Living out John 14:12: sacrificial service

Living out John 14:12: sacrificial service

Discipleship

“Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” The expression of the Kingdom is radical service to others: doing the works that Jesus...
Evangelism and Discipleship

Evangelism and Discipleship

Discipleship

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...

Hands, heart, head

Discipleship

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....

Intentionalizing the spontaneous

Leadership, Training

I began coaching a leader in a growing organization recently and he came to an important realization: what had been working for leadership development and discipleship in the past wasn’t working as well anymore. Some of the dynamics had changed since the organization...

Discipleship and the story of Andrew

Missional, Outreach

I like the story of Andrew:   Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). And he...