I learned a hard lesson early on in my disciple making efforts. I had the heart to invest in people, but I was more interested in the system I was using. I thought “The more the better” and worked to fit people into a system that would disciple more…
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While You Are Making Resolutions, How About This One?
If only 20% of resolutions make it past the month of February, how can disciplemakers be part of the minority who follow their intentions through to action?
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Don’t Leave Jesus in the Cradle!
Pam and I love nativity scenes. Each year I love hiding baby Jesus from my and having Him appear back in the cradle Christmas morning! My experience tells me, however, that many professing Christians have left Jesus in the cradle, on the cross, or somewhere in heaven.
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Cinnamon Rolls and Wild Truck Rides
In my early 20s, I was in a morning Bible study with Richard who became one of my lifelong mentors. As the time for one meeting came, Rich pulled up in his pickup truck and called out, “Jump in the back, guys…”
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A Crisis of Biblical Proportions
As a college student, my early disciplers and mentors passed along to me a heart for the Scriptures and the know-how to study and incorporate their truths in my life—what a gift! But how do you do that, especially with busy people? We hear it from every direction, people saying, “The emerging generations are losing their grip on God’s Word.” If we lose the Scriptures, we lose the war.
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Six Basics for Lasting Disciplemaking
There are six basic principles for raising up generations of Christ followers who will keep going, through all seasons of life. Over the next few months we’ll look at these principles that have set The Navigators apart for decades in their focus on building deeply into the lives of people, equipping them to keep going and growing over the long haul.
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The Value of Spiritual Children
Do believers put any value on their spiritual children? Do you? One of the things we grieved the most after losing our house to a wildfire six years ago, was pictures.
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Ministry Professionals Aren’t the Answer
In the recent history of God’s people, believers have tended to leave the advancement of His Kingdom to ministry professionals. Yet God has always had a different plan to fulfill His purposes.
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Does Your Life Stop With You?
The four other character traits of a disciplemaker have been valued in many Christian movements through history, but the final trait is distinct.
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What Do You Think of “Y’all”?
While we Americans sometimes take pride in our rugged individualism and independence, there are also inherent defects in that aspect of Western culture.