Why did God create people who would reject Him?
Why did God create people who would reject Him? A complicated question with an answer that’s perhaps simpler than you may think.
We’ve made discipleship much harder than it is. Jesus gave us an example to follow.
“The local church is notorious to reproduce. We’re good at growth. We’re not good at multiplication. The church in North America is about the only continent in the world that is not seeing a movement of multiplication.” – Dann Spader
“You haven’t made a disciple, until they make a disciple” – Dann Spader
Dann has dedicated his life to disciple-making, teaching others how to take someone from seeker to making disciples themselves. More than 750,000 people in 90 plus countries have been trained to make disciples through organizations he has led. He is the Founder of Sonlife ministries and currently serves as President of Global Youth Initiative, an alliance of organizations in 95 countries committed to “equipping young leaders for movements of multiplication”. He is also author of 4 Chair Discipling, Walking As Jesus Walked and co-author of Growing a Healthy Church and The Everyday Commission, among other titles. Dann is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He and his wife, Char, have three daughters.
Why did God create people who would reject Him? A complicated question with an answer that’s perhaps simpler than you may think.
Parents, this is the help you’ve been looking for. Founder and CEO of Foundation Worldview, Elizabeth Urbanowicz, joins Michael to highlight some of the greatest challenges parents face today and to offer practical resources to help them teach their children how to navigate our cultural context through a Christian worldview.
Michael teaches through Psalm 40 the way through our present troubles is found in looking to God’s faithfulness in our past. This sermon was originally recorded at Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, TX in 2011.