Posts from November 2016

Our Church – Engage the Word (XII)

November 30, 2016
John Neposlan
Church, Community, Covenant, Discipleship, Engage the Word, the Church of the Nazarene

What is God’s calling for the Church? What is the nature and function of the Church? These are very important questions for people who are followers of Jesus Christ. In order to answer these questions in a biblically faithful manner, we need to turn to the original Apostles, who were with Jesus in his 3 […]

Our Wesleyan Theology – Engaging the Word (XI)

November 22, 2016
John Neposlan
Discipleship, Engage the Word, John Wesley, the Church of the Nazarene

One of the great movements of God’s Spirit in the Church Era was the First Evangelical Awakening in the middle of the 18th century. It moved through England and the United States and brought many people to faith in Christ. Two key British leaders in this revival were John and Charles Wesley. God was able […]

Purposeful Compassion – Engage the Word (X)

November 14, 2016
John Neposlan
Compassion, Discipleship, Engage the Word, the Church of the Nazarene

In many ways, Sadhu Sunder Singh could be called the Apostle Paul of India. He violently persecuted Christians before his conversion. After he encountered the living Lord Jesus Christ, he became one of India’s greatest Christian missionaries. Christ-like Compassion In Action On one occasion, Sundar Singh and a companion were traveling through a pass high […]

Transformational Leadership – Engage the Word (IX)

November 8, 2016
John Neposlan
Engage the Word, Jesus, Leadership, Servanthood, the Church of the Nazarene

One of the great needs of our world is Christ-like leadership. It is very timely to be writing this blog on a day that Americans are deciding who their next President is going to be. What does transformational leadership look like? I don’t think we will find it if we look at the 2 main […]

Church Development – Engage the Word (VIII)

November 2, 2016
John Neposlan
Church, Community, Spiritual Gifts, the Church of the Nazarene

One of the Apostle Paul’s favorite metaphors to describe what a local church is called to be is the human body. I think Paul loves the metaphor of the body for several reasons. The Local Church Is Like The Human Body First of all, the local church is like a living organism which possesses the […]