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What is a HEAR Journal?
The H.E.A.R. journaling method promotes reading the Bible with a life-transforming purpose. No longer will your focus be on checking off the boxes on your daily reading schedule; your purpose will instead be to read in order to understand and respond to God’s Word....
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Read Chapter One of Robby Gallaty’s New Book: Recovered
For the rest of the story, pick up Robby Gallaty’s latest book Recovered: How An Accident, Alcohol, and Addiction Led Me To God, available at LifeWay.com or anywhere books are sold. Excerpted with permission. Copyright 2019, B&H Publishing. Saturday night. Bourbon...
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Starting Strong: A Heart Ruled by Peace
We’re always starting new things, whether they’re new jobs, new semesters, new D-Groups, new walks of life, or even just new mindsets. As you begin anything, you want to be sure you start strong. When I was in college ministry, one of my favorite things was that even...
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Replicate Round Up for October 16th, 2019
When Studying the Bible, Don’t Follow Your Heart by Jen Wilken "Our minds are the seat of our intellects. Attaching our intellect to our faith does not come naturally to most of us.” There Are No Bad Teams, Only Bad Leaders by J.D Greear "A lot is at stake in the way...
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#74: Discipling Millennials – Part 2
In this episode of the Making Disciples podcast, Robby and Dylan continue their discussion of how the church needs to evolve its thinking to reach a new generation of people. After you listen to this episode, answer this question on social media: "Can you disciple...
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Discipleship Blueprint 2.0
You’ve created a Discipleship Pathway, launched Discipleship Groups, and created a discipleship culture in your church…now what?? Next year we are excited to introduce a brand new training experience, the Discipleship Blueprint 2.0! We’ve heard from many of you that...
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Avoid These 7 Pitfalls in Your Discipleship Group
We talk a lot about what we should be doing in in our Discipleship Groups, but what are the stumbling blocks that we need to avoid in order to make them as fruitful as possible? Too Much Fellowship - We encourage our Discipleship Groups to open with a discussion about...
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Replicate Round Up for October 9th, 2019
5 Ways Thinking “Work-Life Integration” Has Helped Me by Eric Geiger "Instead of viewing their days as two distinct parts, the healthy leaders had a view of their whole life and set their rhythms and schedules to serve both their roles and their families.” WHEN IS IT...
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#73: Discipling Millennials – Part 1
In this episode of the Making Disciples podcast, Robby and Dylan talk about the challenges of discipling millennials, understanding church trends regarding them, and how to make church relevant for them. After you listen to this episode, answer this question on social...
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9 Essentials of Discipleship Groups – Part 7: Reproduction and Commitment
The Post is Part of our 9 Essentials of a Discipleship Group Series My grandmother used to make a seriously delicious barbecue sauce. It has been used in many meals for years and years in the Young household. Everyone in the family loves that sauce and Praise the Lord...
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Be Wise About Your Faith Journey – Part 2
Last time, we looked at the first part of Hebrews 12:1-3 to see what kind of preparation we can do outside of the race God has called us to run. But this passage also shows us two things we can focus on while we’re running: persevering when things get difficult and...
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Replicate Round Up For October 2nd, 2019
Unforeseen Benefits of Expository Preaching by Skylar Spradlin “Verse by verse expository preaching can be daunting. It can wear on the preacher and stretch the people of the church in their commitment and endurance. But it is always worth it.” Are You Too Busy to...
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#72: Your Church is a Ship, Know Who’s on it
In this episode of the Making Disciples podcast, Robby and Chris talk about the idea that your church is a ship, and you need to identify who's on it in order to keep moving. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: How people in our churches move in different directions....
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9 Essentials of a Discipleship Group – Part 6: Prayer
The Post is Part of our 9 Essentials of a Discipleship Group Series Even though Prayer is the seventh item on our list of nine essentials of a Discipleship Group, it could easily be first: prayer ought to permeate every part of the discipleship process. Think about...
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Abide in the Word
One of my goals, when I am meeting with ladies in my D-Group, is to help them develop spiritual disciplines that will last a lifetime. The Bible says in John 8:31-32, “Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, ‘If you continue in my word, you really are my...
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Replicate Round Up For September 25th, 2019
How Often Do You Examine Your Fruit? By Lindsey Carlson " At the root of failure to grow in godliness is always the spiritual problem of failure to live in Christ.” 5 MISTAKES CHURCH LEADERS MAKE WHEN ATTENDANCE DECLINES by Brian Boyles "Don’t let your insecurities...
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#71: The Good And Bad Of Mass Evangelism
In this episode of the Making Disciples Podcast, Robby and Chris talk about the mass evangelism events, and their role in the growth of God's Kingdom. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: How to define "mass evangelism". How mass evangelism can be a great benefit to the...
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9 Essentials of a Discipleship Group – Part 5: Accountability
The Post is Part of our 9 Essentials of a Discipleship Group Series Is Accountability Really That Important? In case you see the title and want to skip right to the answer before clicking off of this article, I’ll give you the answer now: YES Healthy, accountable...
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Be Wise About Your Faith Journey – Part 1
Four people were on a plane when it suddenly lost power and started falling toward the ground. The pilot got on the radio to announce an even bigger problem: “There are four of us, but only three parachutes. It’s my plane and my parachutes, so I’m going to take one of...
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Replicate Round Up For September 18th, 2019
Leaders and 3 Types of Stress by Eric Geiger "While we can be tempted to long for a life of “no stress,” it is ultimately not what is best for our growth and development.” 5 Intentional Ways to Shape the Culture of Your Church by Jimmy Scroggins "Culture is what it...
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#70: A Powerful New Resource
In this episode of the Making Disciples Podcast, Robby and Chris talk about Robby's upcoming book: Recovered: How an Accident, Alcohol, and Addiction Led Me to God. It's set to be released on October 15th, 2019. It can be pre-ordered from Amazon. In This Episode,...
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9 Essentials of a Discipleship Group – Part 4: The Word
The Post is Part of our 9 Essentials of a Discipleship Group Series “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” John 1:1 (CSB) “All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for...
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What Does a Women’s Discipleship Group Look Like?
Imagine how different the story might have read had Jesus chosen to disciple twelve women instead of twelve men. I am certain there would have been more detailed questions and discussion! By God’s design, women think differently, have different emotional needs,...
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Replicate Round Up for September 11th, 2019
The Signposts of a Growing Disciple – Part 1 by Lynn Pryor "While maturing disciples do not neglect the needed accountability and fellowship with other believers, they also intentionally seek out the lost.” Preachers, Show Them in the Bible by John Piper "I am...
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#69: One Thing Leaders Need To Focus On
In this episode of the Making Disciples Podcast, Robby and Chris discuss the one thing that ministry leaders and pastors need to focus on in order to create life change. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Why constant distractions ruin productivity. Why scripture...
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