This video comes from the 2025 RENEW.org Driven Conference. This video features Orpheus Heyward, teaching on why the Word of God must be preeminent. Heyward argues that Scripture should hold first place in Christian faith, local ministry, and global impact, not competing with Jesus’ preeminence but revealing it as God’s documented revelation. Using 1 Corinthians 2, he contrasts worldly wisdom with God’s wisdom, emphasizing that the gospel’s power does not depend on persuasive speech but on the Spirit’s revelation of God’s hidden redemptive plan. He explains the “natural man” cannot accept spiritual truths, warns against watering down Christianity for comfort or acceptance, and urges churches to remain spiritually grounded in the Holy Spirit’s revealed Word as final authority.

00:00 Orpheus Takes Stage 03:02 Why Word Comes First 05:23 Reading 1 Corinthians 2 08:26 Corinth and Worldly Wisdom 12:08 Christ Crucified Over Philosophy 16:55 Mystery Revealed by Spirit 24:04 Natural vs Spiritual Mind 29:08 Final Call Stay Spiritual

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Jesus Is King: The Discipleship Gospel

Jonathan Storment, argues that entering God’s kingdom requires repentance—surrendering to Jesus as King under His authority. Using stories ranging from a traffic-stop misunderstanding to conversion, he explains that rebellion against authority runs deep in humanity. He warns that American churches can become “sociological, not Christological,” reshaping Jesus to fit cultural, political, or personal preferences. Citing examples like Jefferson’s cut-up Bible, the slave Bible, the Jesus Seminar, and altered Chinese Bible passages, he says some “Jesuses” and gospels must be rejected. Drawing from Matthew’s portrayal of Jesus’ authority and the cost of following Him, he urges leaders to stop editing Jesus and instead be changed by Him—the crucified, enemy-loving King—so the church can again turn the world upside down.

00:00 Welcome and Intro 00:46 Speeding Story Setup 01:35 Pulled Over and Frisked 03:16 Why We Resist Authority 04:14 Kingsnorth and Surrender 06:10 Churches Becoming Hollow 08:28 August and Nazi Pressure 09:17 Barth and Real Jesus 12:27 Rejecting Fake Jesuses 13:29 Matthew and King Jesus 15:09 Centurion Gets Authority 16:16 Jesus Gives Orders 17:50 Scissors Through History 22:33 Let Jesus Heal You 22:58 The Thorn Crown King 26:55 Turning the World Upside Down 28:16 Surrender and Closing

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Obedience-Based Disciple Making

Ajai Lall emphasizes sacrificial obedience, noting Barna research and reporting severe persecution, including 125,000 Christians killed yearly and 14,600 church buildings and properties destroyed in India in 2024. Yet describing continued growth in places like Iran, Iraq, and India. He shares examples of believers worshiping and preaching at a police station after being beaten, a church that planted 109 churches and trained 400 gospel workers, and a former Taliban-involved man who became a church planter in India and abroad. He highlights Jesus’ authority, purpose, promise, and barrier-breaking unity, urging discipleship driven by compassion, action, and love.

00:00 Introducing Ajai Lall 01:01 Family and Thanks 02:51 Obedience Based Discipleship 04:13 Persecution and Growth 06:24 Police Station Worship 07:46 Great Commission Explained 09:51 Why We Dont Share 12:29 Purpose Making Disciples 13:18 Church Planting Stories 16:56 Breaking Barriers in Christ 18:28 Mind to Heart Challenge 19:42 Cricket and Compassion 20:51 Paralyzed Man and Action 22:32 Love Changes Everything 26:24 Final Blessing

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Mark Moore on Discipleship: From Written Scripture to Jesus and the Spoken Word

Bobby introduces Bible teacher and author Mark Moore (Core 52), who speaks on discipling people through Scripture in a church context where many are new to the Bible. Moore explains barriers to Bible engagement and describes reducing biblical essentials to 52 core verses, then highlights three passages about Scripture: 2 Timothy 3,, Hebrews 4 (logos, pointing to Jesus as the living Word), and Ephesians 6. He warns against using Bible knowledge to impress rather than to obey and emphasizes memorization as a tool for meditation, sharing a story of a young woman helped by memorizing Romans 8.

