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John L. Rothra @JRothra

Christ-follower, Bible teacher, husband, father | Author of #1XEvangelism | Helping people glorify Christ by understanding & living God's Word

Joined July 2010
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Whatever struggle or hardship you are facing, turn to Christ to find strength and peace in the middle of your storm. #christianinspiration #christianmotivation
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"To have a faith, therefore, or a trust in anything where God has not promised is plain idolatry and a worshipping of your own imagination instead of God." — William Tyndale #theology #discipleship
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This popular Bible story is about more than a short guy overcoming obstacles. It's about Jesus, not Zacchaeus! youtube.com/watch?v=MMwmsg5s… #theology #discipleship
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Many churches treat the worship service like a pop concert or mere performance rather than the gathering of believers to repent of sin, exalt Christ, and learn from God's Word. #pastors #worship
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Many church leaders often look for ways to help encourage their members to engage in personal evangelism. I’ll briefly list a few tips that I hope are of some help. johnrothra.com/share/evangel… #pastors #evangelism

Five Tips to Help Improve Personal Evangelism in Your Church

Five tips that can help improve the personal evangelism of believers in your local church. Additionally, some ideas to improve some classic approaches.

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Christ Jesus alone is the way to be saved. Your works and good deeds will NEVER get you into heaven. #theology #votd
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As Christians, we should submit to the teachings in Scripture. This requires we do proper hermeneutics by reading what the text says and not reading our opinions into Scripture. #discipleship #theology
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Much of the YouTube prophecies are not biblical prophecies, even though they may reference or even quote the Bible. Rather, what you hear online may in fact be heresy and outright lies. johnrothra.com/know/theology… #prophecy #theology

A Warning about YouTube (and TikTok) Prophecy and the Bible

Social medial is full of preachers and "prophets" claiming divine revelations and predicting the future. In this article I briefly take a look at online prophecy.

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Freedom in Christ is not freedom to do whatever we want, but freedom from the bondage and blindness of sin. Live for Christ! Exalt him in all you do, think, and desire. #discipleship #christianinspiration
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We too often make the Bible about us. We make salvation about us. We make sure the attention is all on us. When it comes to the gospel, we need to get ourselves out of the way because the gospel is about Jesus! #evangelism #discipleship
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In many ways, ministry nobodies may understand true ministry better than those famous, high-profile people most of us follow online or whose books we see on the store shelves. johnrothra.com/show/church-l… #churchleadership #pastors

God Bless the Ministry Nobodies

Churches come in many sizes. Some ministers become well-known while many serve in obscurity with no platform or audience to share their much-needed wisdom.

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Lasting joy comes from faith in Christ Jesus. Joy is a state of mind and a way of living, not a fleeting emotion. #joy #discipleship
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I can be as hard-headed as anyone. We all have our moments of stubbornness. The only one who can truly change that is God. We must submit to the Holy Spirit as he does his transformative work in us, including softening our hearts and our heads. #discipleship #devotionals
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It can be easy to misread the Bible and take it out of context. Christians and church leaders do it FAR TOO often. youtube.com/watch?v=kKRqebFj… #bible #pastors
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Jesus has already won the victory, and it is his victory in which Christians participate. However, we don’t experience Jesus’ victory in its fullness on this side of eternity. johnrothra.com/know/disciple… #theology #discipleship

Hero's Journey as Christian Discipleship, Pt 5: The Victory

Unlike the traditional hero, Christians don't have to wait until the end of the journey to experience victory in their lives.

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The apostle said it so true: we love because we were first loved by Christ. #showlove #loveothers
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Real ministry success is not measured by the number of people in the pews, amount in the bank, or the size of the building. Real ministry success is in the faithfulness to teach sound doctrine and to boldly share the gospel of Christ crucified. #pastors #discipleship
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God revealed something BIG through Jonah's failure. youtube.com/watch?v=5KdO5MQX… #theology #biblelesson

God Revealed THIS About Himself through Jonah's Failure | Jonah 1

The story of Jonah and the big fish (or whale) is ultimately not ab...

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"It is better to have God approve than the world applaud." — Thomas Watson #pastors #discipleship
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What makes outreach evangelistic? How can a pastor’s outreach program become evangelistic if it is not so already? johnrothra.com/share/evangel… #pastors #evangelism

Not All Outreach is Evangelistic, but It Can Be

Churches and pastors talk a lot about outreach, but we are called to do evangelism. Outreach and evangelism are not always synonymous.

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