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Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - No Discount Disciples - #4999
The way of Jesus that we claim to walk today was, indeed, very expensive for those first Christians; for millions who have suffered or died for the name of Jesus in every generation, including our own. And it cost Jesus everything. So who am I - who are we - that we should get off cheap?
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/No-Discount-Disciples-4999
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Wrapping Jesus in Hard Words - #5122
You don't just transmit the Gospel, you have to translate it. It's unacceptable that people may miss Jesus because you didn't put it in words they can understand. American church folks speak a language I call Christianese. And sometimes I'm not sure we even understand what some of our words mean!
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/Wrapping-Jesus-in-Hard-Words-5122
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Getting Hammered - #5124
The incredibly hot temperature of the gold refiner's fire isn't to melt the gold or destroy the gold. It's to burn away the junk, and that increases the value of the gold. Now if the trying time you're going through is actually one of God's hammers, you need to know that it isn't to break you. It's to make you more pure, more valuable, more useable than ever before. God's hammer is to build you into something better, not to tear you down.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/Getting-Hammered-5124
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Stat Living - #5138
What does it mean to live wisely? It's buying up the time, redeeming the time, and making the most of every opportunity. Why? Because the days are evil. You can tell how smart a person is by how they use their time.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/Stat-Living-5138
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - So Near, Yet So Far - #5160
Those first four - they all end up in the same place. Now there's a big difference in rejecting Christ and agreeing with Him, but they all end up in the same place, "I never knew you" because agreement isn't commitment. Because I agreed with my wife on things, was that what made us married? No, because you agree with all of Jesus' teachings, you believe all of it, does that make you really His? No. Not until the day you make your own personal visit up that hill - that hill where the cross is where God's Son is paying for your sin.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/So-Near-Yet-So-Far-5160
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Light Right in Front of You - #5166
You can know all about a gift, appreciate a gift, have the gift right in front of you and still miss the gift because you never took the gift for yourself.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/The-Light-Right-in-Front-of-Yo...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - How to Make a Decision You Will Like a Year From Now - #5187
Before you make your choice, make an honest list of what you'll lose in the deal, what could go wrong, what could change, what or who it could affect later, how it will affect the key people in your life. Now this doesn't necessarily mean you shouldn't do it. It means you walk into your decision knowing the cost and choosing to pay it.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/How-to-Make-a-Decision-You-Wil...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Strategy for Bringing You Down - #4008
hat strategy for bringing a tree down actually can work on people, too - especially on those of us who belong to Jesus Christ. Cut the tree - or the believer - off from its life-supply. Before long, it will be relatively easy to bring that believer down. Without even knowing it, that softening, weakening process may be happening in your life right now.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/The-Strategy-for-Bringing-You-...
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Worst Trade in the World - #4031
OK, now, good traders try to end up getting something better than what they gave away. It doesn't always happen. In our word for today from the Word of God, Esau made what was arguably the worst trade anyone has ever made. He traded a priceless treasure for a relatively worthless trinket. Tragically, someone reading today may be making a trade like that right now.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/The-Worst-Trade-in-the-World-4031
Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The "Others" Factor - #4083
It's interesting how responsibility can change the way we live - or how it should change the way we live. Like a certain skiing father I know, you do some things differently when you start thinking about how it could affect people you care about - people you very appropriately feel responsible for. In essence, you start living God's way when you no longer approach life as if it's all about you.
http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Relationships/The-Others-Factor-4083