Sharpening Our View of God’s Highest Aim for Us
Although I didn’t realize it at the time, in a very real sense, God gave me the answer to this question of His highest aim nearly 40...
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chris784
- Jun 20, 2019
- 3 min
What Are the Limits of Your World?
How much differently do you think you would see your life, and live your life, if you could see everything as God does?
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chris784
- May 15, 2019
- 2 min
Disciplemaking vs. Discipleship: What Is God's Goal?
You may be asking, “What does a Mature Disciple look like? When does one 'graduate' to being a Mature Disciple?” Great questions! To...
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chris784
- Nov 19, 2018
- 4 min
How Safe Would You Feel Riding in Your Teenager’s Car If ...
We tell believers what they should be and do to experience the Christian life, but then do not help them develop the practical skills...
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chris784
- Oct 15, 2018
- 3 min
The God-Shaped Hole in the Heart of Man
Since Creation, man has sought solutions that only God can solve. A couple weeks ago, I talked about how I kept asking, “Where are these...
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chris784
- Sep 11, 2017
- 3 min
Do We Assume People Are Farther Along Than They Actually Are?
I can’t begin to tell you how many times I have made this error, even after I first recognized this flaw in my disciplemaking years ago!...
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chris784
- Aug 7, 2017
- 2 min
Do You Have a Clear, Measurable Definition of 'Spiritual Success'?
Few churches or Christians have a clear and measurable definition of “spiritual success” (maturity). George Barna identified an important...
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chris784
- Jul 10, 2017
- 2 min
Where's the Fruit of Youth Ministry?
The vast majority of Christian adults say they came to faith when they were children or youth. Doesn’t this argue for concentrating our...
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chris784
- May 8, 2017
- 3 min
How Do We Bring More to Christ? Lift Up Jesus and He Will Draw Them In!
A number of years ago, I was reflecting on John 12:32. In it Jesus says, "And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to...
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chris784
- Apr 26, 2017
- 3 min
God's Plan vs. Our Practice
Let’s review the basics of God’s plan or approach for building His Kingdom and then look at our practice, i.e., what most believers...
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chris784
- Apr 10, 2017
- 3 min
How Loving Jesus Fills the Whole Church
So much of what we do in Christendom is an attempt to get believers to be better in one way or another. For example, as worshipers (hire...
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chris784
- Mar 8, 2017
- 3 min
Men, Don't Miss God's High Priority on Disciplemaking
Among all the many good things we do as Christians, whether individually or as congregations, where does disciplemaking fit as a...
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chris784
- Feb 6, 2017
- 2 min
Do Any of These 17 Discipleship Flaws Sound Familiar?
Here are 17 specific ways in which our typical thinking about discipleship and disciplemaking is flawed -- fuzzy, confused, incomplete,...
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chris784
- Jan 16, 2017
- 2 min
Are My Ways Better Than God's?
Let me share the root issue beneath what we've been saying about America’s “man problem” on this blog over the past few months. Here are...
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chris784
- Dec 5, 2016
- 3 min
If You’re Not Personally Making Disciples, That May Explain a Lot . . .
I hope the foregoing statistics, shared earlier on this blog, are sobering to you. Even troubling. No born-again Christian should look at...
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chris784
- Nov 7, 2016
- 4 min
Where Are You along the "10 Stops" on the Journey toward Spiritual Maturity?
In 2011, George Barna published the results of a six-year research project involving sixteen scientifically conducted national telephone...
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chris784
- Oct 3, 2016
- 2 min
How Many Men (in Chattanooga) Are Actively Engaged in Making Disciples?
In our current blog series, we have been examining research that I’ve come across since the turn of the millennium regarding this...
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chris784
- Sep 12, 2016
- 1 min
C'mon, What Do You Mean the Church Is Not Making Disciples!? (Part III)
In our current blog series, we have been examining five points of research I’ve come across since the turn of the millennium regarding...
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chris784
- Aug 22, 2016
- 2 min
What Do You Mean the Church Is Not Making Disciples!? (Part II)
In our last blog, we discussed the first of five points of research I’ve come across since the turn of the millennium regarding the claim...
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chris784
- Aug 1, 2016
- 3 min
"Not very well." Why is this the answer to "How is the Church doing at making disciples?"
When asked how well we in the Church are doing with disciplemaking, most readers probably would respond with a generic, “Not very well.”...
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