Today’s Reading: Matthew 5:29-30 (HCSB) If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of the parts of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off andContinue reading “Eye Patches and Prosthetics for Everyone (Lesson #19- Summer School with Jesus)”
Category Archives: Spirit-led Discipleship
What it takes to be a Disciple-Maker (Part One: Spirit-led Disciple-Making)
Every Christian is called by Christ to make disciples, but not everyone can do it. Christians who just want to occupy a space for the Sunday morning service and live for themselves the remaining 166 hours of the week will never make a disciple for Christ. You have to BE a disciple in order toContinue reading “What it takes to be a Disciple-Maker (Part One: Spirit-led Disciple-Making)”
What is a Disciple? (Part Two: Spirit-Led Disciple-Making)
Church leaders converse of discipleship often, but do we know what we are talking about? Go to the Christian bookstore and you find a section on discipleship. One church lists the pastor’s sermons under the “Discipleship” tab. Is this what the “Great Commission” in Matthew 28:19 is all about? A friend named Rick Hughes hasContinue reading “What is a Disciple? (Part Two: Spirit-Led Disciple-Making)”
What is Disciple-Making (Part 1: Spirit-Led Disciple-Making Series)
Leadership is not complete until someone walks in the footsteps of a leader. Disciple-making begins and ends with investing in people. It was no coincidence that we see a marked change in the original disciples from the end of the Gospel according to Luke to the first few chapters in Acts. Out of genuine loveContinue reading “What is Disciple-Making (Part 1: Spirit-Led Disciple-Making Series)”
Spirit-Led Disciple-Making
Can I claim to be a follower of Christ if I choose to live for myself? I have no right to say that I am a disciple of Christ unless I possess the “mind of Christ.” (see 1 Corinthians 2:15-16 ) But the call of our Lord is no less than to die to selfContinue reading “Spirit-Led Disciple-Making”
Shepherding Well 