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Matthew 4:18-22 Peculiar Disciples with a Peculiar Calling

September 23, 2018 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Who were Jesus’ 12 disciples? Smelly, hard-working, uneducated fisherman! That’s right, He calls fisherman not Pharisees, the common laborer instead of the learned, the overlooked instead of the overlord. God doesn’t think like us. We are finite & weak & we need strength or our goals may fail. God is infinite & powerful & He displays […]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Apologetics, discipleship, Effectual Call, Evangelism, Matthew

I Corinthians 3:10-15 Our Foundation, Building, and Reward_ Brother Cody Maples

April 22, 2018 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Laying the right foundation is essential if you are to build anything. But even if you have the right foundation, shoddy materials built on the right foundation won’t last. Paul uses this imagery when describing our work in making disciples. But what is the right foundation? What are the right materials? How can we be […]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: Cody Maples, discipleship, I Corinthians, Reward

I Thessalonians 2:17-19 A Father’s Love Defended

July 23, 2017 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Discipleship can be well described as ‘spiritual fathering.’ The emotional investment, the time investment, the material investment, indeed the pouring out of your very life for the benefit of fellow Christ followers is as much a must for the effective disciple maker as it is for the effective father toward his children. Listen as Pastor […]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: discipleship, I Thessalonians, Spiritual Fathering

I Thessalonians 2:12 Spiritual Fathering_ Part 5 of 5_ The Will of a Disciple Maker

June 18, 2017 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

In this final sermon in the Spiritual Fathering series we see the end goal of discipleship. Our goal is not to produce people who know a lot about Jesus, but people who walk a lot like Jesus. Listen as Pastor Matt explains what a walk ‘worthy of the God who calls (us) into His Kingdom […]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: discipleship, I Thessalonians, Spiritual Fathering, Suffering

I Thessalonians 2:11 Spiritual Fathering- Part 4 of 5- The Words of a Disciple maker

June 11, 2017 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

So far in our series on Spiritual Fathering we have seen that making disciples is not just about teaching true things from God’s word. A disciple maker must also model work hard, and a disciple maker must walk in an upright way. We teach by our actions perhaps even more than we teach with our […]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: discipleship, Fathering, gentleness, I Thessalonians, words

I Thessalonians 2:10 Spiritual Fathering-Part 3 of 5- The Walk of a Disciple Maker

May 28, 2017 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Paul was not a hypocrite. He practiced what he preached. He walked the walk. Listen as Pastor Matt shows how the walk of a disciple maker must be walked devoutly, righteously, and even blamelessly.

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: discipleship, Fathering, hypocrisy, I Thessalonians

I Thessalonians 2:9 Spiritual Fathering Part 2 of 5- The Work of a Disciple-maker

May 21, 2017 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Work is good. It was part of God’s good creation and existed even before the fall of Adam. Before there was sin, there was work. Satan blinds men of the inherent goodness and joy of labor.Do you get discourage, and struggle to find meaning in your job? Listen as Pastor Matt looks at to show […]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: discipleship, fatherhood, labor, Work

I Thessalonians 2:9-12 Spiritual Fathering_ Part 1 of 5

May 7, 2017 By Matthew Cooke 1 Comment

Our lives are not about us. We are to exist for the Glory of God. In order to maximize God’s glory on the earth we need to disciple others. But what does discipleship look like? Listen as Pastor Matt begins a five part series on entitled ‘Spiritual Fathering.’ Discipleship relationship most closely resembles a healthy […]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: discipleship, fatherhood, self-sacrifice

I Thessalonians 2:7-8 Spiritual Mothering

April 23, 2017 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Today’s brand of hyper-macho, anti-sensitive, sub-biblical masculinity hinders discipleship. That statement is shocking coming from an ultra-conservative church in the midst of the current gender revolution; but it is true. Listen as Pastor Matt gives a biblical corrective to this popular misunderstanding of masculinity, and shows from how that biblical discipleship requires an element that […]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: discipleship, Femininity, gender, I Thessalonians, Masculinity

I Thessalonians 1:6-7 Imitators Become Examples

February 19, 2017 By Matthew Cooke Leave a Comment

Discipleship is not about the mere transferal of information, but about total life transformation. To be discipled we must follow the godly examples of believers who have been transformed by the Gospel, and then we become examples to others who see our lives being transformed as well. Listen as Pastor Matt examines to see how […]

Filed Under: Sermons Tagged With: discipleship, Example, I Thessalonians, Perseverance

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