In Matthew 4, Jesus starts his ministry by approaching two fishermen, Simon (Peter) and Andrew. In words that would meet them exactly where they were, Jesus gives them a command, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men” (v. 19). Jesus made himself so clear, but unfortunately most of the modern church and Christians have…
It would be a glaring understatement to say that the Church today is in deep crisis. And not just local churches and their leaders—but the whole enterprise of global Christianity. You don’t have to be a prophet to know something has gone terribly wrong somewhere along the way. I was confronted with one aspect of…
Have you ever thought you were doing something right, only to be disappointed with the results? We’ve all heard of “easy” ways to lose weight without having to change our diets, as well as the “secret” to earning loads of money by barely working. If you’ve ever tried either of these things, you’ve probably found…
After you’ve had a few individual conversations with potential disciples, it’s time to gather them into a group. While it’s possible to disciple someone one on one, the best environment for making disciples is a small group of three or four people. Throughout the Bible, you can see that God often did amazing things through…
Dear Discipleship-first Friends, Let’s imagine India and China go to war. Let’s pray they never do, but for the sake ofthis illustration, the two largest nations in the world are revving up for battle. India decides, “We are only going to send our generals into battle. After all, the generalshave the most training, experience, and expertise.” India…
This eBook will give you a clear year-by-year, step-by-step plan for you to pass down faith to your children, while allowing for flexibility to accommodate your family’s needs and rhythms.
This eBook will give you a clear year-by-year, step-by-step plan for you to pass down faith to your children, while allowing for flexibility to accommodate your family’s needs and rhythms.
God’s heart is that we know and experience the vastness of His love, both in its magnitude and in its complexity. Through the years theologians have referred to this complexity with a variety of expressions. For example, one tradition refers to them as the benevolent, beneficent, and complacent love of God. As disciples and in…
Dear Discipleship-first Friends, Our team wanted to reach all of India. 1.4 billion people. (Yes, billion, with a b). We were praying desperate prayers, asking God how to do that when I stumbled across a little book by Ying Kai. He and his wife started a disciple making movement in China that focused on mobilizing…
CREATING A DISCIPLE MAKING CULTURE What is culture? Culture is the water we swim in. It’s captured in the cartoon where one fish swims up to another fish in another part of the ocean and asks “How’s the water over here?” The second fish says, “What’s water?” In other words, culture is something we can…
This past Christmas, we enjoyed the company of my wife’s nephew and his family at our condo in Orlando. As I wrote in a previous article ( WHY? ), the three year old toddler Enzo offered some insights to the question “why.” A few weeks ago at Easter, they again joined us, this time at…
The Scoreboard What do you measure? What is the scoreboard you keep that defines Kingdom success? A church’s measures, or metrics, help them see when they are successful in accomplishing the church’s mission. Most churches track… attendance, baptisms, and offerings. I have a friend who says churches measure “The Three B’s” – buildings, bucks, butts…
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