Comments for The Disciple Maker's Online Companion http://www.everydaydisciples.com Principles for Starting a Disciple Making Movement Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:11:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on An Easy Way to Disciple Your Kids by Davin http://www.everydaydisciples.com/2010/08/27/an-easy-way-to-disciple-your-kids/#comment-755 Davin Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:11:05 +0000 http://www.everydaydisciples.com/?p=159#comment-755 Forgive all the typos! My smart phone doesn't have the smartest user :) Forgive all the typos! My smart phone doesn’t have the smartest user :)

]]> Comment on An Easy Way to Disciple Your Kids by Davin http://www.everydaydisciples.com/2010/08/27/an-easy-way-to-disciple-your-kids/#comment-754 Davin Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:09:59 +0000 http://www.everydaydisciples.com/?p=159#comment-754 This wass the best thing I learned from the CPM training and I'm so thankful that you posted it up here for everyone else. This process for discipling your children just makes sense! Our oldest son was actually baptized this past Friday after making his profession of faith a few months prior to that. We shared with him more stories about baptism and we would ask him questions and finally 2 weeks ago he told us that he needed to be baptized so he could obey Jesus and let the world know he was going to follow Jesus the rest of his life! It blew us away. We never knew discipline our kids would be as simple as story time and questions! This wass the best thing I learned from the CPM training and I’m so thankful that you posted it up here for everyone else. This process for discipling your children just makes sense! Our oldest son was actually baptized this past Friday after making his profession of faith a few months prior to that. We shared with him more stories about baptism and we would ask him questions and finally 2 weeks ago he told us that he needed to be baptized so he could obey Jesus and let the world know he was going to follow Jesus the rest of his life! It blew us away. We never knew discipline our kids would be as simple as story time and questions!

]]> Comment on Legalism is the New Excuse for Disobedience by Jesse Shanks http://www.everydaydisciples.com/2011/08/31/legalism-is-the-new-excuse-for-disobedience/#comment-750 Jesse Shanks Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:10:39 +0000 http://www.everydaydisciples.com/?p=254#comment-750 Laurie, I think a lot of it depends on what a person defines as "legalism." Obeying Jesus' simple commands is not legalism. Obeying churches' made up rules IS legalism. A passion for Christ comes from knowing him, and we only truly know him as we follow him in obedience. But you're right, we need to always be checking our motives to make sure we're never doing it out of a heartless sense of duty, but out of a passionate love for the one who rescued us from own self-destruction and filled us with his Spirit! Laurie, I think a lot of it depends on what a person defines as “legalism.” Obeying Jesus’ simple commands is not legalism. Obeying churches’ made up rules IS legalism. A passion for Christ comes from knowing him, and we only truly know him as we follow him in obedience. But you’re right, we need to always be checking our motives to make sure we’re never doing it out of a heartless sense of duty, but out of a passionate love for the one who rescued us from own self-destruction and filled us with his Spirit!

]]> Comment on Can a Follower of Christ Know Too Much Scripture? by Helene http://www.everydaydisciples.com/2010/07/26/can-a-follower-of-christ-know-too-much-scripture/#comment-749 Helene Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:26:33 +0000 http://www.everydaydisciples.com/?p=131#comment-749 Is that really all there is to it because that'd be flabrbegatsing. Is that really all there is to it because that’d be flabrbegatsing.

]]> Comment on Legalism is the New Excuse for Disobedience by Cody Nelson http://www.everydaydisciples.com/2011/08/31/legalism-is-the-new-excuse-for-disobedience/#comment-654 Cody Nelson Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:48:22 +0000 http://www.everydaydisciples.com/?p=254#comment-654 Good words of truth that need to be heard. Thanks for posting this. Good words of truth that need to be heard. Thanks for posting this.

]]> Comment on Legalism is the New Excuse for Disobedience by Paul http://www.everydaydisciples.com/2011/08/31/legalism-is-the-new-excuse-for-disobedience/#comment-615 Paul Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:12:08 +0000 http://www.everydaydisciples.com/?p=254#comment-615 I think there is a surface level of understanding Scriptures that most Christians disobey because of their unending search for deeper insight. Many, if not most, authors focus on unveiling those insights rather than discussing ways to obey the simple truth. People chase 'Ah-ha' moments, which are fleeting, rather than obeying what they know, which is eternal. I'm all for books as long as they are a distant second fiddle to God's Word. Unfortunately, most 'Bible' studies today are book driven rather than Bible focused. I think this is a problem. I think there is a surface level of understanding Scriptures that most Christians disobey because of their unending search for deeper insight. Many, if not most, authors focus on unveiling those insights rather than discussing ways to obey the simple truth. People chase ‘Ah-ha’ moments, which are fleeting, rather than obeying what they know, which is eternal.

I’m all for books as long as they are a distant second fiddle to God’s Word. Unfortunately, most ‘Bible’ studies today are book driven rather than Bible focused. I think this is a problem.

