Obedience-Based Discipleship: Why Knowing Scripture Is Not the Same as Following Jesus
Disciple making movements grow when ordinary believers obey Jesus this week, not when they collect more information. Here is how Discovery Bible Study and simple obedience trained thousands of groups in Ghana.
09. The Wrong Social Class, Jesus Called People From the Margins
Who Are You Preventing From Leading? · Part 09 Watch Today’s Video When we search for potential leaders, we often look toward the top. We notice the educated, the wealthy, the well-connected, and the impressive. We ask: Who has influence? Who has resources? Who already commands respect? Who can help advance our ministry? But God…
08. The Wrong Ethnicity, God’s Kingdom Has No Preferred People
Who Are You Preventing From Leading? · Part 08 Watch Today’s Video Peter had followed Jesus, preached the gospel, and witnessed the Holy Spirit move powerfully. Yet Peter still carried assumptions about the kinds of people God would accept. Then God sent him to the home of Cornelius, a Gentile. Crossing that threshold required more…
07. The Wrong Gender, When God Entrusts His Mission to Women
Who Are You Preventing From Leading? · Part 07 Watch Today’s Video “Mary.” With that one word, the risen Jesus transformed Mary Magdalene’s grief into recognition. Then He entrusted her with a message: “Go to my brothers and tell them…” John 20:17 WEB The first person Jesus commissioned to announce His resurrection was a woman.…
06. Too New, The Samaritan Woman Reached Her Town
Who Are You Preventing From Leading? · Part 06 Watch Today’s Video John 4:28-30, 39-42 She had only just encountered Jesus. She had not completed a discipleship course. She had no theological degree, ministry title, or years of experience. She still had unanswered questions and an unfinished story. Yet she left her water pot, returned…
01. Who Are You Preventing From Leading?
Who Are You Preventing From Leading? · Part 01 Watch Today’s Video Jesus chose people most religious leaders would never have chosen. Fishermen. A tax collector. A political zealot. People without impressive education, social standing, wealth, or religious credentials. When Peter and John stood before the religious leaders, they were described as “unlearned and ignorant…
04. The Crowd That Turned Back, When Jesus Becomes Too Difficult
▶ Watch Today’s Video John 6:60-69 They had seen the miracles.They had eaten the bread.They had followed Jesus through the countryside.They were fascinated by what He could do. But then Jesus said something they did not want to hear.And suddenly, following Him became too difficult. John records one of the saddest sentences in the Gospels:…
05. Too Poor, Rich in Faith and Kingdom Potential
Who Are You Preventing From Leading? · Part 05 Watch Today’s Video James 2:5; Mark 12:41-44 Jesus watched people placing their offerings into the treasury. Many wealthy people gave large amounts. Then a poor widow quietly placed two small coins into the offering box. Her gift would have been easy to overlook. But Jesus noticed…
4. Too Uneducated, They Recognized That They Had Been With Jesus
Watch Today’s Video Who Are We Preventing Leading – Series Acts 4:13 Peter and John did not have the credentials the religious leaders respected. They had not studied in the recognized schools. They did not possess impressive titles or formal theological degrees. To the religious establishment, they were simply “uneducated and ignorant men.” But they…
03. Too Old, God Is Not Finished With You
Watch Today’s Video Who Are You Preventing From Leading? · Part 03 At eighty-five, Caleb was not asking for an easier assignment. He was asking for a mountain. Forty-five years had passed since God first made the promise. Caleb’s body had aged, but his faith had not retired. He declared: “Now, behold, Yahweh has kept…