Walking Lessons
When you go hiking what gear do you grab? Walking stick? Hat? Water bottle? Yet when Jesus outfits you for the trek of life, He offers you a yoke. What is He thinking?
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Ephesians and “Annie”
What does Ephesians have to do with the musical “Annie”? Tho we may feel like orphans in the universe, God our heavenly Father is no Daddy Warbucks, oblivious to kids. He is Daddy Peaceheart, adopting us as His dearly loved children.
Ephesians and “Cheers”
What does Ephesians have to do with “Cheers” the corner bar “where everybody knows your name”? Worn and tattered, we long for a close-knit community to keep us from completely unraveling. Ephesians is an invitation into the best safe place.
What about Follow-up?
When we employ the twin methods of Disciple Making Movements and Discovery Bible Study (DMM-DBS) as our evangelism strategy, an additional follow-up plan is not necessary. DMM-DBS accomplishes both quantitative growth (making new disciples) and qualitative growth (teaching them to obey what Jesus commanded). The methods of Jesus the Disciple Maker are brilliant!
Discovery Bible Study Format
Let’s take a guided a tour through an entire Discovery Bible Study session. When a group internalizes God’s Word, shares His Word, and seeks to obey it, marvelous things occur. They gradually discover who Jesus is and can’t resist following Him.
Discovery Bible Texts
In a Discovery Bible Study (DBS), people who know nothing about the Bible become disciples of Jesus Christ. How is this possible? Because the texts they explore together set them on the bedrock of history. As they begin to identify with the Jews of Bible times, the light of faith gradually dawns. And when Jesus rises, their hearts become His!
Reading the Bible with Know-Nothings
Since 1994, millions of people have come to faith in a Discovery Bible Study, even though none of them were Christians when they began the study. We church goers used to being instructed by a Bible expert, wonder: How could a group of know-nothings reading the Bible ever become disciples of Jesus Christ?
Who Is the Leader?
What if a witnessing method did not require you to be a Bible expert with all the answers? In fact, you wouldn’t be the leader at all. Learn the counter-intuitive method of Discovery Bible Study.
Present Day Disciples
Jesus Christ is still making disciples. In 1990, of the 100 million Bhojpuri in northern India, only 10,000 confessed faith in Christ. Today they number in the millions! Since then, the disciple-making principles that the Lord taught the Bhojpuris have spread to other parts of the globe. Why not your neighborhood too?
Am I Disciple Material?
Ever wonder: “Do I have what it takes to be a disciple of Jesus?” All His disciples are misfits. But through the Father’s forgiveness, the Savior’s blood, and the Spirit’s indwelling presence, God reshapes us to fit into His plan to make disciples of all nations.
Jesus Christ: Disciple Maker
If a Christian disciple-making strategy had converted millions since 1994, yet was so simple that children can use it, would you consider it too good to be true, or too wonderful to ignore? Disciple-Making Movements (DMM) stands in a class by itself and can enhance the outreach methods you already use.
Thriving Amid Persecution
As culture wars rage in the USA and elsewhere, the threat of persecution increases. Can believers in Christ survive and even multiply under harsh conditions? The recent history of Disciple-Making Movements proves that we can. Consider three examples.