Discipleship
How people actually grow in following Jesus, and how to help someone else grow. 41 articles.
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November 10, 2026 · Living the Lord's Prayer
Asking Real Questions: The Second Question Is Where the Conversation Is
How to ask good questions when you disciple someone: open versus closed questions, the second and third question, sitting in silence, and not rushing to fix.
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November 6, 2026
Love God With All Your Strength: Your Body Is Not a Spiritual Afterthought
Part 4 of a series on the Greatest Commandment: why your body matters to God, what it means to offer it as worship, and ten practical ways to love Him with your strength.
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November 3, 2026 · Living the Lord's Prayer
The Awkward Ask: How to Start a Mentoring Relationship
What to actually say when you ask someone to let you disciple them, how long to commit, and what to do when they say no. A four-part script you can use.
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October 30, 2026
Love God With All Your Mind: Thinking as an Act of Worship
Part 3 of a series on the Greatest Commandment: why Jesus added "mind" to Moses' words, what a renewed mind looks like, and ten ways to love God with your thinking.
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October 27, 2026 · Living the Lord's Prayer
Spotting the Timothy: How to Choose Someone to Disciple
Jesus taught thousands and discipled twelve. How to choose someone to disciple, why to go deep with a few, and how to notice the person nobody has noticed.
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October 20, 2026
Holy Desperation
When your Bible reading and prayer habits keep going but your heart feels empty, the Psalms and the desert fathers show a way through: holy desperation.
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October 16, 2026
A Habit for Every Kind of Day
Habits built for a perfect day break on the first weird one. How to give each habit a full, short, and minimum version and plan by day type when your schedule won't sit still.
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October 14, 2026
Habits for Me or Habits for God? Same Habit, Different Direction
The same workout, journal, or book can be about you or about God. The difference isn't the activity. It's the aim. A side-by-side chart for heart, soul, mind, and strength.
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October 13, 2026
Love God With All Your Heart: What to Do With Your Emotions
Part 1 of a five-part series on the Greatest Commandment: what it means to love God with your heart, why your emotions matter to Him, and ten ways to practice it.
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October 10, 2026
Chase or Wait? Discerning Between Biblical Opposites
When do you chase the lost sheep, and when do you wait for the prodigal? How to discern between wise biblical opposites without flattening them into a rule.
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October 10, 2026 · Living the Lord's Prayer
Who Are Your Three? Paul, Barnabas, and Timothy
Every disciple needs someone ahead, someone alongside, and someone behind. A simple way to find the empty slot in your spiritual life and start filling it.
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September 27, 2026 · Giving Account
A Rule of Life for Men Who Hate Rules
You don't need a type-A personality to grow in faith. Six practical ways for creative, low-structure men to build steady faithfulness into an ordinary week.
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September 22, 2026
Bezalel, David, and the Men Who Made Things
Scripture's faithful men aren't all drill sergeants. Craftsmen, musicians, and poets show what faithfulness looks like for creative men, and where they're tempted to drift.
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September 19, 2026
The Substitution Effect: When AI Replaces Your Bible, Your Prayers, or Your Friends
AI rarely pulls Christians away from God all at once. It quietly substitutes for the harder, better things. How to spot the substitution effect and what to do about it.
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September 17, 2026 · Living the Lord's Prayer
The Best Return on Investment Is a Person
Everything we build depreciates. People compound. Why investing in one person is the fullest mark of maturity, and why feeling unqualified is no reason to wait.
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September 16, 2026
Spiritual Habits for Young Moms: Faith in the Cracks of the Day
The old quiet time is gone when babies and toddlers arrive. Practical ways moms have found to meet God in night feedings, nap times, songs, and bedtime routines.
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September 16, 2026
Teaching Your Congregation to Use AI Faithfully
Your people are already asking AI about prayer, Scripture, and life. Five things every church should teach about AI, and four practical habits to give your congregation.
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September 15, 2026
Faithful Isn't a Personality Type
Some men aren't wired for 5 a.m. alarms and color-coded plans. Are they just less faithful? What Scripture says about temperament, sloth, and steady faithfulness.
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September 9, 2026
Grok, ChatGPT, and Why Every AI Has a Worldview
No AI model is neutral. Each reflects its training data and its makers' choices. What that means for Christians asking AI about faith, morality, and Scripture.
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August 25, 2026
When You Move, Your Faith Doesn't Pack Itself
Advice for a man heading to college or a new town: rebuild your daily rhythm, find a church and brothers fast, and use old friends as a bridge, not a home.
