http://www.intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=79859&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
Why we are called to be A Shepherd?
Do you know where you are going? Do you have not just the vision, but the true Truth of His call and Way? We have to know where the well is before leading others to it! Christ and His precepts are the well, and we follow the path by example, nurture and service with faith, fruit, character and maturity so others can partake of His wonders. We have to know, and to do this, we have to grow. If we are not growing in the faith, we are useless and unable to lead or equip others. We will lord over by pride, teach falsely or sloppily and lead others astray; we will dishonor our Lord.
http://www.intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=34814&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
The Parable of the Sower
http://www.intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=34813&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
The Audacity in Asking for a Sign!
http://www.intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=31429&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
The capable Bible student is rooted and grounded in the spiritual disciplines of the faith, whose drive is their passionate love relationship to the Lordship of Christ. And what flows out of it is the desire to love God's people, to herd them with love into the pastures of maturity.
http://www.intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=36286&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
The Need to Read series began several months ago with a program on C.S. Lewis . The rationale for this series is that many of the great writers who have helped many Christians mature are now either unknown or neglected by many who could use these authors' insights into the faith.
http://www.intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=34812&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
A House Divided Cannot Stand!
http://www.intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=34811&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
Hypocrisy in action!
http://www.intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=36283&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
These are not good days for the evangelical church as three recent books agree: 'No Place for Truth' by David Wells; 'Power Religion' by Michael Horton; and 'Ashamed of the Gospel' by John MacArthur. Though the titles speak clearly, the subtitles are even more revealing. Respectively, they are: Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology?
http://www.intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=34808&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
Jesus is Lord over the Sabbath!
http://www.intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?blogid=0&view=post&articleid=68993&link=1&fldKeywords=&fldAuthor=&fldTopic=0
The bottom line of why we are to study the Bible is so we may know God, His Way, and grow in our knowledge and faith in Him so we can then be better used by Him. We are called to spiritual growth-that is, the formation of the investment of faith Christ gives us that we give back to Him in dividends. This is a deep conviction of our faith, a practiced submission that shows our obedience, and a life of personal and relational maturity. We can't do this when we bring what we want into Scripture and not take out what God wants us to have! We have to listen to God; if not, we will not learn and then we will not grow and then we will not have a life of transformation.