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Mentoring in the New Testament Notes

Mentoring is a topic that is mentioned often in our culture, but much of the wisdom on the topic comes from experience and human wisdom. Last week, I finished a five-part series on my blog called “Mentoring in the New Testament.” The series was different because it looked at what God’s Word teaches about mentoring […]

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Mentoring in the Old Testament (7 of 7) - Elijah and Elisha

Other posts in this series: Introduction, Jethro and Moses Part 1, Jethro and Moses Part 2, Moses and Joshua, Moses and Caleb, Jonathan and David One of the best examples of intentional mentoring in the Old Testament is found in Elijah and Elisha. Elijah was God’s prophet, and God used him in powerful ways.  He […]

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Mentoring in the Old Testament (1 of 7) - Jethro and Moses - Part 1

Other posts in this series: Introduction One of the first instances of mentoring in the Old Testament is the example of Jethro and Moses.  Notice several things we can learn about mentoring for their relationship in Exodus 18. First, the foundation of mentoring is a close relationship (Exodus 18:1-8).   In these verses, we see […]

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Mentoring in the Bible - Introduction

Mentoring has radically impacted my life.  So much of who I am and what I do are a result of the mentors that God has placed in my life.  Some mentors were intentional.  Others were instinctive.  But all have been used to make a radical impact in my life. Mentoring is God’s primary method to […]

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Trusting Able Men To Help Bear the Burden

Exodus 18:25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. In this passage, Moses’s father-in-law Jethro […]

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Leadership With Vision Podcast

My pastor, Austin Gardner, has started a brand new podcast called “Leadership With Vision.”  In this podcast, he shares some very helpful truths about leadership, missions, evangelism, discipleship, church-planting, and training others.  The first three episodes are about: Cross Cultural Relations, Training Leaders, and Leading Softly. All of these have been a great help to me, and […]

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The Fickle Crowd vs The Faithful Church

Acts 14:18-23 “And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them. And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about […]

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The Missionary and the Mentor

I just read a great post called The Missionary and the Mentor from the Gospel in China blog.  Here is the article below.  Let me know what you think. ‘Who is your mentor?’ This is the question that I would ask every young man in the Gospel ministry if I could. Please don’t think I would […]

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Our Generation Training Centre

The Our Generation Training Centre is a very unique place to get training for the ministry.  The training centre is based at our home church, Vision Baptist Church, in Alphretta, GA.  Many missionaries and pastors have been trained and sent out all over the world. The training centre is very hands-on and very effective as […]

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Northwest Baptist Bible Institute

We are planning to start a FREE Bible Institute at our church this autumn.  Below are the details.  Let us know if you are interested.  Anyone is welcome to come, including those who want to train for ministry or those who just want to learn more about the Bible. Who is it for? Anyone with […]

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