Have you ever noticed how often eating together shows up in the gospels? It could be argued that the Way of Jesus has grown across the planet because people ate together. “While they were eating ... Jesus said, 'Do this to remember Me.'” (Luke 22) “All the believers...
It’s not information. It’s not better teaching. It’s not even experiencing a miracle (as wonderful and important as that may be). It’s interaction. Interaction creates the connections that allow the power of God to flow through us together.
It’s never too late to start implementing the basics of disciple making
Was it a dream from God? Was it was just “random” pizza-drunk deviant neurons joyriding around my REM sleep?
My dream was about to open the door to translate “Disciple” into Chinese
I’ve seen disciple-making relationships transform people’s lives. I’ve also seen disciple-making relationships become dysfunctional - even damaging. Here are Seven things I value in Disciple making relationships: 1) Grow Authentic Relationships with People. Jesus said...
I recently joined my friend, Ray Hilbert, at America’s Best Hope, an initiative to call for a movement of disciple makers. Here’s the interview I did with Clark Kellogg at the event.
Some church planting trainings I’ve done produced no lasting fruit. Some have produced fourth-generation disciples and churches.
What makes the difference?
Discipleship in the marketplace is on God’s heart. This business owner is discipling his entire business.
Fall 2000 I sat in the small living room of the student residence hall. It was dark and dingy, smelling slightly like a paradoxical mix of locker rooms and A and F Cologne. I’d met a student athlete in the parking lot and we were now here in his room. I’d...
My new book, Disciple released this week on Amazon.com. “Disciple” is a solution to the issue facing every generation – how to equip all followers of Jesus to be disciples and become disciple makers. “Disciple” is not a book to passively read – it’s an...
January 2008 “Oh my gosh! The baby is being born right now!” I held my wife’s hand as she lay on the hospital bed, in labor with our fourth child, Graham Anthem. It had been a difficult pregnancy, not so much physically, but spiritually. At 32 years old, a decent...
No Discipleship without Evangelism When I was in college, a leader in our ministry used to remark, "There is no discipleship without evangelism." That stuck with me. Today it seems more important than ever. The first words we hear Jesus speak to his potential...
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