After a half century of involvement with my local church, I have concluded that there are two types of leaders: those who talk about the mission of making disciples, and those who actually do it. Do the Work If you find a leader who actually does the work of making disciples, you have found a…
Dear Discipleship-first Friends, We want to share with you some of our upcoming plans to help you and others become more effective disciple makers. First, we have delayed our National Disciple Making Forums until 2021, and we plan to meet in person in Phoenix, Arizona, April 29th–30th and in Nashville, Tennessee, November 4th–5th. We have…
It’s the best known, most visited, most written about, and most famous work of art in the world. You know the one, right? Picture it in your mind. This is the most famous painting in the history of the world. It’s so famous that you can clearly picture it in your mind, right? Take a…
Jesus was a Jew. He was raised by a Jewish mother and a Jewish stepfather in a small Jewish town, Nazareth. He was born in a small hamlet on the outskirts of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, a member of the tribe of Judah, in the line of David. Jesus was given a Jewish name, Yeshua, and ate…
An unhealthy culture spirals downward. The process is the same whether it’s a church, a workplace, or a society. Just like a virus that silently, sneakily, once inside it begins to take over. One of the scary things about viruses, whether cultural or epidemiological, is they destroy. They destroy in lots of different ways. Some…
Is There Really a Difference Between Making Leaders and Making Disciples? Imagine you’re making a sandwich. As you gather the ingredients you notice that you’re out of peanut butter’s spouse. Not only that, but because of the pandemic, stores are out of that wonderful strawberry stuff. So, you need to make more. What will you…
Back in 2016 I decided to take a deep dive into Jesus, studying a different harmony of the Gospels every month throughout the year. In 2018, I did the same thing again, revisiting a few of my favorite harmonies from 2016 while studying through several new ones. In 2021, I plan on taking another deep…
“How do you make disciples?” I love asking pastors that question. Being Discipled Not long ago, I sat around a conference table with several pastors, professors, and denominational leaders. We were all there to talk about discipleship. When the question was asked about how disciples are made, the thoughts were pretty vague and varied. Most…
Following Jesus and making disciples will cost you convenience. Toward the end of his life, the Apostle Paul sat down to write his final letter to Timothy, his young disciple. In this letter, he encouraged Timothy to keep making disciples and investing in people. “You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is…
I spent the last four days in Daytona Beach equipping students to be, and make, disciples of Jesus. While we had to improvise because of COVID-19 restrictions, the students were still fully engaged and excited about how their faith was being challenged. We used Sonlife’s Reverb training to energize and equip the students to live a Great…
Today, we lost a hero of the faith. Ravi Zacharias is home with Jesus. For decades, Ravi has done the work of an apologist and an evangelist, “keeping his head in all situations,” as Paul encouraged Timothy. “But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all…
COVID–19 has shifted a lot of our ministry schedules over the past few weeks, and instead of complaining about the forced changes, church leaders should view this time as an opportunity to rethink some of the ways they used to deliver teaching and training. One of the technologies that have been growing in popularity is…
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