We are witnessing more and more unsettling public conversations today than at any other time in recent history. We see it with politicians, political commentators, social media posts, conversations at work, in coffee shops—and even in the church. People are having a hard time talking to one another in an appropriate manner. While one group actively states their opinions with gusto, another group,…
The following content is an excerpt from the eBook Fill Your Seats. Download your free digital version in your favorite format here. For years, I’ve defined a disciple as a “learner and follower” of Jesus. In theory, if someone really follows Jesus, they will end up helping others to become learners and followers. But the…
This is part of our blog series from the free eBook Evangelism or Discipleship: Can They Effectively Work Together?. An occupational hazard for you, the informed reader, is to scan or skip this section because you know what it says. While that may be somewhat true, we would be so encouraged by your careful attention….
In his great commission, King Jesus told us to make disciples who “obey everything that he commanded” (Matt. 28:18-20). If we are honest, that presents us with a big challenge today: we must be clear on Jesus’ commandments so that we can obey them. But how can we be clear on the meaning of anything these…
The following content is an excerpt from the eBook Fill Your Seats. Download your free digital version in your favorite format here. Take a look at how Jesus engaged men to become His disciples and ultimately the first disciple makers. As I read the New Testament, I see two keys to how Jesus drew people…
The following content is an excerpt from the eBook Evangelism or Discipleship. Download your free digital version in your favorite format here. The gospel and covenant commitment we wrote about in Chapter 1 of the free eBook, Evangelism or Discipleship: Can They Effectively Work Together? will ensure that evangelism more naturally leads to discipleship. The process…
Dear Discipleship-First Tribe, I am still basking in the afterglow of our best National Disciple Making Forum to date, which we hosted a couple of weeks ago. Affirming feedback keeps coming in, and I am very grateful to God for what he did during the Forum to champion Jesus-style disciple making. With that excitement, I…
At Discipleship·org, our discipleship-first mantra views life through the lens of being disciples who make disciples. To be most fully alive is to walk with Jesus, live out the priorities we find in his life. It is loving people as Jesus loved people. But let’s not study about it and talk about it too much….
The following content is an excerpt from the eBook Evangelism or Discipleship. Download your free digital version in your favorite format here. As we mention in detail in Chapter 1 of Evangelism of Discipleship, we think the concept of a covenant commitment is also important in this discussion and in the linkage of evangelism and discipleship….
The following content is an excerpt from the eBook Fill Your Seats. Download your free digital version in your favorite format here. If we want to generate curiosity about this way of life, we need to think outside the box. And we can learn from the marketers who make other ways of life look so…
As we mention in the first part of our free Discipleship·org eBook, Evangelism or Discipleship: Can They Effectively Work Together?, the root word for “evangelism” is euangelion. It is also the root word for “the gospel.” Euangelion simply means, “good news.” In a sense, evangelism is “good news-ing people,” telling them about Jesus, who is Himself, the “Good…
The following content is an excerpt from the eBook Fill Your Seats. Download your free digital version in your favorite format here. Human beings and cockroaches are the only two animals that gamble. Ivan Pavlov’s experiments proved that responses become predictable with consistent reinforcement. Very predictable. Except . . . sometimes, we human beings will…
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