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
Monday Discussion Coach John Wooden is viewed by many as the greatest college basketball coach of all time. His coaching, his players and his team were characterized by unrelenting high and clear standards. Some of his team rules had nothing to do with basketball. They just had to do with being a team. “Coach Wooden … More Unrelenting High and Clear Standards
Friday is for Heart Songs Back in June when I was still trying to figure out all the ins and outs of WordPress, I was having problems posting videos. Here’s one that I wish every, EVERY Christian in America would view and take to heart. How much more joyous would the world be if we … More Men, Buy This Book and Read it Aloud to Your Family
Wednesday is for Prayer The government official sits, an exile in a strange land and ponders the fate of his country and people. He is busy, a sought after counselor to to the King and by others who think he can help them with the ruler in some way. But in the busyness of work … More Needing and Wanting Passion: Avoiding the Process that Produces It
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!
Weekend Musings A friend (Miguel, over at Making Disciples on Facebook) asked what my simplest definition of discipleship was. How about this one: “Leading people to believe in, and to love and live more like Jesus for a lifetime.” When people say they want to make disciples (Matthew 28:18-20), what is it we are making? … More A Simple Definition of Discipleship
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?
Saturday Discussion Back in 2010, I interviewed Dr. Peter Nelson, author of the new book, Spiritual Formation: Ever Forming, Never Formed, (Biblica Publishing). Here is a sneak peek at one paragraph that captured my attention. But with Christ’s global Great Commission to make disciples among all the people groups on earth, a dramatic shift of … More We’ve Been Practicing Old Testament Paradigms
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
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