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In this final episode of our Be and Make Disciples series, we answer the question: What is the disciple's mode of operating?
And to answer that we reflect on two passages from Galatians 5.
Galatians 5:5-6
5 For we, through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love.
Galatians 5:16
Walk by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.
In short, a disciples by faith working through love in the power of the Spirit.
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Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
How do you disciple someone else?
In this episode, we explore just a few specific tips and practices for have an effective discipling relationship with someone else.
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Friday Mar 17, 2023
Friday Mar 17, 2023
What climate is necessary for us to thrive as disciples?
What climate is best for making disciples?
A climate of grace and truth.
Why is this? The biblical answer to that question is that we are made in the image of God. God is truth and God is love. So that means that as human beings we are made to run on grace and truth
This is the climate in which human beings flourish.
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Thursday Mar 09, 2023
Thursday Mar 09, 2023
The discipleship path entails growing in faith. But that doesn't happen alone. Discipleship always happens through a life-on-life transfer. We learn from each other. We practice the "one anothers" with each other. We provide concrete examples of following Jesus for each other.
Growing in faith happens together.
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Friday Mar 03, 2023
Friday Mar 03, 2023
Being a disciple means you attach yourself to Jesus to become like Jesus. The goal is to become like him in character and mission.
How do you go from new follower of Jesus to substantially like Jesus?
What's the path?
If you're helping somebody grow as a disciple, what's the path you should be guiding them along?
If you're a pastor, does your church have a clear path that guides someone from new believer to mature disciple?
We need a discipleship path.
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Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Thursday Feb 23, 2023
Where does discipleship start?
What is the goal discipleship aims at?
In this episode, we explore the catalyst for and goal of living as a disciples of Jesus.
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Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
What is the Gospel?
This question is terribly to the topic of discipleship because as Bill Hull and Ben Sobels say, "The gospel you preach determines the disciples you make" ... and it will determine the kind of disciple you are as well.
And unfortunately, the typical gospel in the evangelical church has been really good at making church members with a ticket to heaven but not disciples of Jesus.
So what is the gospel Jesus and the apostles preached? Tune it to find out.
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Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Be and Make Disciples
This episode explores the question, What would it have been like to be discipled by Jesus?
We can answer this question by reading the Gospels. There was this well-known line from the Mishnah about being “covered in the dust” of your rabbi. It reflects both traveling behind him learning as you discuss important topics and sitting at his feet as he taught in a house. This is exactly what we see in the gospels. In the Gospels, we see Jesus discipling the disciples.
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Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. 19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to follow all that I commanded you; and behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
What is a disciple?
How do you make one?
Why does it matter?
In this episode we kick off a new series on being and making disciples.
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Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
This episode of the Bible in Life explores the two fundamental practices for spiritual growth and how to practice them consistently and in a way the actually leads to growth. If you want to grow spiritually this year, these two practices are the key.
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