What do we need to subtract in order to develop a disciple-making culture?

If we’re busy (and we are!) and disciples aren’t being made (and they often aren’t!) if we are to get to that place of “glorifying God by making disciples” we can’t just add something- there’s no room, no margin.

We need to subtract something before we add anything else.
And subtracting is hard. Far harder than adding sth.

Think of the difference between a Swiss army knife and a filleting knife. The Swiss army knife can do a lot of things, but none of them very well. The filleting knife has one simple purpose for which it is exceedingly well designed.

A church with a strong disciple-making culture looks more like the filleting knife than the Swiss army knife. Read More→

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I took this picture several years ago when my son and I were on a road trip. This is taken in Canyonlands National Park, basically across the highway and down a road from Arches National Park.

I heard a similar saying from Leighton Ford on a webinar a few weeks ago. The quote was not original to him and I didn’t catch the name of the person he was quoting.

Anyway, I thought this was a good little life principle to pass on. Give it a try today!

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“The word Christian, once a powerful descriptor of a peculiar people, has become meaningless. It no longer identifies those who have aligned themselves with the person of Jesus Christ.”

Those words are from the back cover of DNA of a Christ Follower. And they seem rather relevant given the current debate surrounding presidential hopeful Donald Trump.

Click Here to get a list of the 8 essential biblical traits of a follower of Jesus Christ.

Originally, when someone self identified as a Christian, it also meant that they were followers of Jesus Christ, representatives of him in a way, seeking to be like him. That doesn’t necessarily seem to be the case anymore…

A quick Google of “Donald Trump Christian” brings up a raft of articles reporting such things as:

• The surprising support Trump is getting from evangelical Christians
• Endorsements by Trump from high profile Christian leaders like Jerry Falwell Jr, Robert Jeffress, and an endorsement of his immigration ideas by Franklin Graham
• His varying denominational identities including Catholic, Dutch Reformed, Presbyterian, Episcopal
• And perhaps most surprisingly, for those who have an understanding of who Max Lucado is and his history- he has never before spoken in opposition to a presidential candidate, despite having the high profile that comes from selling 80 million books- is Lucado coming out strongly opposed to Trump and stating that “Trump saying he is a Christian is beyond reason to me.” Lucado also points to Trump’s claim that “I’ve never asked God for forgiveness” as evidence that he isn’t a Christian in any logical sense.

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Since I am planning to develop a series of videos tied to the DNA of a Christ Follower book, I spent some time last week working on a video logo, along with some audio. It has now been posted on the home page and set to automatically play when someone visits the site. The idea is that I will use this clip at the start of each of my summary or teaching videos to give them a common feel.

In addition to working on this site and things like the video, I have now received back three peer review copies of the book. My intent is to wait for them all and then work through chapter by chapter. The goal is to have the rewrite completed by the end of March (which if I get all the review copies back by the end of February should be no problem) and then hand the project over to my editor for her to deface with a big, fat red pen! Then of course, there will be another rewrite of sorts called for, but that’s the way this works.

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