Tuesday, June 28, 2011

A Missing Element in Local Church Discipleship


I once told my wife that I was thinking about writing a book on mistakes I’ve made in ministry. She suggested that I reconsider since it would have to be a multi-volume series.

One of the biggest mistakes I made when I served as pastor of four churches was failing to emphasize the importance of every member being in the Word every day. Brad Waggoner, in his well-researched book, The Shape of Faith to Come, notes that regular Bible reading is one of the highest correlates for spiritual maturity. To state it more succinctly, when members read the Bible every day they are more likely to demonstrate spiritual growth in a number of areas.

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