Unlocking Kingdom Growth in Everyday Life

Are you living a “Kingdom of God lifestyle” today, in a very real sense? Do you feel like growth, abundance, and victory are all a part of your community life and church experience?

This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar and Heath discuss how Jesus explained normal life and growth in the Kingdom of God.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

  • The true definition of a Missional Community.
  • Caesar’s story of a pretty rocky start to all of this 😳
  • How Jesus explained life (all of it) and growth, and what to expect.
  • The Pattern and Promise we see throughout the Parables in the NT.

 

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Unlocking Kingdom Growth in Everyday Life

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The “Jesus Model” For Loving Your Neighbor

There was a time when neighbors knew each other’s names… when children and old folks in the neighborhood had more than their families looking out for them. What happened?

This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we talk with author, Lance Ford, as we ask the question: can you really love your neighbor as much as you love yourself?

We live in an age when it feels like we have very little time for new and trusting relationships–and it’s hard to trust people! So we tend to isolate or stick closer to home and keep to ourselves. But people are dying for real relationship, and isolation only breeds further distrust.

Maybe it’s time to change the narrative.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

  • What the Bible really says about loving your neighbor.
  • What we have lost as a society through hiding away and loving ourselves.
  • Why incarnational presence is the “Jesus Model” for loving your neighbor.
  • Practical steps to restoring our neighborhoods to become communities filled with love and redemption.

 

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The “Jesus Model” For Loving Your Neighbor

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How To Talk Politics As a Family

Political talk is everywhere right now — it’s on the news and all over social media, it’s happening between friends and family, and it’s most likely happening at your kitchen table too. I wonder… what are your kids hearing?

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar shares insights on how to talk politics as a family. You’ll get the tools and gospel perspective to discuss and make wise political choices throughout life.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

  • Why talking about politics with your kids at an early age is important.
  • How to teach them NOT to believe everything they hear.
  • How to use gospel-fluency to frame the conversation around politics.
  • 5 Tips for changing the conversation right now.

 

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How To Talk Politics As a Family

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How This Small Group Became a Community on Mission

What happens when you feel God leading you, beyond a weekly meeting with a handful of other Christians, out to make disciples in the most underserved neighborhood in your city?

In this episode, Caesar is joined by author and community builder Terence Schilstra. You’ll hear the exciting story of how his traditional church small group slowly morphed into a missional community. Along with several other Christian families, they’ve become connected to over 30 families in their new neighborhood as they make disciples.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

  • How a “small voice” became a much louder calling from God.
  • What personal challenges they faced to follow God deeper.
  • The problems their small group experienced. (Not everyone loved the change!)
  • The amazing adventure that this community now lives!

 

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How This Small Group Became a Community on Mission

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Can You Be a Christian and Not Be a Disciple?

Church doctrines of grace and salvation can sometimes hinder us from fostering the expectation that we should be and make disciples. Do our current evangelism and discipleship models fall short of producing genuine followers of Jesus?
   
This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we explore the importance of reclaiming a strong understanding of the gospel and the vital link between conversion and discipleship. Joining us is Bill Hull, a “discipleship evangelist” (a term I adore!) and author of several bestselling discipleship classics.In This Episode You’ll Learn:

  • A historical definition of “conversion” that you’ll find clarifying.
  • Why conversion and discipleship are two sides of the same coin.
  • The problems the Church experiences having split (or ignored) these two functions.
  • Why having a bigger view of the gospel is the solution to this problem.

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Can You Be a Christian and Not Be a Disciple?

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Rediscovering the Bible’s Relevance Today

More and more people are questioning the validity and relevance of the Bible in today’s culture. Is it all true… is it literal or figurative… does it apply to our lives today?

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’ll walk you through the most common misunderstandings about the Bible and the ways people read this unique document that are leading to confusion and distrust. And we’ll give you the tools to properly read the Bible in light of the divine author’s original intent.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

  • The Bible was originally an oral document.
  • Why the Bible should not be viewed simply as a history book.
  • How scripture was originally read together in community and why.
  • Why understanding the genre of each book in the Bible changes everything.

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Rediscovering the Bible's Relevance Today

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