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It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
My absolute favorite time of the year is the Christmas season. I love everything about it. Decorations, baking goodies, buying gifts for everyone, watching Hallmark movies, and spending time with family. It just doesn’t get any better does it? But one of the things I...
Replicate Round Up For December 11th, 2019
5 Outdated Leadership Practices in Today's Office (Why 8-4 Doesn’t Work Anymore) by Carey Nieuwhof "What seemed normal at work for several generations is suddenly seeming as outdated as driving to Blockbuster to pick up a movie." What Does the Bible Have to Say about...
#82: How Do You Find That Perfect Discipleship Group Member?
In this episode of the Making Disciples podcast, Robby and Chris talk about finding the right people for your discipleship groups In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Why multiplication is the key part of a discipleship group....
How To Lose Seven Million People
Twenty-two years ago, in 1997, SBC churches reported having about 5,224,000 people in average weekly attendance. Over the next twenty years, as evangelism exploded in the SBC’s consciousness, we saw 7,155,000 people baptized in these churches. So then, twenty years...
Paul’s Heart For The Philippians
9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus...
Replicate Round Up for December 4th, 2019
Three Characteristics of Healthy Church Discipline by Sam Parkison "There is a tremendous weight of responsibility on churches, then, to wield the keys of the kingdom of heaven with care and responsibility." 4 Traits of an Emotionally Unhealthy Leader by Pete Scazzero...
#81: Disconnecting from Technology to Connect with God
In this episode of the Making Disciples podcast, Robby and Chris continue the discussion of how instant access to technology has fundamentally changed us. How can we retake control of our lives? [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hfR8_vAVMM&feature=youtu.be"...
Two Bible Reading Plans for Busy Believers
Are you looking for the best Bible reading plan for busy believers? There are two things we can know for sure about everybody reading this: Getting into God’s Word is crucial if you want to have a relationship with Him. You are busy. A quick Google search will...
Deacons Wives as Disciple-makers
The Lord has given each of us influence in our life. If we ponder for a moment and consider this, a few groups may rise to the surface. We have been given influence with our families, our co-workers, our neighbors, our friends, and most likely there are more areas. ...
Replicate Round Up For November 27th, 2019
Wisdom Wears a Watch by Erik Raymond "The simplest contrast between the unwise and the wise, biblically speaking, is between those who build their life and identity upon what the Bible says and those who don’t." The Crucial Discipline Church Leaders Often Neglect On...
#80 Are You Using Technology or is Technology Using You?
In this episode of the Making Disciples podcast, Robby and Chris discuss how instant access to technology has fundamentally changed us. How can we retake control of our lives? In This Episode,...
Why We Don’t Make Disciples – Part 5: Unorganized Priorities
Why We Don’t Make Disciples – Part 4: Unexpected Benefits Over the last few weeks, we’ve been examining some of the reasons that churches and believers today aren’t making disciples. Though there are more than just the reasons we’ve explored, each of them can be...
Too Good To Be True
One of the foundational disciplines of a D-group is prayer. One of the first prayer promises that I committed to memory when I was a college student at LSU was John 15:7. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for...
Replicate Round Up for November 20th, 2019
Doing The Work by Craig Etheredge "There is no time that we are walking more closely in Jesus’ steps than when we are following His example by investing our lives in others." What’s the Point of Reading the Bible, Anyway by J.D. Greear " But sermons aren’t meant to...
#79: The Emotion That No One is Immune From: Discipling Through Depression
In this episode of the Making Disciples podcast, Robby and Chris continue the discussion on anxiety, how the church should respond to mental health, Biblical response to depression, and more. In This Episode, You’ll...
Why We Don’t Make Disciples – Part 4: Unexpected Benefits
Why We Don't Make Disciples - Part 4: Unexpected Benefits When it comes to making disciples, we’ve found all sorts of creative reasons to not do it. Sometimes, it’s the uncertainty of the untraveled territory of discipleship that keeps us from making disciples. It can...
Replicate Round Up for November 13, 2019
Afraid To Make A Move? 7 Risks Any Leader Can Take. by Carey Nieuwhof "Here’s what’s worse. From a distance, it’s hard to tell the difference between a fearful leader and a lazy leader." The Technological Discipleship Gap by Ed Stetzer "There is a technology...
Why We Don’t Make Disciples – Part 3: Unrealistic Expectations
This post is part of our Why We Don’t Make Disciples series In the business world, the success of a leader is determined by how quickly they can turn a profit. The success of a business is measured almost entirely by the numbers. This mentality has crept into the...
#78: Discipling Through Anxiety
In this episode of the Making Disciples podcast, Robby and Chris discuss anxiety, how the church should respond to mental health, and more. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: Robby's history with anxiety Why it's okay for...
Why Journaling the Word is Essential
While Robby and I were dating, we spent more time apart than we did together. We lived an hour and a half away from each other, which means that the time we got to be together were on the weekends—until he went away for the summer to be a camp pastor in Glorieta, New...
Replicate Round Up for November 6th, 2019
How to Help Others Understand and Apply the Bible by Matthew S. Harmon "Helping others understand the Bible and apply it to their lives is a great privilege and a great responsibility." 6 Mistakes The Church Often Makes With New Believers by Daniel Darling "Too often...
#77: How Good is Good Enough to Make Disciples?
In this episode of the Making Disciples podcast, Robby, Chris, and Dylan discuss the role of gospel allegiance when thinking through salvation, discipleship, and finishing well. In This...
Why We Don’t Make Disciples – Part 2
This post is part of our Why We Don’t Make Disciples series Reason 2: An Uncharted Destination When a new leader comes into a company or a business and wants to implement a new strategy, three things have to happen. They must: Define reality They have to figure out...
Starting Strong Part 2: A Mind Filled With God’s Word
The end-goal of the Christian life is to live in such a way that we bring God glory at every turn. As we learned last time, part of this means having our hearts ruled by His peace. Paul laid this out for us in Colossians 3:14-15: 14 Above all, put on love, which is...