Thursday is for Discipleship My friend John Nunnikhoven quoted this passage (John 3:30) in his comment yesterday. It got me thinking …” (Thanks John) Taking the “back seat on the bus” is a sign of maturity when your superior is present. That’s why the civil-rights era saw the requirement for blacks to sit in the … More Taking the Back Seat on the Bus
Thursday is for Discipleship Authentic Christian living in community is radical. It is radical but it is needed and it is powerful. Around A.D. 200, Tertullian wrote that the pagan world was being stunned by the love that Christians had for one another. For they [Christians] are not [given to] … drinking-bouts, and eating-houses, but … More Be Bold in Your Love: The World Needs Your Bold Love
Thursday is for Discipleship Question: Why must every disciple be a multiplier? Biblical Answers: Because the apostolic pattern is clear — 2 Timothy 2:2 — find and teach faithful others who will teach others also. Because the apostolic expectation is clear — Hebrews 5:12 — “by this time you ought to be teachers” Because of … More Why is it Necessary for Disciples to Multiply Themselves?
Six Questions on a Thursday to Clarity Your Discipleship I just rediscovered a book on my shelf that I don’t know how it came into my possession. It is a review copy of Glenn McDonald’s The Disciple Making Church: From Dry Bones to Spiritual Vitality. Here are six questions from the opening chapter of his … More So You Think You are a Disciple!
Thursday is for Discipleship I am away at a conference training church planters this week and have zero time or energy to write a new piece today. But there is a piece that I wrote not too long ago titled, Jesus is not your Savior, that was more controversial than the comment stream indicated. I … More Can Jesus Be My Savior If I Will Not Do What He Tells Me to Do?
Thursday is for Discipleship What is included in making disciples? Are disciple-making and discipleship the same thing? Is spiritual-formation a synonym for making-disciples? What do we gain when we separate evangelism from discipleship? What do we lose? Why did Jesus never separate evangelism (proclamation) from following (spiritual formation)? If Jesus didn’t separate them, any ideas … More Questions We Never Ask But Should
Thursday is for Discipleship Thought: “… most spiritual growth happens on a haphazard need-to-grow or need-to-know basis. As life happens, we’re suddenly confronted by the need for personal growth or more biblical information in an area of life that up to now hasn’t seemed all that important.” (Larry Osborne, A Contrarians Guide to Knowing … More Cookie-Cutter Discipleship is a Waste of Time
Thursday is for Discipleship How does the simplicity and obviousness of certain passages escape our notice? Perhaps we are just too familiar with some passages. We grow dull of eye and ear and neither see nor hear what is so obvious. Take the “Great Commission” of Matthew 28 for an example. “Go therefore and make … More The Mission is Not to be Educators
Thursday is for Discipleship (The following are excerpted from Bill Hull, The Disciple Making Pastor, p.12-15, bold emphasis added.) “The condition of the heart, … determines the body’s ability to function normally.” “The evangelical church has lost the will to ask the right questions and the courage to face the answers. The critical decision facing … More For The Pastor Who is Serious About Making Disciples
Thursday is for Discipleship All churches are challenged by the need to insure that its ministries are led by men and women who are committed to the same values and vision that the church itself espouses. How does a church insure that all leaders share the same vision, and commit themselves to the same values … More Disciples Who Don’t Teach Aren’t Disciples
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