I mentioned in my post “What is a Disciple? (Revisited and Revised)” that I recently set out to define a disciple in one sentence. When it was all over, I brought this working definition forward. A disciple is “anyone who is learning to become like Jesus.” It seems natural to me that I also define […]
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I have been spending extended time with a 20-year-old college student who has a 12-week internship in Victoria, Texas. Every other week, either I drive to see him, or he drives to see me (more the latter than the former). Adrian* came to faith in his Senior year of high school and has been part
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What is a Disciple? If you’re going to be a disciple-maker, you must know what the final product is. Let’s see if we can get down to a basic definition of a disciple of Jesus. In the Christian community at large, there is a broad understanding of a disciple. Some may consider anyone who has
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How Long Does It Take to Make a Disciple? We need to acknowledge one key element before we get too far into this topic: the definition of a disciple. That will be an upcoming article, and I’ll add a link to it once it is published. Until then, I will give a “simple” definition as:
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We occasionally get the question about why we minister one-to-one rather than in small groups or large events. The Bottle Illustration helps people understand the difference between one-to-one discipling and group discipleship. Look at the picture above. There are glass bottles of various sizes and positions. All of those bottles are empty. But we’d like
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