A ministry dedicated to the promotion of consciously following the Lord Jesus Christ as a disciple, and walking in authentic apostolic Christianity. http://www.iamadisciple.com Reflecting upon Matthew 7:24-27, this essay seeks to understand what it means to build your life on the solid rock of Christ and His words. http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/this_old_house.php This essay explores the meaning of the tree of life, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden of Eden, and how it applies to our lives today http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/two_trees_in_the_garden.php Spoken over a national prayer phone conference, taking principles from 1 Kings 18 and the showdown between Elijah and the prophets of Baal, this message seeks to show that there is a difference between the fire man conjurs up, and the fire God sends down. http://www.iamadisciple.com/sermons/RevivalFire.mp3 A practical study of Ephesians 6, spiritual warfare, and putting on the full armor of God. http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/full_armor_of_god_spiritual_warfare.php Examining Romans 12:1-2, this essay looks at the practical ramifications of what it means to look more and more like Jesus Christ. http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/discovering_god_purpose_part2.php This article examines what it truly means to be a slave of Jesus Christ, in contrast with the worldly servant-leader model of ministry proposed by John Maxwell and others. http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/the_obscure_saint.php Examining Romans 8:28-29, this essay takes a Christ-centered approach to discovering God's purpose for our lives. http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/discovering_god_purpose.php While affirming the classical evangelical textbook definition of salvation, this essay looks to understand God's plan of salvation from a fresh perspective. http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/what_is_salvation.php A sample open-air sermons from a recent UNC Charlotte outreach http://www.iamadisciple.com/sermons/index.php#uncc In the conversion story of the apostle Paul, we can learn a lot about forgiveness, as we see how the Church came to terms with forgiving the man who was once its chief persecutor. http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/forgiving_others.php Through the life of the apostle Paul, we can come to understand what it means for Christ to be magnified in our bodies, and glorified through our circumstances. http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/magnifying_christ_in_my_body.php The cost of being a disciple of Jesus Christ is your life, but in this essay we find that the cost is ultimately worth it. http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/the_cost_of_discipleship.php An examination of what it means to be the only Christian somebody may know, living in a post-Christian America. http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/the_only_christian.php The Church of Jesus Christ needs men of God who will truly be men of God, and live their lives as the apostle Paul did, in the imtation of Jesus Christ, as fathers of the faith whose examples can be followed. http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/fathersoffaith.php Through the example God has given in His dealings with Israel, we come to see that God's gracious dealings with us are always an invitation to love Him, obey Him, and to become the people He would have us to be. http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/graceinthewilderness.php Examining Romans 6, 7, and 8, this article shows how the grace of God has made a difference in our lives, and the freedom we are to experience in Spirit-filled life. http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/freedominchrist.php The apostle Paul demonstrated that true repentance is not merely ceasing from sin, but actively turning away from it. http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/repentance.php Have you heard what God has been saying through the events of the past decade? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkwSViAVMJE This short sermon examines the incarnation of Jesus Christ, and how the Christmas story is ultimately one about humility. http://www.iamadisciple.com/sermons/Biblical_Humility.mp3 An examination of the doctrine of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and how it serves as the heart of the gospel message http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/therisenlord.php In this article I examine the destructive nature of sin, and how we can combat it by the renewing of our minds. http://www.iamadisciple.com/articles/sin.php