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August 22, 2026
Using the AI Inside Logos Without Letting It Do Your Study
Logos now has AI search, a Study Assistant, and sermon tools. How to use them well, which ones lean on your library and which don't, and where to keep doing the work yourself.
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August 19, 2026
No "Ask Our AI Pastor": Why We Won't Put a Chatbot in Pastoral Care
Church chatbots that answer spiritual questions or offer counsel are tempting and easy to build. Why our church won't, and where automation can serve care without replacing it.
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August 18, 2026
When It Looks Like Jesus Is Losing
John 6 starts with 5,000 people following Jesus and ends with twelve, one of them a traitor. Why that's a comfort, not a failure, when your life feels out of control.
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August 10, 2026
The Upside-Down Kingdom
In Luke 6, Jesus blesses the poor and the grieving and warns the rich and comfortable. His kingdom flips our values. Here's what that looks like on an ordinary week.
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July 28, 2026
AI Is a Tool, Not a Teacher
AI is already shaping how Christians pray and study. A pastor and software leader on where it helps, where it can't go, and the one conviction that keeps it in its place.
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July 26, 2026
Stop Wavering: Elijah, Baal, and the Gods We Use
On Mount Carmel, Elijah asked God's people how long they'd limp between two opinions. We still try to keep Jesus and our idols. Here's why it doesn't work.
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July 18, 2026
Little Faith Is Not No Faith
In John 6, Jesus walks to His frightened disciples on a stormy sea. Being a disciple doesn't mean you never fear. It means you learn where to take it.
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June 8, 2026
Add-On Faith vs. All-In Faith
Some people want life with a side of Jesus. 1 Peter 2:13-17 shows what all-in faith looks like in the most public parts of life: citizenship, honor, and freedom.
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April 8, 2026
Walking With God Between the Prayers
Praying without ceasing, made practical: fixed hours, arrow prayers, an evening examen, and a simple rule of life, from the early church to John Mark Comer.
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April 4, 2026 · Living the Lord's Prayer
You Don't Need a Title to Disciple Someone
How to disciple someone without being a pastor: the bar is intention, not size. Coffee, an open Bible, prayer by name, and honest questions.
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March 29, 2026 · Second Fiddle
Three Pillars of a Healthy Church from the Book of Titus
What makes a healthy church? Titus gives three pillars in three chapters: leadership, discipleship, and mission. Neglect one and the stool tips.
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February 27, 2026 · Living the Lord's Prayer
Church Membership: Privileges or Partnership?
Why become a church member when you can just attend? Biblical membership isn't about perks. It's a partnership that lets love bear weight.
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December 20, 2025 · Under the Hood
The Road Test: Why New Christians Aren't Perfect Overnight
The meaning of Philippians 1:6 for anyone who trusted Jesus and still struggles: God finishes what he starts, and he does it on the road.
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October 18, 2025
What the Bible Says About Speaking in Tongues
What tongues are, the three ways the gift shows up in Scripture, why no one is required to speak in tongues, and the guardrails Paul gives the church.
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October 11, 2025
Filled with the Spirit: Indwelling, Fruit, Gifts, and Power for Ministry
How the Spirit worked in the Old Testament and the New, why every believer has him from salvation, and why we still ask for fresh filling for ministry.
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October 8, 2025
Speak, Lord, Your Servant Is Listening
How to listen for God, with help from the desert fathers, the Puritans, and John Mark Comer, plus a simple 15-minute practice you can start tomorrow.
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July 11, 2025 · Living the Lord's Prayer
Why Join a Small Group? Because Circles Beat Rows
Why join a small group when you already go to church on Sunday? Because rows can form an audience, but only circles form a family.
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May 29, 2025 · Living the Lord's Prayer
The Lord's Prayer Is a Path, Not a Staircase
The Lord's Prayer meaning, line by line: five requests, five places people meet God, and why growth looks more like a tree than a staircase.
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May 14, 2025 · Turn the Key
Let the Work Be the Curriculum
Discipleship through serving isn't a side benefit of outreach. It's how Jesus formed his disciples. Here's how to build formation into the work itself.
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April 22, 2025 · Living the Lord's Prayer
"Your Will Be Done" Is a Resignation Letter
What does "thy will be done" mean? It's not passive acceptance. It's resigning from the throne of your own life, and it gets easier in company.
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January 15, 2025 · Turn the Key
Frontier and Homestead: Ending the Outreach vs. Discipleship Debate
Outreach vs discipleship is a false choice. The homestead forms people, the frontier deploys them, and each makes the other stronger. Here's how.