Acceptable Social Behavior?

Christian Social Gurus , Do We Need to Promote ourselves to Proclaim Christ?

Book Review on McKnight's One Life

Reviewed by Dennis Funk

On staff with The Navigators of Canada for the past 19 years responsible for resources and  training in relation to church-based discipleship.

One Life by Scot McKnight

Zondervan 2010

I like a lot of what Scot McKnight wri

Loosing a Parent

I didn't know how I was going to feel when one of my parents were called Home to be with the Lord!  I cannot tell you the Peace I have experienced since my Father died in May.  My Mother and I were there at the end and I have never had the breakdown

BOOK REVIEW:

Reviewer: Jill Potts Jones is wife and mom to two daughters, ages 20 and 6.  She writes book reviews for numerous Christian publishers and authors.

Title:  30 Days to A More Dynamic Prayer Life

Author:  John Franklin

Publisher:  NavPress, 2012

Ab

How to start a discipleship study group

My church is waking up to the steady decline of participation, commitment and membership. We want to redefine our "purpose" as a church, and along with want to start a group to learn to be true disciples of our Lord Jesus. Can anyone share what has

New Book for those working Cross-Culturally

BOOK REVIEW: Beauty in the Desert

Reviewer: Brian Fletcher holds an M.Div and D. Min from Covenant Theological Seminary.  After spending 14 years on staff at Young Life, he became a pastor at Spring Run Presbyterian Church in Midlothian, VA.  Brian has three kids, loves to fish, and

Is there such a thing as Vocational Discipleship?

Read this short blog post and let's begin the discussion. 

BOOK REVIEW: The Transforming Power of the Gospel

Reviewer: Keith Brown works in interim ministry. He is dedicated to turning around small dying churches by raising up elders, deacons and other leaders through personal relationship and mentoring.  This is done through establishing healthy patterns o

Lost for options

Communication with wife non existsnt Married 6 months and she is so set in her ways that she cannot listen to anyones opinion! Every suggestion I make turns into an arguement or you can tell she is unhappy with it and just goes along with it to appea

WHAT IS A DISCIPLE

The greek word for disciple is (MATHETES) which means one who learns instructions from another. It was used in secular Greek world for an apprentice to tradesman. A disciple was not only a pupil but an adherent, hence they were spoken of as imitators

The one verse that equals a college education

In my hunger for becoming a disciplemaker, I found Dallas Willard's The Great Omission written in 2006. He says "I often tell people I can give them one verse that is worth more than any college education, and it is Joshua 1:8. It will guarantee them

Forgiveness is Not

Forgiveness is Not saying in any way that a wrong is right. Forgiveness does Not take away the consequences of the wrong either with the victim or the doer of the wrong. Forgiveness does Not solve all the relationship problems caused by the wrong. Fo

Abuse received in missionary children boarding schools.

I grew up in Mali West Africa where my parents were missionaries. At age six I went about 700 miles away to boarding school in Mamou Guinea. This was a boarding school for missionary kids. About seventy five percent of the children who attended there

Discipleship Journal

Just curious as to how many of you miss the Discipleship Journal magazine?  I have almost every issue from number 25 to the last one they put out.  I have read and re-read them many times, and have even used many of the articles as Bible study lesson

Crises of Faith

I don't know about you but while I was being discipled, I never heard anything about my mentors going through a crisis of faith.  Sometimes I think that believers go through crises of faith and perhaps fall away because they don't know how to get thr

Being "Captured" by the Lord...

Through the years, I have found and continue to find solace in coming to know and knowing my Creator in His letter(s) to me, to you, to us. 

I have been of the mind, this part of my relationship with Him has been and was His purpose to capture me.  I

Celebrating Christmas

I've been working on a Christmas lesson and the words that continue to resonate with me are that Jesus became "The living expression" of God. What a great way to approach this Christmas season!

What words or phrase will you take into this season as

Virtual Community & Virtual Discipleship: Possible?

See this Blog Post, and leave a comment there and here.

Boldness is an important subject.

Boldness

Boldness is an important  character trait and is needed in our
positions of  leadership along with Power
and Confidence so we can be an effective witnesses for Yeshua the Messiah.

Boldness  is a trait that comes through our Faith in
Messiah