Is it possible you can be raised in a Christian home, come from five generations of pastors, be in seminary - and still not get what it means to be a disciple?

The founding pastor of @ReunionChurch in Dallas, TX, Richard Ellis joins us to talk about that!
Ably cohosted by Dr. Andrew Yates, Global Discipleship Coordinator, @DallasSeminary .

00:00 - 05:35 Intro
05:36 - 10:46 How it all started for Richard
10:47 - 15:30 Whadd'ya mean - that evangelism isn't discipleship?
15:31 - 18:44 Is the problem the Seminaries - or the Churches?
18:45 - 20:30 Discipleship and...Navy Fighter Pilots?
20:31 - 21:33 Getting personal - why discipleship matters
21:34 - 24:03 If we're disciples - why so much anxiousness?
24:04 - 26:03 Despair and Pastors
26:04 - 27:44 "I don't have time to do that"
27:45 - 30:03 Discipleship: The stuff that does not work in churches
30:04 - 31:05 How Christian culture "misses it" (Disciple making)
31:06 - 32:15 Has Church become a spiritual adult daycare?
32:16 - 33:38 A change of mind
33:39 - 41:16 Profound agape - what Jesus said defines disciples
41:17 - 44:37 Start the journey! Stop waiting on "better".
44:38 - 46:31 Wrap Up

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Dr. Andrew Yates with Dallas Theological Seminary is making disciple makers at DTS. How do they do that? What's different at DTS? Thoughtful insights in discipleship for Pastors, Seminaries, Higher Christian Educators and....disciples!

00:00 - 02:36 Opening

02:37 - 08:21 Meet Andrew Yates and DTS Disciple Making

08:22 - 09:28 SURELY the Seminaries are OK, Yes?

09:29 - 12:41 What's Going on in Most Churches?

12:42 - 16:39 What Leaders Must Do

16:40 - 20:18 How Much is Enough (To be a good disciple)?

20:19 - 21:51 Isn't Evangelism the Same Thing as Disciple Making?

21:52 - 23:10 Unhealthy Growth in Churches. Really?

23:11 - 27:23 Pastors Can't Really Disciple 100 People (Or even a dozen)

27:24 - 30:04 Encouragement for Pastors

30:05 - 32:47 The Real Metric of a Church (NOT the ones you use now)

32:48 - 38:31 Challenges for Christian Higher Education

38:32 - 41:36 Contact Andrew / Wrapup

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What does the NFL, College Football and Coaching have to do with discipleship? Collegiate Quarterback, SEC Football Coach and now Pastor Preston Conder joins Dennis along with the Founding Chaplain in the NFL and the NBA - Dr. John Tolson to answer all that!

00:00 - 03:48 Intro

03:49 - 05:57 "Doing" Church ISN'T Discipleship

05:58 - 11:15 Evangelism? Or Disciple Making?

11:16 - 14:31 Secrets of a Disciple-Maker

14:32 - 16:30 Disciples Serving in the Lives of People Around Them

16:31 - 18:05 The Crux of It - Making Disciples

18:06 - 19:36 Is Gen Z Discipling Different?

19:37 - 21:33 Wrap Up

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Marko Romanjik, from Osijek, Croatia cohosts with Dennis to interview Cru's Denis Ribic - in Portugal.

Is making disciples different in Europe than in America? Is the West in a unique struggle to restore discipling? How do disciples deal with tough questions?

00:00 - 06:52 Intro
06:53 - 08:55 Denis' "Rap Sheet"
08:56 - 12:28 Explain "Disciple"
12:29 - 15:30 Is the West The Only One Off in Discipleship?
15:31 - 19:08 How Does Europe "Do" Discipling?
19:09 - 23:26 Is Christianity Getting Better (Or Worse) in Discipleship?
23:27 - 27:57 I'm Not Trained to Disciple! Am I Off The Hook?
27:58 - 31:11 How to Answer Tough Questions
31:12 - 32:58 What to do With Combative Questioners?
32:59 - 34:53 The Power of Understanding the Person
32:54 - 39:09 Discipling Generation Z (Is Different)
39:10 - 41:26 Advice for New Disciples
41:27 - 47:54 Wrap Up

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Writer, Speaker, Scientist and Theologian - Dr. Ken Boa - The President of Reflections Ministries speaks into the concept of beauty - its relationship to science and to the disciple's understanding of God.

00:00 - 02:49 Introductions
02:50 - 04:39 Transcendental beauty - what is that?
04:40 - 06:12 How can science and beauty cohabit in reasoning?
06:13 - 08:05 How can discipleship, beauty and science co-exist?
08:06 - 09:37 How is discipleship in the West going?
09:38 - 14:32 "Vo-Tech" discipling
14:33 - 17:06 Must effective disciples be intellectuals?
17:07 - 18:53 Evangelism makes Disciples : Disciples make Evangelism
18:54 - 20:55 What do you want from me?
20:56 - 23:26 Wrap Up

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WITHING? What's Withing?

Disciple maker and podcaster "Punky" Tolson joins us from Dallas - along with Faith Radio's Carmen LaBerge. Two powerful women talking powerful disciple making and disciple development ideas...."WITHING". Straight out of the Bible - beautifully delivered by these two female followers of faith - of Jesus of Nazareth.

00:00 - 03:27 Intro

03:28 - 09:10 "Trad" Wives?

09:11 - 12:53 WITHING

12:54 - 18:00 "Trad" Life - Modern Disciples & Crickets

18:01 - 21:02 Education -versus- Discipling

21:03 - 23:03 A Disciple's Identity -versus- Activities

23:04 - 27:24 "Don't Leave Me Behind" Women and Church Discipleship

27:25 - 35:04 Practical Next Steps in WITHING

35:04 - 38:06 Wrap Up

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A real life example of someone saying to someone else "Come with me." Dr. Joe Debeljuh - on Mission in Zagreb, Croatia recounts his experience being discipled through basketball, by Pastor Rick Swing. And Rick talks about his way of approaching men. Real life discipleship!

00:00 - 04:36 Opening

04:37 - 06:58 "Come with me!"

06:59 - 08:11 Only Pastors can disciple. (???!!!)

08:12 - 09:36 But what if they ask me hard questions?

09:37 - 13:24 How questions become relationships

13:25 - 19:47 The Road Less Travelled: Taking Disciples "Out There"

19:48 - 21:30 The Discipling Barrier called "Churchianity"

21:31 - 25:24 Getting in someone's head

25:25 - 27:12 Wrap Up

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