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There’s a reason we don’t put out fires: we love the action. The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body. Proverbs 26:22 We don’t extinguish drama because we enjoy it. We’re not built to let fires die out. We are fire […]

Not only do whisperers fuel drama as we saw in verse 20, quarrelers also play a large roll in drama. As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. Proverbs 26:21 The first half of the proverb in verse 21 provides the comparison, As charcoal to hot […]

Starting a fire requires fuel and something to ignite the fuel.1 In particular, fires need heat, fuel and oxygen. Remove any of those three ingredients and no fire will burn. When it comes to the fire of drama, whisperers are the fuel. For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there […]

Fire scares me; it has for as long as I can remember. For most of my life I refused to light a match unless it was one of those 10” fireplace matches. Only during the last five years or so have I learned how to strike a match from a matchbook by folding over the […]

The Practical Discipleship Plan of Attack aims to take in a disciple and produce a discipler. The following chart gives an overview of the whole process. To recap: the discipler instructs his disciple in doctrine, illustrates truth in daily practice, involves the disciple in the work of the ministry, helps the disciple improve his effectiveness, and […]