Credo’s Cache

Each week we will be highlighting important resources. Check back each Friday to see what we have dug up for you. From this week’s cache:

1. Why Charismatics and Calvinists Need Each Other: Adam Mabry – Mabry says, “Charismatics and Calvinists need each other. We don’t have to agree to be agreeable. We don’t have to compromise our consciences to effect change. And we don’t have to sacrifice biblical faithfulness for spiritual power. We can have both, but to get both we’ll probably need to get around each other.”

2. How to Handle Difficult People: Mike Ayers – Ayers notes, “Most people would gladly exchange the effectiveness of the organization as a whole for their own comfort, convenience, stability, and control. They would allow the whole to suffer rather than change.”

3. Mystery is the Lifeblood of Worship: K. Scott Oliphint – Oliphint says, “A vibrant Christianity must include praise of God’s majestic mystery — a mystery infused with knowledge; a knowledge that sets its intentions on the praise of God’s glory; a praise that initiates our practice of holiness.”

4. No Straight Line: Greg Smith – Smith says, “Read through the Gospels. Do you get the feeling from Jesus that anything held him back from making disciples? He discipled on mountain sides, a tax collector’s home, the marketplace, and the temple (much to the chagrin of some of the religious people). He didn’t need a system or a model; he just lived it, people took notice and asked questions.”

5. When Your Missiology Misses the Gospel: Micah Fries – Fries notes, “Gospel-driven missiology, then, can look like a traditional worship service or a modern contemporary one. The form isn’t as important as justification for the form. Are we leading churches that help us to be the most satisfied versions of ourselves, or are we practicing self-denial as we seek to become all things to all people in an effort to lead the lost to Jesus?”

Matt Manry is the Assistant Pastor at Life Bible Church in Canton, Georgia. He writes at matthewwmanry.com.