Making Disciples Who Learn From God…Or From You?

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Disciple makers need help disciples learn how to learn from God.  Far too often, disciples develop a dependence upon Christian books, sermons, and curricula for their spiritual development.  Don’t get me wrong, all of these things are good in moderation.  But, you have to admit, learning directly from God is better than learning from anything...

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Disciples of Christ or Disciples of Our Culture?

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As Disciple Makers, we have to decide if we want to help people imitate our culture – national or Christian – or help them become Followers of Christ. Although culture can be very good, it can also limit the speed and which the Gospel spreads.  Emphasizing culture also negatively impacts the depth of transformation the...

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Culture and Making Disciples

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1 Corinthians 7:17-24 (New International Version) 17Nevertheless, each one should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches. 18Was a man already circumcised when he was called? He should not become uncircumcised. Was a...

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Studying God’s Word

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Deuteronomy 17:14-20 (New International Version) The King 14 When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,” 15 be sure to appoint over you the king...

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Let God Do What He Does Best

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John 6:43-46 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) 43 Jesus answered them, “Stop complaining among yourselves. 44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws [a] him, and I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets: (A) And they will all be taught by God. (B) (C)...

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