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Renewing the Teachings of Jesus to Fuel Disciple Making
We are disciples of Jesus from various ethnicities, generations, nations, and communities and we champion all of Jesus’ teachings for disciple making and disciple making movements.
Over the past 20 years, I’ve had the privilege of visiting hundreds of churches across the country. Recently, I’ve highlighted several exceptional examples on my website. While there are many more I could have named, these congregations serve as reminders of what it means to be a healthy church. Below are ten characteristics these churches […]
I recently saw some good news in a Wall Street Journal article explaining that, according to book tracker Circana Bookscan, Bible sales have increased 22% since last fall, and signs are that it will go higher. Man, that is good news! What is driving it? The author of the article suggested that “worries about the […]
What do you do with a man of arrogance and rebellion who inspires the hearts of countless young men and boys in a world deliberately set against them? What do you do with Andrew Tate? When a friend asked me about Andrew, I didn’t know much about the man beyond his kickboxing, affluent lifestyle, and […]
Once a month, I teach at the preteen youth group at church. My assigned topic a few weeks ago was what the Bible teaches about marriage, romance, and godly boundaries. Not exactly what was on my mind during my own preteen years. But since teenagehood keeps expanding both directions (from the 7-going-on-17 to the 27 […]
What is love in Christianity? In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches us about the love God has for us and we are called to have for each other. If you made a list of “The Top 10 Greek Words Normal Churchgoers Know,” agape would be on that list. It’s the word Jesus uses […]
If you’re a disciple of Jesus, then it’s obvious that you care about your church, right? You care that . . . People are finding truth People are trusting and following Jesus People are looking out for each other The church is growing But do you care about your church ten years from now? Twenty years? fifty […]
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The Disciple's Mind: Thinking Like a Disciple of Jesus, by Chad Ragsdale & Daniel McCoy
A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR DISCIPLESHIP OF THE MIND
“A must-read for anyone dedicated to the discipleship of young Christians in today’s challenging world.”
—Jayson French, president, Christ in Youth
Why should we devote time to becoming a better thinker? Is it to be the most interesting person in the room? To dominate the ideological opposition? To cultivate confidence?
Or this: the better we think, the more we become like Jesus.
What our world needs is serious disciples of King Jesus. If you desire Christlikeness in yourself and the people you lead, then let Jesus disciple your minds. A concise, punchy guidebook, The Disciple’s Mind walks you through core how tos for discipleship of the mind, including how to spot toxic ideas, cultivate intellectual virtues, think redemptively, disagree graciously, and seek the Holy Spirit’s renewal of our minds.
Your thoughts powerfully guide your life’s direction. The Disciple’s Mind will help set your thoughts in the direction of true life.
Featured eBook - available for reading or listening
The King Jesus Revolution: Overlooked Advice for Making Disciples, by Curt Erskine
“The Jesus we preach, the gospel we uphold, and the faith we teach will determine the disciple we get.”
Practical theology matters for everyday disciples like us. We all need help understanding that allegiance to Jesus as Savior, Lord, and King is the best framework to living as true disciples.
Too often people in our churches have been taught a transactional gospel, where we make a verbal transaction to just trust Jesus for when we die. Such a gospel misses the nature of real conversion and true faith. The King Jesus gospel teaches that, yes, conversion to Jesus is for salvation from sins, death, and the futility of this life when we die, but it is also a conversion to life in the kingdom, for full devotion to Jesus, here and now, on this earth too.
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