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Building A Life of Stewardship

  What do you own that you did not receive?  You might respond, “But I have worked hard to gain what I now possess!”  Where did you get the ability to learn what you now know that allows you to work hard?  Where did you get the health and strength to carry out the tasks?…

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Qualities of Church Leaders – Blameless Character

Today we return to our study of I Timothy 3:1-13.  As we consider the qualities of church leaders I want to be very clear that God does not have a double standard – one for leaders in the church and one for “normal people.”  The character qualities required in church leaders are the character qualities…

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The Church is a Body – the Goal is Unity in Service

Series:  Pictures of the Church “The Church is a Body:  The Goal is Unity in Service” 1 Corinthians 12: 12-26; Colossians 1:18-19; 2:19 May 17, 2015  Kitwe Church Today we will finish our series entitled “The Pictures of The Church.”  Where we have sought to answer the question “What is a church?” So far we…

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The Church is a Building – the Goal is Quality!

1 Corinthians 3: 9b-17 Today we will resume a series that Phil and I have started long ago, before Easter. The subject of this series is “The Pictures of The Church.” The question we are seeking to answer is, “What is a church?” So far in this series we have seen that “The Church is…

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The Root Of Our Problems

Today we want to discover how to unmask the source of your noise.  Our text is found in II Peter 1:2–3. 2 Pe 1:2-3 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto…

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Take the Yoke

Thanks to Dr. Jim Berg for the main outline below. Part One: The Way Down Session 1—Noticing the Noise in Your Soul (Matthew 11:28–30)  Ps 131:2 “Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.” A child that no longer…

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Our Source of Power for Salvation and Godliness

Life is tough. How can God expect us to live like He asks us to live? Too many of us have a testimony of frustration over our own inability to live life the way God asks. Peter instructs us that God does in fact expect us to live righteously in this world.  (Therefore, beloved, be…

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Worship

Every person is a worshipper. We were created that way. The question is not whether you will worship or not, the question is, who are you worshiping? Here at Kitwe Church we gather each week to “worship” God but in reality we are to worship him every day of the week! I hope you these…

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A Model Church For A Modern World

A church is a gathering of Christians for the purpose of displaying God’s glory by becoming increasingly like Jesus Christ (Eph. 3:10-11).

“The church is God’s missile of salt and light hurled into the world to proclaim the triumphant message of sins forgiven and lives transformed.” – R. Kent Hughes, Acts

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2014 In Review

Thank you for following the Kitwe Church blog this year!  Our hope is to continue each week throughout 2015! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,300 times in 2014. If it were…

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