Dancing with truth and peace
Thursday
June 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Your Church
Our church is focused on discipleship, which we define as helping people know God and grow in God. In a recent conversation with church leaders, I asked them what obstacles they were facing as they encouraged others to make disciples. They were encouraged in several ways, but they’d all heard a few reasons/excuses to shun […]
Tuesday
May 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Lead Yourself
I don’t jog. I play basketball and tennis. I run around a lot with my kids. But I don’t jog. The only reason for jogging is to get in shape for basketball or tennis. I don’t jog. Until now. I consider leading a Small Group (of adults and their families) and a Discipleship Group (of […]
Wednesday
May 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Your Church
I like simple definitions. The word discipleship may strike you as daunting, but it’s really quite simple. Discipleship: Helping someone know God or grow in God. Jesus commanded us to make disciples (Matthew 28), which includes baptizing people (leading them to know God) and teaching them (helping them grow in God). Simple, right? If you’re looking for […]
Tuesday
May 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Your Church
Paul, Priscilla, Aquila and Apollos bled discipleship. They embodied its three stages: be fed, feed self and feed others. Acts 18:23-28, which details their work together, uses no fewer than eighteen words/phrases bursting with discipleship implications. If you want to write a book about discipleship, the following would make great chapters: Spending time Traveled Strengthening all […]
Monday
April 2014
COMMENTS
Written by Brian Jennings, Posted in Blog, Your Church
A good Jew would’ve never entered the home of a Gentile. But there he stood, breaking cultural rules soaked in animosity. In the first century, Christian Jews assumed that Gentiles must follow the Law of Moses (including dietary regulations) in order to follow Christ. But God said, “Don’t call anything ‘unclean’ that I’ve created,” in […]
