Posts with the tag “discipleship”

There is a massive problem rearing its head in 21st-century American Culture. Men do life alone. They just do. Loneliness and Isolation is eating at us from the inside out. Work has become so cut throat that people are afraid to trust. We are so overextended that we don’t have the time or energy to make friends. We don’t set aside a night or weekend to be together. Individualism has trained us to ...  Read More

My wife loves the painting below. It hangs in our kids’ bathroom. Honestly, I never got much out of it, but I think to her it speaks to the innocence of children pre-prejudice. For all of us, it should be a lesson of overcoming social barriers that divide us. Great Question! The last words Jesus left his disciples as he was leaving, was a command to GO!  Go – and make disciples. Where you live. Th...  Read More

I wish I could say I came up with these principles and then immediately lived them out, but it wouldn’t be true. Unfortunately, I learned them the hard way during the Coronavirus COVID-19 quarantine. Fortunately, my wife and I are still together (praise God for commitment) and we came out on the other side with some areas of growth that we weren’t expecting. This minor marriage challenge taught me...  Read More

There are several definitions in Merriam-Webster that would probably fit the Great Commission Jesus gave us in Matthew 28:18-20, but I think the one above is fitting. It includes behavior and action. In other words, a disciple has a personal responsibility to represent <re-present> Jesus to others and to give of himself in some specific activities that will incubate their spiritual lives. All auth...  Read More