Is Your Language Creating The Culture You Want?

It seems that many Christians are bilingual… We speak in one normal, everyday language most of the time, but when it comes time to talk about religion, spirituality, or God, we break out our special “Christianese” language.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’ll talk about being more intentional (and careful) with the words we use when we talk about our faith. And we’ll give you a better way forward!

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• How the language we use as a church creates our culture.
• The Top 10 Christianese words or sayings deciphered.
• What our language communicates to those outside the Church.
• How we can grow in our own “gospel fluency” and begin to speak in clear, meaningful ways about our faith and what life as a Christian is all about.

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Life in Community on Mission: The Glorious Mess

There is no such thing as a typical week in the rhythms of a missional community. Healthy communities follow pretty surprisingly simple patterns. And the schedules of the families are not crazy packed and insanely busy.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, I’ll share a running narrative from the daily journals of a married father in a missional community. You’ll get to see all of the “organized” and “organic” interactions that come up in their calendar as a family on mission for one week. Oh, it’s messy… but it’s a glorious mess!

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• • How a married couple with three kids lives on mission together.
  • The gospel-intentionality that is baked into their normal life.
  • How living this way in community adds very little to their normal schedules.
  • A great picture of discipleship in action in everyday life.

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Family Discipleship and Mission Made Simple (Part 2)

I grew up going to church Sunday after Sunday. Discipleship, if and when it happened, was a series of classes or a 9-week curriculum that we went through. The problem with that was… it didn’t really work.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’ll share Part 2 of seven simple yet important steps to living a lifestyle of discipleship where the gospel speaks good news into and shapes every area of life. Discipleship was always meant to happen with others in community.

What’s keeping you and your people from moving beyond a weekend-to-weekend spirituality into a lifestyle of discipleship and mission with family, friends, and other amazing folks God has brought into your life? Let’s get started.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• How to identify who is “leaning in” to relationship and a possible faith journey with you.
• How to begin to have simple, daily conversations with the Holy Spirit connected to your discipleship and leading others to faith.
• Why predictable patterns in your life are key to building relationships on mission.
• How to get help to start on all of this right away.

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Family Discipleship and Mission Made Simple (Part 1)

Our Christian faith was always meant to be vibrant and lived like a family with others—not a once-a-week experience. Missional communities are a proven (biblical) way to engage people in normal rhythms of family discipleship and mission… believers and not-yet-believers alike.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’ll share Part 1 of seven simple steps that will help you lead your folks to a “faith in practice” where family life becomes mission and begins to move outward to include others.

These seven, proven steps may seem simple or even a little obvious, but they really work and are just the beginning… There is no limit to how far this will take you if you apply this to your life.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• What keeps a lot of churches and small groups stuck in a “me-focused” mode.
• The difference between a weekly small group and a true “family on mission”.
• Why understanding and embracing a bigger gospel is at the center of a missional life.
• The first three of seven proven steps to make family discipleship and mission simple.
• How to get help to get started on all of this right away.

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Is Your Church Service Confusing People?

Have you ever wondered what your average person–someone who has not grown up in the church–would think Jesus and the gospel are all about based on what they see, hear, and experience in your Sunday church service?

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’ll talk about how the medium we often use on Sundays may be overshadowing the message we really want to share about Jesus, our Father, and his amazing kingdom.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• What some of our favorite activities at church are really saying to people.
• How close and yet so far off we can accidentally be in these things.
• Why our ‘good intentions’ are not cutting it with the culture anymore.
• How much of what we do in our Sunday services are really confusing to people.

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Are You Believing What God Says About You?

Let’s be honest: the life you lead isn’t what you’ve always dreamt of. And maybe the person you’ve become isn’t who you’ve always imagined. God longs to redeem the story of your life and set you on the path to reclaiming your dreams… His dreams. Are you ready?

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar and Heath speak with author and international church leader, Jo Saxton. Her insights into who God made you to be are refreshing and may encourage you to reexamine a few things in your life.

Born to Nigerian parents and raised in London, Jo brings a multi-cultural and international perspective to leadership. She challenges societal stereotypes and helps people discover who they truly are, by seeing themselves the way God sees them. You will LOVE this interview!

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• How we begin to believe lies about ourselves.
• Why God’s view of you changes how you see yourself in powerful ways.
• How you may have lost your unique “voice” and how to get it back.
• Practical steps for moving toward your true and exceptional identity.

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