Author: Pete Monast Corporate worship is essential to the Church of Jesus Christ.  Being a worship leader, it’s easy for me to share my personal (and admittedly, somewhat biased) opinion regarding the importance of corporate worship. I could attempt to persuade anyone reading that it’s one of the most vital disciplines we can practice as Christ followers. However, I believe …

Author: Aaron Stephens Prayer is a topic that may be one of the most important aspects of following Jesus, yet one of the most simple. Unfortunately, I think we, as believers, tend to overcomplicate it thinking we need elegant words or a flow chart to offer something “God worthy”.   The truth is that prayer is simply communicating with God.  The …

Author: Debbie Bryant Prayer, worship, and even giving are commonly recognized spiritual disciplines and the reasons for them are pretty obvious to the believer. But what about fasting? Memorizing scripture? Observing a Sabbath? Confessing our sins? What are the purposes of these and other less-frequently discussed disciplines we see in scripture? Let’s back up a bit. Why did Christ save …