Thursday is for Making Disciples “If the unchurched [in the USA] were a nation unto themselves, they would be the eleventh most populated country on earth today.” (Pollster, George Barna, in Rechurching the Unchurched)* We sometimes fall into the trap of thinking that because many of our friends are believers and go to church that … More Do You Have Eyes to See?
Over on Facebook yesterday, Neil Cole started a discussion that was quite lengthy with a retweet of @lanceford: If North American pastors worked as hard at Disciple-making as they do on Sermon-making we could change the world//Prob true! I’m not sure if the “Prob true!” comment is Neil’s or Lanceford’s. The Discussion went on for … More Neil Cole: A Bridge (destruction) Too Far (Is Preaching Part of Discipleship)
I am working on a seminar I will be doing on at the Great Lakes District Conference of the Evangelical Free Church. I’ve been asked to do a seminar on taking the gospel into our neighborhoods. I thrill to this type of seminar, because … I know that the people who show up really want … More Making Jesus a Live Issue Behind Every Door in Your Community
Our Big Problem For some time I have been convinced that a big problem in the American Church is that we have a mindset that implies that Jesus can be added to our already basically intact worldview. I am convinced this is a faulty way of thinking about discipleship. Jesus doesn’t want to be added … More Stop Adding Jesus to Your Life!
Missional Leadership It’s A.D. 51 and a month or two ago the Apostle Paul had planted the church in Thessalonica. Now he’s in Corinth and he pens 1 Thessalonians to encourage the saints in their new faith in Christ. What this means is that when we look at 1 Thessalonians, we are looking at what … More Churches are Doing Much and Accomplishing Little
Thursday is for Discipleship Assuming that a person has repented of sin and believed in Christ as their Savior, Sin-bearer, reigning and soon-coming King, how do we help people to live moment by moment in relationship to the living God? How do we help them grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ? I have … More Living in a Moment by Moment Relationship with God.
Musing on Saturday. (3 minute read) Why Spiritual Formation is a Bad Substitute for Discipleship Here’s my take on why the substitution of the term “spiritual formation” for “discipleship,” is not an improvement and actually exacerbates a problem the Church in America already has with the term discipleship. If we were to survey most American … More Evaluating “Spiritual Formation”: Is it a better term than “Making Disciples?”
Wednesday is for Prayer and Inspiration There is glory in a life spent focused on the Savior’s mission. Live an inspiring life. Take more people to heaven with you. An unforgettable 3 minutes. Pray for Sarah Coiner and her ministry and then pray that God would expand your opportunities and boldness as well.
Over the last month or so, I’ve written about the problem we have in the American church-related to discipleship. (see We’ve got discipleship all wrong and Penetrating Post-Christian Communities with the Gospel and in a number of other places). But the issue keeps coming up in numerous posts and in conversations with pastors. This week … More “Making Disciples” is a Unitary Act
Update: The year was 2010 and I was teaching a Church Planting class at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School when a bright student asked a very good question. This post was a result of that encounter. I was asked a great question by a future church planter today. “How do you go about recruiting for a … More Growing a Church that Does More than Cook Fish
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