Many pastors, leaders and church goers gaze beyond the scriptures to find ideas or strategies to make disciples. Why? What seems to be celebrated or gaining the most attention by the church are those with the most innovative ideas. Over 23 years of ministry I often see the momentum of the collective church body shift…
Many gurus have written about time. They have spent countless hours on how precious and fleeting time really is in a person’s life. Growing up, I remember The Steve Miller Band and their song, Fly Like an Eagle. The memorable line was “time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’, into the future.” The older I get….
In Recreated to Be like God, Curt Erskine explains how God originally created humanity to be His image bearers. However, after the fall, our ability to function as the image of God was ruined. We must be restored to our original design. Scripture also teaches that Jesus alone is the perfect image of God. If…
Have you ever read Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John and asked yourself this simple question: How did Jesus make disciples who made disciples?[1] One of the most important free eBooks that Discipleship.org has published is Jason Dukes’ book, Inviting Along: 5 Shifts to Help You Move from Informational to Relational Disciple Making (Discipleship.org, 2018). Click…
I remember having a conversation with my former senior pastor where I had brought him in on a situation that was going on in our church. He looked at me with confusion as I poured out my thought process on the issue at hand. After conveying the message, he said, “Dan, you don’t need to…
In my junior year at Penn State I was a new follower of Jesus and I was being challenged immediately in my discipleship group of guys with a radical notion: we become what we think about! They said to me, “If everyone could watch a video playback of my thoughts, just my thoughts, over the…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming the next big technological innovation. AI will most certainly have as great a transformational impact (if not greater) than has the internet on the world and how we do things. In an article a couple of weeks ago, we asked AI some questions about what it means to be…
“Justin, sit down!” Enraged, I stood for a few beats more. Then I sat down. Sort of. My eyes glared at my supervisor. He was forty years my senior. But it didn’t matter to me. All I could see was his sin (my immaturity blinded me to mine). So, I kept standing, on the inside….
FEED “When I discovered your words, I devoured them. They are my joy and my heart’s delight, for I bear your name, O Lord God of the Heaven’s Armies.” Jeremiah 15:16 What is your favorite food? A few of mine are steak, tacos, enchiladas, fettuccine alfredo, lasagna, chicken parmesan, pepperoni pizza, orange chicken, Swedish meatballs,…
You probably already know this, but Memorial Day is different than Veteran’s Day. Memorial Day is intended to honor those who not only have served our country, but specifically, those who actually died in service to our country while defending the freedoms that we all hold dear. Among those hard-won freedoms, the freedom of religion…
As you look at Jesus’ strategic plan, it is simple. Engage spiritual explorers with the gospel. Connect believers in biblical community and service. Grow disciples by training them to grow in Christ and multiply. And multiply disciple-making leaders who will fuel and exponentially grow the movement—no matter the cost. This simple plan has been the…
Jesus came to earth because of our desperate need, but He also was compelled by His deep love for you and me. Love is what drove Him to the cross. A strong connection between loving and giving Take a moment to reflect on the words Jesus shared with Nicodemus during their nighttime conversation, “God so loved the…
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