How can you recognize a disciple of Jesus Christ? In some circles, discipleship is measured by activities such as reading the Bible...
“Why should I make disciples?” As I examine my own reasons, I listen again to Jesus in Matthew 28:18-20. Here are five areas to test...
Two action words describe how we make disciples. The first is baptizing which we dealt with in the previous post. The second is...
Dallas Willard’s The Great Omission and Frank Viola’s Discipleship in Crisis capture something of the overall malaise in the current...
My conviction has been stated before: Matthew’s gospel is a paradigm for making disciples of Jesus Christ. This raises the question,...
The second lesson for a disciple of Jesus Christ is in the second section of Matthew’s ‘Story’ (Matthew 1:18-25). “What’s the first...
Have you ever met a leper? I haven’t. You probably haven’t either. So, how is this relevant to you and me? Let me show you. Three...
Here is a basic principle for interpreting the Bible. Early in a book of the Bible, the author educates his readers to read the text...
Why measure? In the process of making disciples of Jesus Christ we come to the vexing issue of accurately assessing both the growth of...
Measuring genuine success requires first having the right target. In their early years, a doctor examined each of our children,...
Although modern tools for measuring spiritual growth have some uses, they are deficient in several areas. Does the Bible provide us...
We have a new question. Our old question was: Is it ever right to lie? We answered that in the preceding four posts: Part 1:...
The previous post stirred the pot by getting us to ask questions and think about the adequacy (or inadequacy) of how we make important...
How does this picture relate to the book I am about to review? Well, I am providing my experience of what I am learning from the book....
Kurt Vonnegut famously included this bit of bathroom graffiti in his novel Deadeye Dick: To be is to do – Socrates To do is to be –...
Could Mary have said ‘No’ to God? If she could, what would that mean for her? And would God’s plans be derailed? What if you say...
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