Who Do I Listen To?

Eric Mason

Paul urged his young disciple, Timothy:

Remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith. The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. (1 Timothy 1:3–5 ESV)

Sound or healthy doctrine is the means to an end: Love. If we are to love God and others as we ought to, we must come to the Word of God with a pure heart and a good conscience, which flows out of a sincere faith. We also need to be instructed. So, who do I listen to beside the teachers and believers at NCCF? Well, I find that God puts different teachers in my life at different times, in order to give me a well-rounded, balanced view of Scripture. Lately, I’ve been podcasting Matt Chandler, R.C. Sproul and folks associated with the Acts 29 Network. My needs change and I’ll let you know who’s on my radar from time to time.

Last week I found this timely message on the subject of discipleship by Eric Mason. Eric is one of the pastors at  Epiphany Fellowship. Eric is a brilliant theologian, ministering to the hip-hop generation. “Our mission is to show off the glory of Christ in every area of life.” Their vision statement follows it and says “Our vision is to comprehensively make disciples in a culturally relevant way to impact the world to Jesus Christ’s glory.”

The Great Invitation

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