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Starting Strong: Beginning Your Journey with Jesus Christ
by: Dr. Josh Franklin
STARTING STRONG is a discipleship tool that puts forth some essentials to a thriving relationship with Jesus Christ. Whether you have just recently given your life to Christ, or you would like to have a firm grasp on what being a follower of Christ is all about, this book is for you! A "disciple" simply means a "learner" and a "follower". Jesus wants all of us to be His disciples - loving Him better and following Him closer. We will be better equipped to handle the pressures of life when we grow up spiritually. |
About Dr. Joshua Franklin:
JOSH is Senior Pastor of Good Hope Baptist Church in Cary, North Carolina (goodhopechurch.org), and has been serving in local church ministry since April, 2002, and has been walking with the Lord since 1995.
He holds 3 earned degrees, including his Masters of Divinity and Doctorate of Ministry in Expository Preaching from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Josh has written several books including: Starting Strong (2007), Pathway to Power (2013), Believer’s Baptism (2013), Don’t Drink Responsibly (2015), and The Vanishing of the Gospel (2015). He was also honored with the Warren-Poe Award for Rural Church Ministry "for demonstrating excellence in, or potential and promise for, effective pastoral ministry in a rural Southern Baptist Church" in 2010 from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Josh and his lovely wife, Lydia, along with their three wonderful sons, Josiah, Caleb, and Levi reside in North Carolina. |
Don't Drink Responsibly
I’m grateful to Josh Franklin for writing this book.” - Dr. Johnny Hunt (former president of SBC)
The beer and alcohol advertisements tell us, “Please Drink Responsibly” after pushing their liquor on our society. They say, “Moderation is the answer” to the alcohol problems that plague us. The answer for today’s society is not moderation, but abstinence: “Don’t Drink Responsibly!”
My prayer is that we would not build our convictions about alcohol from the culture around us, but allow the Word of God to guide us toward an informed, Christian conviction that advocates abstinence, not moderation.
The beer and alcohol advertisements tell us, “Please Drink Responsibly” after pushing their liquor on our society. They say, “Moderation is the answer” to the alcohol problems that plague us. The answer for today’s society is not moderation, but abstinence: “Don’t Drink Responsibly!”
My prayer is that we would not build our convictions about alcohol from the culture around us, but allow the Word of God to guide us toward an informed, Christian conviction that advocates abstinence, not moderation.
From Rainer Publishing
THE VANISHING OF THE GOSPEL and the Demise of the Church
by: Bill Bennett, Ph.D. &
Josh Franklin, D.Min.
Chapters include:
- Hell Disappeared and No One Noticed
- The Intolerance of Jesus: Is Jesus the Only Way to Heaven?
- Churched but Not Changed: Substituting Church Membership for the New Birth
- and much, much more (16 chapters in all)!
by: Bill Bennett, Ph.D. &
Josh Franklin, D.Min.
Chapters include:
- Hell Disappeared and No One Noticed
- The Intolerance of Jesus: Is Jesus the Only Way to Heaven?
- Churched but Not Changed: Substituting Church Membership for the New Birth
- and much, much more (16 chapters in all)!
"Nothing is as wonderful as knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have given up everything else and count it as garbage. All I want is Christ and to know that I belong to Him...God accepted me simply because of my faith in Christ." (Philippians 3:8-9, CEV)
email: inferno4god@hotmail.com or josh@goodhopechurch.org
email: inferno4god@hotmail.com or josh@goodhopechurch.org
