Article taken from The Gospel Coalition By Trevin Wax Charles Taylor describes our secular age as “the age of authenticity,” a description that could easily fit the dominant narrative of most Disney films. Watch how he defines the phrase: I mean the understanding of life which emerges with the Romantic expressivism of the late-eighteenth century,…
Book review by Bobby Harrington The mission of Jesus was to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10) and Jesus’ method for accomplishing the mission was discipleship. Todd Wilson has written a signature eBook in the hope that it will get us talking and, in talking, to get us acting. We recommend this book to…
Taken from MultiplyMovement.com Two thousand years ago, Jesus walked up to a handful of men and said, “Follow me.” Imagine being one of those original disciples. They were ordinary people like you and me. They had jobs, families, hobbies, and social lives. As they went about their business on the day Jesus called them, none…
By Aaron Couch Taken from RelationalDiscipleshipNetwork.com (The following is a post from ‘Pastorizing‘, the blog of Aaron Couch, Lead Coach of Real Life OTP with campuses in Pullman,Washington – and Moscow and Grangeville Idaho. Aaron is also a member of the RDN and a Mentor Coaching Church) So here is the question I am wrestling…
By Dallas Willard Article taken from Dwillard.com How one thinks of discipleship within evangelicalism depends upon how one draws the line around that movement. If one draws the line, as is now common, to include only the “evangelicalism” that emerged from the conservative-to-fundamentalist churches of North America after World War II, then there is very…
Excerpt taken from Evangelism or Discipleship: How Can They Effectively Work Together by Bobby Harrington and Bill Hull In this chapter, we’re asking three critical questions of this seminal passage. We begin with the two verses before it: “Then the eleven disciples left for Galilee, going to the mountain where Jesus had told them to…
By Francis Chan Article taken from Churchleaders.com It has been a long time since I have written anything. I have spent most of my days developing new friendships and trying to explain to them their need for Jesus. I wish I could tell you a bunch of stories of lives that have changed as a…
By Bill Hull An article from Bible.org There is an old story about St. Patrick baptizing a druid priest. [ii] Both men were standing in the water and St. Patrick had inadvertently placed his staff on the priest’s foot. When the baptism was complete, Patrick said, “You can go now.” The priest answered, “I can’t.”…
This excerpt is taken from Jim Putman and Bobby Harrington (with Robert Coleman), DiscipleShift: Five Steps That Help Your Church to Make Disciples Who Make Disciples Discipleship.org is focused on Jesus Christ and the necessity of helping people trust and follow Him. We do this because it is the greatest cause on earth. And we…
By Francis Chan Article taken from ChurchLeaders.com Knowledge is essential, but it’s not sufficient. It takes knowledge for me to write this. We need to think. We must know the truth. But knowledge alone is not sufficient for the Christian life. It’s not enough just to have knowledge. That’s why Paul says in 1 Corinthians…
Article by Ed Stetzer One of the hidden treasures that the “Prince of Preachers,” Charles Spurgeon, left the church was a little book titled Come Ye Children. In it, Spurgeon contended earnestly that one of the most important tasks given to a parent, teacher, or minister is teaching kids the gospel. Spurgeon writes: There must…
Excerpt from Revisiting the Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert Coleman and Bobby Harrington What is consecration? Consecration is another way of saying we have to teach disciples to obey. In fact, that is spelled out in the Great Commission, not just to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy…
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