Follow Me is an exciting new series that features teaching by America’s leading speakers and pastors. This weekend, we will welcome Jud Wilhite—author, speaker, and senior pastor of Central Christian ...
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“Follow Me!” Jesus said these words to 12 men, 2,000 years ago ... and it changed the world! Today, you are given the same invitation: “Follow Me.” lt’s an invitation to real life, the life God created you to live, and it’s the secret of true happiness. Following Jesus takes trust and courage. It isn’t easy. But aren’t you tired of just existing? Sign up to HOST A GROUP HERE www.Saddleback.com/EXTENSION!...
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Saddleback Church is launching two new campuses soon in Berlin and Buenos Aires. If you live close to either Berlin or Buenos Aires or you know somebody who does make sure you watch the videos below and get involved!...
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Many Christians approach evangelism with the same lack of enthusiasm and reluctance as bible verse memorization. There’s something about stepping out to openly discuss our relationship with Christ that causes a bit of evangelistic paralysis. Whether we blame it on lack of knowledge, fear of rejection, or both; can we truly justify our lack of discipline with this most impactful directive given to us by Christ himself? In chapter six of his book, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life, Whitney explores several causes of our tendency toward evangelophobia. Not surprising, one of the top reasons for our unwillingness is driven by our aversion to failure. ...
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Jesus said, “Follow Me” to 12 men 2,000 years ago, and it changed the world. Today, you are given the same invitation: “Follow Me.” Following Jesus takes trust and courage, and it’s the key to truly living. "Follow Me" is our new series during which America’s best preachers will explain the difference that following Jesus makes in every area of life. This weekend, we'll be hearing from Russell Moore, the President-elect of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. Moore will be giving a special Mother's Day message that you won't want to miss. ...
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Ever since I heard that Saddleback was going to do the #followme series I have been thinking about what it means to be a follower of Jesus. What does it mean to follow Jesus? Does it mean that I have to leave my family and become a missionary? Does it mean that because I can’t do that therefore I can’t follow Jesus? I know I’m going to get my questions answered during the #followme series, but I also wanted to find out more. So I opened my Bible app and started searching for verses that had “follow” in them....
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Dave Mullins is in the final stage of a successful career as a VP for a beverage distribution company. As he looked towards his future, he envisioned spending a lot of time at his vacation home in Rosarito Beach in Mexico. In the midst of planning his retirement, God began to speak to Dave and his wife Michelle about the other residents in his beach community. There are hundreds of families that live or vacation in Rosarito and few efforts to share Jesus’ message with them. That is when Dave heard about the opportunity to start a Saddleback Extension in his vacation home....
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Join us for part two of our new series, Follow Me. This week online, Wilfredo de Jesus, aka "Pastor Choco," will join us and discuss what it means to be a disciple of Jesus Christ. Pastor Choco is the senior pastor of New Life Covenant Ministries, one of the fastest-growing churches in Chicago. He has helped develop several community-based programs while at New Life, including Gangs to Grace, which reaches out to gang members; the...
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The week of April 27th we will kick off our new series, Follow Me, with guest speaker Francis Chan. Chan is a pastor, speaker, author, and activist who is known for his best-selling book Crazy Love and his raw, authentic take on spirituality. He is the founding pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley and is currently working to start a church planting movement in the inner city of San Francisco and working to launch a countrywide discipleship movement....
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We’re in chapter five of Donald Whitney’s book, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. Whitney uses this chapter to discuss what it means to worship God. In biblical times, the Pharisees and other teachers of the law confused conforming to religious rituals with the purity of worshiping God. They were more concerned about the appearance of righteousness versus having a heart for Christ. “These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship is a farce, for they teach man-made ideas as commands from God.” Matthew 15:8-9...
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