Part 3 / Discovering Discipleship / 101 Series Jesus calls us to go and make disciples of all nations. Maybe each of us is not necessarily called to travel the world as a missionary, but that is only a small part of what the great commission calls us to do. In a Christian's sphere of influence, there must be one or two people, at least, that need a mentor to lead them toward a closer communion with the Father. When I was invested in, I was a Junior in high school. I then chos

Part 4 / Discovering Discipleship / 101 Series Last week Kyle talked about How to Begin a Discipleship Relationship. And so we complete the Discovering Discipleship Series with some practical stuff. Resources and practices you can use as God guides you through this new understanding of your purpose. In my pre-woke thoughts on discipleship I was offended by systems and programs claiming to teach discipleship. I saw them as unfeeling and cop-outs for the real work of actu

Part 2 / Discovering Discipleship / 101 Series Discipleship is such a big concept. So big it was all-encompassing enough for the Son of God to simply use it for his last command. He used it to remind His trainees to of what they were being commissioned to accomplish. And yet even in that breakdown he still gave specifics like "teach them to obey" and "baptize" to help describe it. I get it. It's like being charged with the building of the Empire State Building and being

Part 1 / Discovering Discipleship / 101 Series We've addressed some things that discipleship is NOT in other posts like "3 Things Discipleship is Not". But what is Discipleship? First let me just echo the words of Bill Hull With that being said I think that Jim Putman's definition is one of the simplest he starts with Matthew 4:2 "He [Jesus] said to them, 'Follow me, and I will make you fisher's of men'" Putman likes to say that in the invitation is the definition. 1. "Follo