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How Long Does it Take to Raise Up a Fourth Generation?
What if I told you that it might take a decade before you saw a 4th generation in your discipleship ministry? Would that be a deal breaker for you? What if I told you that some guys that you invested a lot of time in would never raise up a third generation? Let alone a…
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You Can’t Call It Discipleship Until There is a 4th Generation
Met with a good friend of mine this morning to talk about his discipleship ministry. Randall meets with a guy named Todd. The question on the table is when do we call it discipleship. Am I discipling Randall? Yes? Is Randall discipling Todd? Yes? This may sound harsh but I think that discipleship is occurring…
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Betty
I am sitting here with my mother-in-law at the rest home. She is resting after falling this evening. She is fine by the way. I have so many fond memories of her. She has always been such a gracious woman and even as she deals with Alzheimer’s she continues to be a joy. My first…
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Are You Memorizing Scripture?
One of characteristics of men of God I have admired over the years is their connection to Scripture memory. I am watching my own heart beginning to refocus and some key guys making some progress in their walk by taking on this discipline of the faith. After about a year of working on re-memorizing the…
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How Long Will I Live?
I consider myself to pretty orthodox as it relates to things of faith. I would land on the more conservative side of most theological issues, yet it seems that I also have a philosophical side that leans toward unorthodox thoughts. Some call that a messed up mind. As I turn 50 (yesterday) I have been…
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How to Make a Disciple-Maker: Help them Develop an Evangelistic Testimony.
Develop an Evangelistic Testimony. People love to hear stories. It is no coincidence that the movie industry is one serious business. Why is it that we pour into the theaters week after week? The reason is simple: we are suckers for a good story. The movies allow us to be transported for a short time…
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How to Make a Disciple-Maker: Help them Develop Convictions in the Area of Evangelism
Develop Convictions in the Area of Evangelism Over 10 years ago, I began working on an equipping model to help guide me as I was endeavoring to guide aspiring disciple-makers to continue their discipling ministry. The project was basically a brain drain about everything that I had learned over the years while discipling guys (and…
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How to Make a Disciple-Maker: Help them Deal with Heaven vs. Hell
Deal with Heaven vs. Hell Hell is the single greatest tragedy in the universe- Randy Alcorn I am working through a book on heaven called Heaven by Randy Alcorn. It is a very interesting and inspirational as he tries to help believers understand heaven from a Biblical perspective. But, in the midst of this uplifting…
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How to Make a Disciple-Maker : Help them Get a Man
Get a Man (Woman) Where’s your man? Where’s your woman? Who are you intentionally discipling? One of the main obstacles to disciple-making is not having someone to disciple. That sound pretty basic but it is a profound dilemma than many want-to-be-disciple-makers have. They have the vision. They have a plan (albeit a plan developing). But,…
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How to Make a Disciple-Maker: Help Them Examine the Exemption Clause
Examine the Exemption Clause Have you ever worked in a company where the most popular excuse for something not getting done was “that isn’t my job”? Or have you tried to solve an issue with a service or product that you bought and everybody in customer service is convinced that another department is responsible to…
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How to Make a Disciple-Maker: Help them Get a Discipleship Plan
Get a Discipleship Plan I met with a good friend of mine this morning that I am beginning to mentor in the area of disciple-making and we did an interesting exercise. He is a sixth grade math teacher and I asked him to tell me what it would take for me to become a sixth…
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How to Make a Disciple-Maker: Help them Embrace the Vision of Disciple-Making
Embrace the Vision of Disciple-Making The greatest need in the entire world is disciple-makers. Don’t believe me? Riddle me this: why would Jesus make the discipling of the 12 the central focus of His brief 3 year ministry. Sometimes in our study of the life of Jesus we are so impressed with His amazing life,…
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Should We Reach Out to the Wicked?
In my reading this morning, I ran across an interesting verse in Psalms 7:11- 11 God is a righteous judge, And a God who has indignation every day. As I am prone to do, I immediately had concern that the verse was talking about me (there is more to say on my narcissistic approach to the Bible…
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The Goal is Disciple-Makers!
I think that the church is confused with the goal. How do I know this? Because I am a member of the church. I am not talking about my local body, though we are guilty as well. There is as old discipleship addage that says that Jesus loved the world, He helped many but He…
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Incomplete Conquest
I am taking a class in my church that I am loving. It is called Panorama of the Bible. I actually took the course 20+ years ago and to be honest it has served as the key shaper of my thinking of how the Bible fits together. It is a survey type course that does…
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