for? Travis explains John’s ministry and what true repentance is...
Salvation is more than Intellectual Understanding. Many people have an intellectual understanding of who Jesus is but their understanding never reaches their affections and their will. Would you like to be assured of your salvation – did you know...
The Gospel: The Glorious Good News The message of the gospel is the glorious good news of how sinful man can be reconciled to a holy God. Why is it then, that Jesus says that those who embrace this message will be few? The answer to this question...