When it comes to measuring your progress at building disciples, it is quite easy. You count them! However, when it comes to measuring your progress at being a disciple, it is not so easy to measure your progress. Since being a disciple is primarily about living in...
Spring is right around the corner. Before you know it, buds will be bursting into bloom and flowers and new leaves will be gracing the trees and bushes. Gardens will be planted and luscious vegetables will be anticipated. Growth will be happening all around us! What...
I heard a pastor make a statement the other day that had me reeling. He stood up in a group of pastors and said, “Let’s face it, we are all managing decline”. My first thought was, “Thanks for the encouragement, brother!” Then, as his...
My quest to develop disciple making resources has taken me down several different paths. I have written a handful of different courses and series of disciple making materials. Some courses have been 4 weeks long and some have been 26 weeks long! Some courses have...
I meet a fair number of people who make the mistake of thinking that churches make disciples. There has never been a church that has made a disciple. Only Christians make disciples. The church, however, is by far the best place to make them! When Christ started the...