The Disciplemaker Team 
When I was just starting out, we didn’t have fancy websites and email and stuff like that. We had a post office box to which people would mail the craziest things. Apocalyptic prophecies involving aliens. Diatribes against popular preachers. Secret …
When Jesus says we must lose our lives if we are to find them, he is teaching, on the negative side, that we must not make ourselves and our “survival” the ultimate point of reference in our world—must not, in …
One area in my life where I am hearing new truth reflects my sense of personal responsibility in all walks of life. Being overly responsible has been an issue for me for years. I thought I had resolved the problem …
Many years ago, I learned about the false self and the true self. I learned that everyone struggles with the tension between these two selves. The false self is the person we wish we were, the person we think we …
God periodically moves upon his people and in their surrounding culture to achieve his everlasting purposes for that tiny stretch of cosmic time we call “human history.” This usually happens in ways that no one but he could have planned …
At the end of every episode of our podcast, Rhythm of Us, we always close with the same question: “What advice would you give to the younger you?” It’s easily my very favorite part of the show. Given no time …
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Job suffered. His name is synonymous with suffering. He asked, “Why?” He asked, “Why me?” And he put his questions to God. He asked his questions persistently, passionately, and eloquently. He refused to take silence for an answer. He refused …
I’ve been thinking about disciplemaking a lot lately. That’s probably not too surprising, seeing as how I’m writing this for a blog called “The DiscipleMaker.” Between here, my work on the various resources published by NavPress, and my involvement with …
I’m aware that talk of Satan, demons, fallen angels, and an apocalyptic battle between cosmic forces of light and darkness will sound ridiculous to some and like a plot from a second-rate Marvel comic to others. In the West, we …
What you’re feeling, Mary and Martha felt that too. Their brother had died over the course of days. Jesus loved them, loved their brother. They had no doubt of it. They had seen him heal the blind. They knew he …