]]> Comment on Legalism is the New Excuse for Disobedience by Adam Shields http://www.everydaydisciples.com/2011/08/31/legalism-is-the-new-excuse-for-disobedience/#comment-614 Adam Shields Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:09:01 +0000 http://www.everydaydisciples.com/?p=254#comment-614 I agree basically. We need to be obedient to God. Legalism cannot be ignored because so much of the church is concerned more about appearances than about actual obedience. You make a good argument for the difference. I disagree about your comments about books. We need to discuss and think about how it is that we are obedient. Obedience to a cultural mandate (which is what most Christians are really interested in) is not obedience to God. Good teaching is required for good obedience. But as many have said, we are educated beyond our obedience. I agree basically. We need to be obedient to God. Legalism cannot be ignored because so much of the church is concerned more about appearances than about actual obedience.

You make a good argument for the difference. I disagree about your comments about books. We need to discuss and think about how it is that we are obedient. Obedience to a cultural mandate (which is what most Christians are really interested in) is not obedience to God. Good teaching is required for good obedience. But as many have said, we are educated beyond our obedience.

]]> Comment on Legalism is the New Excuse for Disobedience by Paul http://www.everydaydisciples.com/2011/08/31/legalism-is-the-new-excuse-for-disobedience/#comment-612 Paul Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:39:52 +0000 http://www.everydaydisciples.com/?p=254#comment-612 Yeah...I get what you are saying. Obedience should be the fruit of passion. But passion without obedience is empty. It's like love...I committed to my wife, married her, because I was passionately in love with her. If I hadn't ever committed to marry her, then was I really passionate to begin with? Or was I just using my passion as a smokescreen to disguise other motives? We have to have both...I think James makes that clear. One without the other doesn't work well. Yeah…I get what you are saying. Obedience should be the fruit of passion. But passion without obedience is empty. It’s like love…I committed to my wife, married her, because I was passionately in love with her. If I hadn’t ever committed to marry her, then was I really passionate to begin with? Or was I just using my passion as a smokescreen to disguise other motives? We have to have both…I think James makes that clear. One without the other doesn’t work well.

]]> Comment on Legalism is the New Excuse for Disobedience by Laurie Grammer http://www.everydaydisciples.com/2011/08/31/legalism-is-the-new-excuse-for-disobedience/#comment-611 Laurie Grammer Thu, 01 Sep 2011 03:26:29 +0000 http://www.everydaydisciples.com/?p=254#comment-611 I think it depends, don't you on who is "deciding" what disobedience is. Personally, I wish I saw less emphasis on obedience and more on passion. My kids can do everything I tell them to- but if they do it out of duty and no love, I would just as soon them leave. I have heard about obedience my entire life, I am sick of it. I want to hear about people being passionately in love with Jesus, which doesn't necessarily include others standards of behavior they insist Jesus requires of me. I think it depends, don’t you on who is “deciding” what disobedience is. Personally, I wish I saw less emphasis on obedience and more on passion. My kids can do everything I tell them to- but if they do it out of duty and no love, I would just as soon them leave. I have heard about obedience my entire life, I am sick of it. I want to hear about people being passionately in love with Jesus, which doesn’t necessarily include others standards of behavior they insist Jesus requires of me.

]]> Comment on Is Gospel Planting About Acorns or Oak Trees? by Ben Taylor http://www.everydaydisciples.com/2011/08/29/is-gospel-planting-about-acorns-or-oak-trees/#comment-601 Ben Taylor Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:53:03 +0000 http://www.everydaydisciples.com/?p=248#comment-601 I love it. We got into this gospel planting/disciple making work because God spoke to us about an acorn and an oak tree. A friend had a prophetic word for us - stop looking at the size of the field and plant the acorn that God has given you. This friend said that all the DNA needed to produce a great Oak tree was in the little acorn but we needed to plant! So many parables in this picture and links with what Jesus said about working small to achieve big (Mustard sees, Discipling the faithful few in order to reach the nations) This is a very timely reminder Paul so thankyou. I have been wrestling with God about how we move forward from where we are at so that we will get to what God has shown us. You've reminded us that we keep planting the acorn and the DNA that God has given us. Thanks mate. I love it. We got into this gospel planting/disciple making work because God spoke to us about an acorn and an oak tree. A friend had a prophetic word for us – stop looking at the size of the field and plant the acorn that God has given you. This friend said that all the DNA needed to produce a great Oak tree was in the little acorn but we needed to plant! So many parables in this picture and links with what Jesus said about working small to achieve big (Mustard sees, Discipling the faithful few in order to reach the nations) This is a very timely reminder Paul so thankyou. I have been wrestling with God about how we move forward from where we are at so that we will get to what God has shown us. You’ve reminded us that we keep planting the acorn and the DNA that God has given us. Thanks mate.

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