discipleship

  • Ministry vs. Discipleship

    My friend Sean Eppers posted some content on the Woodlands Point Pastor’s blog that Tyler David and I did on “Ministry vs. Discipleship” for one of our staff meetings awhile ago.  Below is a sample: Ministry…

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  • Discipleship and Ministry | Part 2

    For my initial thoughts on the challenges of remaining faithful to discipleship in the midst of ministry, go here.  I’d like to expand a little more fully on my thoughts from the last post. In brief,…

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  • Discipleship and Ministry

    I’ve been spending some time lately reflecting on my ministry and the coming season.  As my role has continued to change and our church has continued to grow, the pressures have changed and my time is…

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  • Manhood | Matt Adair

    I just watched Matt Adair’s talk from the Fight Club 09 conference, and thought it was an excellent sermon on corrections to our perspective of Jesus and biblical manhood. I’d encourage you to give it a…

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  • Discipleship | Repost Set 2

    As I’m on vacation, I’m reposting some links to things I have written in the past on this blog.  Below are links to the series I wrote on Discipleship: Part 1 – Foundations of Discipleship Part…

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  • Discipleship | Wrap Up

    Below is a link summary of the series I just finished on discipleship: Part 1 – Foundations of Discipleship Part 2 – Practice of Discipleship Part 3 – Process of Discipleship 1 Part 4 – Process…

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  • Discipleship | Part 5

    In this post, I’m going to focus on the basic tools I use to teach people. Tools Doctrine Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem has been especially effective for believers who need to grow in the understanding…

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  • Discipleship | Part 4

    Other posts in the series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Process Continued Demonstration As individuals are involved in my life and ministry, they are able to see how I am engaging in these disciplines myself,…

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  • Discipleship | Part 3

    Other posts in the series: Part 1, Part 2 In this post, I’m going to focus on the process of discipleship.  That is, over time, what does the relationship look like in stages.  This is the…

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  • Discipleship | Part 2

    As I mentioned in the first post, Matthew 28:18-20 presents a succinct calling to discipleship, and forms the basis of my methodology.  In this post, I’m going to give the overview of how I pursue discipleship…

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  • Discipleship | Part 1

    As I mentioned previously, I had the opportunity to speak on a panel at The Austin Stone’s Summer Conference called “The Kingdom is at Hand”, and the panel was a breakout for the practice of discipleship…

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  • Discipleship | The Austin Stone Summer Conference

    I’m on a panel called “Making Disciples in the Church” for The Austin Stone’s Summer Conference. Below are the questions I’m being asked (phrased from the point of a facilitator). Section 1 How did you start…

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