Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Matthew 28:16

Christians are different. They can’t help it. When you’re in Christ and filled with the Spirit, it changes you. This leads to weird ideas and alternate beliefs about reality. This series of 5-day plans uses classic Christian Creeds as a vehicle to explain the Christian worldview compared to the world’s, and help us see reality through Jesus’s eyes.

Jesus has been attached to so many agendas throughout history both good and bad. Yet His teachings have persisted because they cut to the core of the human experience. To some, He is a nuisance who won’t go away. And to others, He holds the key to meaning and purpose in life. As we celebrate Holy Week together, let’s find answers to this question: “Who is Jesus?”

Christians are different. They can’t help it. When you’re in Christ and filled with the Spirit, it changes you. This leads to strange expectations. It’s a different kind of hope flowing from Christ’s perspective on things. This is the third in a series of 5-day plans that uses the Lord’s Prayer to show how Jesus invites us to approach life and the future.

Missional living is not self-powered or self-directed. It’s not about seeing a challenge, gearing up, and running toward it all on your own strength. That way lies sure disillusionment and even bitterness. Missional living is 100% empowered by the gifts of the Holy Spirit — his power, presence, provision, and perspective. In this 5-day plan, we’ll look at how the first disciples and apostles learned to live missional lives shaped by the gifts that Jesus gave them through his Spirit.

In this five-day series of readings from across the breadth of Scripture, we will see how “the nations” have always been the object of God’s love and how he consistently calls his people to join him in his mission to rescue and redeem men and women from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. We will also explore the implications of this for people who desire to live missional lives, aligned with God’s purposes.

What does it mean to be a Christian apologist? Is it all about apologizing for being a Christian? Not quite. It's actually about giving a defence of Christian beliefs! This Bible Plan will help you understand what apologetics is, its purpose, and the first steps in how to do apologetics, as well as highlight some examples of apologetics found in the Bible. Find yourself encouraged by the fundamentals of knowing and sharing with others the good reasons Christians have to believe in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

What’s your reaction to the word mentoring? “Scary!” “I don’t know enough!” “What is mentoring?!?!” Mentoring can be confusing and scary, but it can also be one of the most life-changing relationships we have. This plan, written from the perspective of a mentor and a mentee, will encourage you that you do have what it takes to influence others through mentoring.

He’s with you through the pain. He comforts you in the waiting. When you’re anxious about your future, He gives you courage. As you climb the mountain, He keeps you safe in His arms. In every moment, you are not alone. Start this Life.Church Bible Plan to accompany Pastor Craig Groeschel’s series, God With Us .

Matthew writes to God’s people and walks them on a journey that will take them from where they are to be Disciple Makers. This is 27 of 27 devotional plans walking us through the book of Matthew.  In this portion, Jesus is Risen - Hallelujah! Jesus gives us our marching orders – to be disciplemakers. 

How did Jesus lead? How did He build the greatest movement the world has ever seen? We study His message, but what about His method?