00:00 Introducing Mark Moore 01:11 Why Discipleship Matters 01:40 Phoenix Church Growth Stories 04:42 Making Bible Language Accessible 06:17 Why the Bible Feels Intimidating 07:30 Core 52 Simplifying Scripture 08:38 Torah Scroll Reverence 11:22 Scripture Is God Breathed 13:04 Logos Points to Jesus 17:29 Rhema Spoken Word Power 19:30 Devils Tactics and Truth 21:07 Using Scripture Against Temptation 24:13 Memorization That Heals 28:48 Why We Remember What Matters 30:09 Biblical Vocabulary Shapes Culture 30:25 Jesus Shaped Language 31:25 Amen Amen Explained 32:23 Grace And Peace Greeting 33:04 Losing Biblical Vocabulary 34:24 Identity And Human Dignity 35:24 Discipleship Carrying Cross 37:00 Panel Joins The Stage 39:33 Bible Hunger In India 41:54 Reaching Non Readers 45:34 Why Memorize Scripture 48:17 From Knowledge To Obedience 50:15 Corporate Application Systems 54:09 Information Overload AI 58:50 Practical Memory Method 01:02:51 Wisdom Over Knowledge Wrap

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Building a Disciple Making Church: One-to-One, Scripture, and Multi-Generational Ministry

In this session, Matt Wilson shares how Ecclesia Christian Church grew over 11 years from a living-room gathering to more than 2,000 weekly attendees by centering everything on discipleship and community rather than platform-building or treating churches as stepping stones. He emphasizes loyalty to where God places leaders, warns against rushing small groups without qualified leadership, and advocates one-to-one discipleship, slow leader development, and resisting “terrorist” pressure tactics from demanding members. Ecclesia built clear pathways (DNA/core classes), discipleship-oriented serving teams, and an annual Easter-to-Pentecost churchwide 40-day disciple-making initiative with prayer, fasting, meals, and baptisms. Tina describes “Step Into Scripture,” a reproducible whole-Bible, yearly reading and table-leader model that builds biblical literacy across the body. They highlight integrating all generations, empowering students (including “Student Takeover”), and honoring every ability through ministries like Shine for special needs, aiming to equip the church to reproduce disciples.

00:00 Welcome and Warmup 00:54 Discipleship First Church 02:56 Faithfulness Over Platforms 05:27 Small Places Big Impact 06:44 Groups Versus One to One 08:49 Slow Leadership Pipeline 12:02 Serve Teams as Discipleship 13:20 Forty Day Churchwide Push 15:23 Step Into Scripture Model 21:07 One Body All Generations 25:01 Special Needs Shine Ministry 28:35 Maturity Milk and Meat 31:59 Discipleship Come With Me 36:03 Panel Family Culture QandA 45:51 Empowering Youth Takeover 50:31 Women and the Word 51:38 Closing Affirmation

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Josh and Lashi Howard share a message challenging listeners to live as true disciples who make disciples across generations. This episode exposes the cost, courage, and transformative power of life-on-life discipleship, prayer, and immediate obedience.

Listeners are invited to examine their own faith, commit to training and releasing others, and join in prayer and sacrificial action so one obedient life can spark revival in families, communities, and nations.

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Ajai Lall shares his personal background and the history of the Restoration Movement, explaining why he believes it calls the church back to the New Testament blueprint: Christ as head, Scripture as final authority, and a commitment to unity and missional disciple making.

He highlights the movement's 19th‑century origins, its core principles — Christ alone, Scripture alone, unity in essentials, liberty in opinions, love in all things — and the emphasis on evangelism, self‑supporting churches, and practical mission work in India and beyond.

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Renew Review of Carl Trueman’s ‘The Desecration of Man’

Using an analogy of sentient inflatables denying the existence of air pumps, the script summarizes Carl Truman’s book The Desecration of Man and its thesis. Building on themes from The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, Truman argues that without God nothing remains sacred, and attempts at self-deification produce a culture defined by transgressing limits and boundaries. The episode highlights Truman’s explanation for alliances among Western radicals and disparate causes as a shared project of overthrowing what prior generations considered authoritative or holy, and it emphasizes his chapter on sex, where sex becomes central to identity while being stripped of sacred limits, reducing people to objects. Truman’s proposed remedy is consecration through robust Christian belief, worship, and practice.

00:00 Sentient Inflatables Setup 01:11 Life Without Air Pumps 02:29 Truman and His Big Idea 03:57 Death of God Thesis 06:35 Desecration Through Transgression 07:42 Why Strange Alliances Form 09:33 Sex and Self Objectification 11:15 Consecration as the Remedy 12:09 Final Recommendation

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