discipleship
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Where do you go to church?
I live in a Bible Belt in Western Canada and get this question from time to time. However, it’s the wrong question because it misses the point. You cannot ‘go’ to something you ‘are.’ We who are in Christ, ARE the church, the body of Christ. He is the head, not the pastor or priest.…
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What Happened in Belize?
Here’s a glimpse of all that happened in Belize August 2022 when I was invited to help facilitate a camp for kids and teens. I sent the following out to my email list… What God did in a few days blew us all away! Okay, so…In a previous email, I wrote: “I’m away and heading…
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Are you suffering on the inside?
There are 4 traditional approaches to discipleship that actually lead to bondage: Osmosis: Get people to attend church and serve faithfully. Academics: Teach information about the faith. Behaviour: Establish performance expectations for church members. Church: Train people to invite others, serve, and join a small group. These 4 things above may have good elements but without…
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Discipleship Things We’ve Forgotten
“Success is not the pastor or the staff executing all the ministry; it’s them equipping the saints to do the work of ministry.” “If you seek to build a church, you rarely produce disciples…If you seek to make disciples, you always get the church.” “Pray about God giving you 3-5 men you can invest your life…
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Quit the Program?
Why do we think we need a program? (How to Live Life) Basic Christian Living 101: Our minds are so programmed to be in a program…for everything. (Thank you Henry Ford for your assembly line model…) We go to an education program, we go to a fitness program, we go to a sports program… we…
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It Begins With You and Your Family
“What you accomplish for God beyond your home will never be greater than what you typically practice with God within your home. What have you done in the past seven days to disciple your own family?” – Dr Timothy Paul Jones
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Creating Space for God
“Discipline is the other side of discipleship. Discipleship without discipline is like waiting to run in the marathon without ever practicing. Discipline without discipleship is like always practicing for the marathon but never participating. It is important, however, to realize that discipline in the spiritual life is not the same as discipline in sports. Discipline…
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Lose Your Life
“Jesus’ secret to joy and life was simple: Die. …Against what all our instincts of self-preservation whisper to us every day, total surrender to Jesus is the safest investment we can make. Our only security is renunciation of all that this world holds secure. The safest and the hardest thing we can ever do. Jesus is…
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Every Believer Is A Church Planter
Alan Hirsch, “The Forgotten Ways” explains the core of the radical Jesus movement.
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Vibrant Churches: Discipleship Plan
Discipleship Plan: Research has demonstrated that churches identified as “vibrant” were far more likely to have a discipleship process that was communicated with clarity, a process where members could understand where they were and what step they needed to take next to continue along the path of spiritual development. (Thom Rainer/Eric Geiger in Simple Church)…