by Steve Cordle | Jan 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ As a pastor, I have often had to make the case for becoming part of a cell group. Many people who connect with our church through the worship service will first view group participation as an “extra-mile” add-on for those with free...
by Steve Cordle | Jan 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ Recently, one of our church’s former leaders, now ministering in another town, told me that he felt pressed by people who champion many competing priorities for the church. He asked me, “Why have you stuck to making disciples?” I...
by Steve Cordle | Dec 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ I can’t image Christmas Eve without being in worship. It’s not Christmas for me until I stand before our congregation and light a candle as we sing “Silent Night” together. Even though I have done this every year for decades, the...
by Steve Cordle | Dec 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ There’s an old story about a child who became afraid of the dark in her bed at night. She called out to her father, “Daddy! Daddy!”Her father rushed into the room and asked, “What is it? What’s wrong?”“I’m afraid of the dark; it’s...
by Steve Cordle | Nov 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Steve Cordle, https://xr.church/ The mission of the church is to make disciples. How old is a disciple? That’s an unusual way to ask how old a person needs to be to respond to God. The Bible tells us that David was a “youth” – a teenager —...
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