03. “Let Me First…”, When Obedience Keeps Getting Delayed
The People Who Almost Followed Jesus · Part 03 ▶ Watch Today’s Video Also on YouTube → Luke 9:57-62 Some of the most dangerous words a follower of Jesus can say are not: “I will never obey.” They are: “Lord… let me first.” In Luke 9, several people appeared ready to follow Jesus. They were…
02. The Rich Young Ruler, When One Thing Is Too Much to Surrender
The People Who Almost Followed Jesus · Part 02 ▶ Watch Today’s Video He ran to Jesus. He knelt before Jesus. He asked Jesus about eternal life. And then he walked away. That may be one of the most sobering encounters in the Gospels. The rich young ruler did not mock Jesus. He did not…
The People Who Almost Followed Jesus
12 encounters that expose what can keep a person from wholehearted surrender · Part 01 ▶ Watch Today’s Video You can be close to Jesus and still hold something back from Jesus. That may be one of the most sobering truths in the Gospels. Some people encountered Jesus and immediately left everything to follow Him.…
12. Make Disciples, for the Sake of the Culture
Twelve Compelling Reasons We Must Make Disciples · Part 12 ▶ Watch Today’s Video The culture will not change simply because Christians complain about it. We can condemn what is happening around us. We can debate politics. We can post about declining morality. We can grieve broken families, violence, corruption, addiction, loneliness, sexual confusion, and…
11. Movements Change Culture From the Inside Out
Twelve Compelling Reasons We Must Make Disciples · Part 11 ▶ Watch Today’s Video We keep trying to change culture from the outside in. Jesus changes it from the inside out. We look to better laws, better programs, better schools, better leaders, and better institutions. And all of those can matter. But culture is ultimately…
09. A Culture of Consumerism Needs Obedient Disciples
Twelve Compelling Reasons We Must Make Disciples · Part 09 ▶ Watch Today’s Video Video is embedded in today’s LinkedIn article. A direct Dropbox file will be added when available. Consumerism has discipled us more deeply than many of us realize. We are trained to ask: What do I get? What is in it for…
08. A Culture of Isolation Needs Spiritual Families
Twelve Compelling Reasons We Must Make Disciples · Part 08 ▶ Watch Today’s Video Video is embedded in today’s LinkedIn article. A direct Dropbox file will be added when available. We have never been more connected. And yet millions of people have never felt more alone. We have followers, but no one who truly knows…
०७. भ्रष्टाचारको संस्कृतिलाई इमानदारीका अनुयायीहरू चाहिन्छन्
शिष्य बनाउनै पर्ने बाह्र वटा आकर्षक कारणहरू · भाग ०७ ▶ आजको भिडियो हेर्नुहोस् भ्रष्टाचार सरकारी कार्यालयहरूबाट सुरु हुँदैन। यो मानव हृदयबाट सुरु हुन्छ। कुनै राष्ट्रबाट पैसा चorिनु अगाडि, सत्यलाई विवेकबाट चorिन्छ। शक्तिलाई सार्वजनिक रूपमा दुरुपयोग गर्नु अगाडि, सम्झौतालाई निजी रूपमा स्वीकार गरिन्छ। कुनै नेता भ्रष्ट हुनु अगाडि, एक...
०६. हिंसाको संस्कृतिलाई शान्तिका अनुयायीहरू चाहिन्छ
१२ वटा आकर्षक कारणहरू जसले हामीलाई चेला बनाउनै पर्छ बनाउँछन् · भाग ०६ ▶ आजको भिडियो हेर्नुहोस् हामी केवल रिसाएका मानिसहरूलाई शान्त हुन भनेर हिंसाको संस्कृतिको उपचार गर्न सक्दैनौँ। सार्वजनिक अभियानहरूले घृणाको भर्त्सना गर्न सक्छन्। कानुनले हिंस्रक व्यवहारलाई दण्डित गर्न सक्छ। नेताहरूले एकताका लागि आह्वान गर्न सक्छन्। तर यीमध्ये कसैले पनि मानव हृदयबाट तीतोपन हटाउन सक्दैन…
०५. बालबालिका त्यस्तै बन्छन् जस्तो वयस्कहरूले नक्कल गर्छन्
हामीले चेला बनाउनै पर्ने बाह्र वटा आकर्षक कारणहरू · भाग ०५ ▶ आजको भिडियो हेर्नुहोस् हरेक पुस्ताले अर्को पुस्तालाई चेला बनाइरहेको हुन्छ, यद्यपि तिनीहरूलाई यो कुराको आभास हुँदैन। बालबालिका सधैँ सिकिरहेका हुन्छन्। तिनीहरू हामीले केमा उत्सव मनाउँछौं भन्ने कुरा हेरिरहेका हुन्छन्। तिनीहरू हामीले कुन कुरा सहन्छौं भन्ने कुरा आत्मसात् गरिरहेका हुन्छन्। तिनीहरूले हाम्रो समय, ध्यान, पैसा र स्नेह कसले पाउँछ भन्ने कुरा याद गरिरहेका हुन्छन्।...