As many of you know, I’ve written a book on discipleship, co-authored with Dr. Charles (Chuck) Ridley. It’s called The Discipleship Difference: Making disciples while growing as disciples. As a result of this project and my many conversations with Chuck, I’ve...
When we approach discipleship, we often approach it from a skewed viewpoint: hands, heart or head… but not all three combined. The “head only” approach has been popular for many years now. Teach them. Give them knowledge. Instill in them new facts....
If we know God, we love God. If we are loving God, we keep his commandments. Love is more than a feeling or an emotion. It is a commitment lived out in our actions and our behaviors. If we know God and we love God, then we serve God. We become tied into what’s...
By very definition, God cannot be fully comprehended by the human mind. He is that much bigger and greater than us. Yet throughout history, God has been making himself known to us as far as we are capable. He met Moses on the mountain and spoke to him “face to...
Some of you know my wife, Janet. What you may not know is that she has been writing a weekly blog for almost a year now about how we can nurture the spiritual development of children. Check out: Child Centered Spirituality. Her premise (backed by plenty of research)...
When we were in the beta testing phase of our discipleship assessment instrument, Tad Blackburn, pastor with The Vineyard Church, decided to try out the assessment in a retreat setting. He shares here from his experience: When we started with the discipleship...
