To effectuate His Plan of reconciliation and transformation God sends his people into the World to make disciples who will learn of Christ, imitate Christ, and follow Christ in their daily lives. It is through the making of disciples that God has chosen to build his church and return his people to full relationship with Him. Because He is all powerful, God could have chosen to transform us into slaves to righteousness by divine edict rather than through discipleship. But he

God’s Plan of reconciliation and transformation is carried out by those called to His purpose through the making of disciples. A disciple is someone who dedicates his life to learning of Christ, imitating Christ, and following Christ in his daily life. Jesus’ final command to his original disciples in Mathew 28:19 was to “go and make disciples of all nations.” Through them, and the disciples they made, this Great Commission has passed down to us, as we in turn will pass it t

God’s Plan  to solve the Problem is the reconciliation and transformation of his people. Through the Splitter’s temptation of Adam and Eve sin entered the World to separate us from God and make man its slave. As slaves to sin we cannot be in right relationship with our creator who is perfect. But this is not what God wants. To reconcile is to return to friendly relations. This is what God wants, to return us to right relationship with Him in the original design. For this to

God’s creation was perfect because he was perfect.   He created us in his own image and gave us free will to be obedient. Adam and Eve abused that freedom by eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which God forbade them to do. Through that act of disobedience, sin entered the world, making man mortal, passing a sinful nature to humanity, and separating us from our creator.   Thus, it is sin that is the problem . Or, better said, it is sin that is THE Problem. The

Reluctantly, a military commander will retreat from the battlefield when confronted with a superior enemy. There are times when that might be necessary due to surprise, but it should never be for lack of preparation. There also times when a commander will remove a unit from the battlefield temporarily after sustained engagement with the enemy, so that it may rest, rearm, retrain, and return to the fight restored. This is not a retreat but a refit. It is the same for men of Go