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The Burden of Shepherding

It’s an understatement to say that the Apostle Paul faced challenges. In 2 Corinthians 11, he rattled off a list of some of the difficulties he encountered as an apostolic …

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Staying for the Best Things

I can’t shake the scene of that little room where Passion and Patience sit waiting. The boys’ sitter instructed them to stay still, to rest side by side, to hold …

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How to Disciple a Transsexual – Part One

This is part 1 of the 3 part series, “How to Disciple a Transsexual” by Bob Thune. Here are parts Two and Three of the series. My friend Ryan is a transsexual. He used to …

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How To Disciple Urban Teens

It was a sweltering summer night in Chicago at the church of my youth and an annual evangelistic rally was taking place. It was a time of team challenges and …

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The Daily Gospel: Discipling Yourself

The idea of discipling yourself may sound odd. In my church experience, I often saw discipleship as two people meeting together to talk about God. This approach to discipleship is …

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Patience & Discipleship

There is a virtue that has quickly become endangered in our practice of discipleship today. Few might notice the decline of this species, and it certainly hasn’t happened overnight. Slowly …

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Send Well

When my husband first told me he felt called to church planting, I had no idea what that meant. Does it mean we move every few years, helping new churches …

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Discipleship in the Sporting-life

One of the common frustrations I hear from Christians is often tied to a misunderstanding of what discipleship is. For many discipleship is some mystical journey that entails deprivation and …

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Mission: Suburbs

Editor’s Note: This is a repost of Mission: Suburbs. It appears here with the writer’s permission. — The Great Commission that Jesus gave to His disciples is often quoted when …

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Meet Jill & Cliff (& The Holy Spirit)

Meet Jill and Cliff. They have a somewhat similar story, yet at this point they have very different outcomes. I have been in a relationship with Cliff for five years …

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