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Disciple of jesus christ

What is a disciple?

What is a disciple?

To hit a target, first locate the bull's-eye. For the Christian, the target is being a disciple, and making disciples, of Jesus...

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5 discipleship attributes

5 discipleship attributes

How can you recognize a disciple of Jesus Christ? In some circles, discipleship is measured by activities such as reading the Bible...

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5 reasons to make disciples

5 reasons to make disciples

“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...

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How baptizing makes disciples

How baptizing makes disciples

How do we make disciples? In the last few posts we’ve asked some big questions about discipleship: What is a disciple? How can...

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How teaching makes disciples

How teaching makes disciples

Two action words describe how we make disciples. The first is baptizing which we dealt with in the previous post.   The second is...

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I call it heresy

I call it heresy

What is this heresy?  What can we do about it? A notable heresy A. W. Tozer writes in I Call It Heresy (pp. 9-10): “… a notable...

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How to make disciples: a better way

How to make disciples: a better way

Dallas Willard’s The Great Omission and Frank Viola’s Discipleship in Crisis capture something of the overall malaise in the current...

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Fleshing out two principles for making disciples

Fleshing out two principles for making disciples

My conviction has been stated before: Matthew’s gospel is a paradigm for making disciples of Jesus Christ. This raises the question,...

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Disciple, what will you do?

Disciple, what will you do?

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...

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Lessons from a leper

Lessons from a leper

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...

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A key to Matthew

A key to Matthew

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...

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To be or to do?

To be or to do?

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...

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Unlocking the Sermon on the Mount

Unlocking the Sermon on the Mount

The Sermon on the Mount (SM) is the greatest, and best known, sermon in history. Unlocking the SM, and letting it permeate your heart...

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Sheep without a shepherd

Sheep without a shepherd

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Listening Well to Matthew

Listening Well to Matthew

Listening Well to Matthew is now available for free. This 44 page book introduces you to a dynamic, multi-dimensional understanding of...

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A problem with miracles

A problem with miracles

Do you have a problem with miracles? This is a big question – and I’m going to keep a tight focus. At this point, I will not deal with...

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An invitation that will make a difference

An invitation that will make a difference

Today is not a blog day. It is a newsletter day. So, this is a "bletter" or a "blotter." I want this invitation to spread wider than...

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Measuring spiritual growth

Measuring spiritual growth

Why measure? In the process of making disciples of Jesus Christ we come to the vexing issue of accurately assessing both the growth of...

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Measuring growth with the goal in mind

Measuring growth with the goal in mind

Measuring genuine success requires first having the right target. In their early years, a doctor examined each of our children,...

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Good fruit as the evidence of spiritual growth

Good fruit as the evidence of spiritual growth

In exploring biblical approaches to evaluating spiritual growth we have considered close relationships and biblical goals. Now we...

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