Category: Ministry

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Mountain-Moving Faith

admin Answer, Army, Believers, Blog, Bread, Cast Out, Consistent, Crowd, Demon, Disciples, Erik Garthe, Faith, Faithless, Feed, Generation, Genuine Faith, God, Great Commission, Howard Hendricks, Jesus, Little Faith, Lord, Ministry, Mountain-Moving, Mountain-Moving Faith, Mountaintop, Mustard Seed, No Longer Conformed, Perverse, Positive Thinking, Prayer and Fasting, Proxy, Question, True Faith, Truth, Valley 0 Comment September 20, 2021

No matter how wonderful mountaintop experiences are, the work of ministry occurs in the valley. Matthew 17:14-23 illustrates this truth. Who was Jesus referring to when He said, “O faithless and perverse More →

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A Glimpse of Glory

admin A Glimpse of Glory, Afraid, Blog, Disciples, Divine Encounter, Elijah, Erik Garthe, Eternal Life, Glory, God, Hope, Jesus, John the Baptist, Kingdom Moment, Lord, Ministry, Moses, Mountaintop, My Beloved Son, No Longer Conformed, Perspective, Peter, Religious Leaders, Son of Man, Spiritual Truth, Tents, Transfigured, Valley 0 Comment September 13, 2021

In our walk with the Lord, we tend to get into ruts, to take things for granted, to lose the excitement of Jesus and the hope of eternal life. In the mountaintop event with Jesus recorded More →

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A Foundation Confessed

admin A Foundation Confessed, Authority of the Church, Blog, Christ, Church, Confessed, Confession, Disciples, Erik Garthe, Foundation, Gates of Hell, God’s Word, Head of the Church, Jesus, Judgment, Keys of the Kingdom, Mankind, Ministry, Miracles, No Longer Conformed, Obedience, Peter, Rock, Son of Man, Spiritual Insight, Stone Rejected 0 Comment August 30, 2021

Jesus’ disciples must know the truth regarding who He is and His plan for saving mankind. They must understand the nature of His church and serve Him obediently. Matthew 16:13-20 presents three revelations More →

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Passion for Ministry

admin Blog, Christ, Compassion, Compromise, Confused, Direction, Erik Garthe, God’s Work, Gospel, Heart, Jesus, Ministry, Mouth, Need, No Longer Conformed, Passion, Passion for Ministry, Peace, Responsibility, salvation, Spiritual Eyes, Spiritual Life 0 Comment April 12, 2021

Searching for meaning in life is like a blindfolded person trying to find an empty seat in a crowded room. Some people call out confusing directions, some stand in the way, and still others put things More →

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Shaping a Ministry

admin Blog, Discipleship, Erik Garthe, Gospel, Heal, Jesus, Ministry, Needs, No Longer Conformed, Preach, Shaping a Ministry, Teach 0 Comment October 25, 2020

Matthew 4:12-25 begins with the statement: “Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee.” This passage records Jesus’ steps in establishing His earthly ministry. More →

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Overcoming Work

admin Blog, Challenges, Erik Garthe, Glory, God’s Blessing, God’s Favor, God’s Presence, Ministry, No Longer Conformed, Overcoming Work, Trust, witness, Workplace 0 Comment August 24, 2020

People all around us are watching to see what kind of Christian we are and one of the best places to demonstrate the authenticity of our faith is in the workplace. We feel bound to our jobs to make a living; many feel enslaved to their job. More →

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The Right Stuff

admin Blog, Compassion, Doctrine, Erik Garthe, Eternal Life, Faith, Hope, Labor, Longsuffering, love, Ministry, No Longer Conformed, Problems, Spiritual Growth, The Right Stuff 0 Comment July 6, 2020

We all must deal with problems: how we handle them affects how we survive them. “Why?” is the natural question. The first chapter of 2 Thessalonians gives insight for dealing with problems. The apostle Paul provides a prescription … More →

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Spiritual Growth Spurts

admin Adversity, Blog, Character, Erik Garthe, Grace, Ministry, No Longer Conformed, Preparation, Refine, Righteousness, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Growth Spurts, Spiritual Maturity, Strength, Teach, Test, Train, Tribulation, Trouble, Truth 0 Comment March 2, 2020

Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt, instruct.” God manifests His presence during the difficult times of life. As a believer, the question becomes: How has He matured you through those events? More →

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Faithful to the End

admin Blog, Crown, Erik Garthe, Eternal Life, Faithful, Faithful to the End, Faithfulness, Ministry, No Longer Conformed, Prize, Reward, Righteousness, Suffering, Temporal, world 0 Comment February 17, 2020

“I have kept the faith.” If we could find the tombstone of Paul’s grave, that would probably be the epitaph. In his second letter to Timothy, the apostle wrote, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” (v. 4:7) More →

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The Commitment

admin Ambassadors, Blog, Commitment, Erik Garthe, Eternal Life, Good News, Gospel, Heaven, Hell, Ministry, No Longer Conformed, Reconciliation, Soul-Winning, Testimony, The Commitment, witness 0 Comment August 12, 2019

Make the commitment to reap! The Lord’s fields are intended to be harvested. The “reaping” commitment is for the intention of witnessing to and reaching the lost with the good news of eternal life in Jesus Christ. More →