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ANYONE CAN BE A SERVANT OF GOD

By On January 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The Simple Discipleship process includes four primary value dimensions based on the four color fields or quadrants surrounding the cross—Worship (red), Word (blue), Ministry (yellow), and Missions (green). The words summarize four broad dimensions of the Christian life and may also be stated—Know Christ, Grow in Christ, Serve Christ, and Share Christ. Much, if not [...]

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YOUR PERSONAL GREMLIN

YOUR PERSONAL GREMLIN

By On January 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The “gremlin series” of articles I have written has been hugely successful with over 40,000 readers all total. Human nature tends to lead us to see the gremlins in the lives of other people but if that is all you see then you are missing the point.  A gremlin in this sense is a self-defeating [...]

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The Laws of Discipleship Project

THE LAWS OF DISCIPLESHIP PROJECT

By On November 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment

After writing Simple Discipleship: How to Make Disciples in the 21st Century and then The Disciple-Maker’s Toolkit, I have continued to develop discipleship oriented ministries such as JUMP Sports and RENEW Wellness. However, in the last year I began working on a new task called The Laws of Discipleship. As a member of the [...]

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TRANSFORMATIONAL LOVE: 1 CORINTHIANS 13

By On September 14, 2012 · Leave a Comment

THE WAY WE WERE

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in [...]

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EXPONENTIAL 2012: ARE YOU BEING SIFTED?

By On May 2, 2012 · 1 Comment

Exponential is the largest church-planters conference in the world and it is certainly worth it. Most of my readers know that I am not a church planter, although I consider myself to be a “church re-planter” and we need many of those…but that is a future article. There are some church planters who are using [...]

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GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY!

By On March 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Have you ever found yourself experiencing a challenge or failure that had a déjà vu feeling as if you have been here before? Then there is the realization that yes, you have repeated some of the same self-defeating behaviors that achieved a similar unpleasant result before. Call it DNA, mental loops, or whatever you [...]

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DISCIPLESHIP BEST PRACTICES: #11 – PROFICIENCY DISCIPLESHIP

By On January 11, 2012 · 2 Comments

This series of articles explores thirteen major methods that are effective for making disciples. Keep in mind that in a ubiquitous (all encompassing, everywhere present) disciple-making process, virtually each method is not only encouraged but is planned into the church ministries. Here is a list including links to articles that have been completed in the [...]

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SECRET CHURCH REFLECTIONS

By On October 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment

SUMMARY

Will the real Secret Church please stand up. They are! God may use the Secret Church movement started by Pastor David Platt to spark a New Great Awakening. Secret Church along with other ministries that call attention of American Christians to the plight of persecuted Christians in other [...]

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DISCIPLESHIP BEST PRACTICES: #9- 10 BENEFITS OF PEER GROUP DISCIPLESHIP

By On October 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

This series of articles explores thirteen major methods that are effective for making disciples. Keep in mind that in a ubiquitous (all encompassing, everywhere present) disciple-making process, virtually each method is not only encouraged but is planned into the church ministries. Here is a list including links to articles that have been completed in the [...]

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CHURCH HEALTH AND DISCIPLESHIP: INTRODUCTION

By On September 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

FREE PDF DOWNLOAD OF A SAMPLE DISCIPLESHIP PLAN FROM SIMPLE DISCIPLESHIP. Click Here—> “DISCIPLESHIP PLAN“ This series of articles explores foundational principles of church health as related to discipleship. At the outset there are several premises to identify. Many leaders seem to approach discipleship as one essential feature among other [...]

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