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Take the Pressure off: Disciple Like John the Baptist
I have officially decided to stop modeling my discipleship ministry after Jesus. Wait? What? I was meeting with a group of guys this morning in my office. We are working through our discipleship ministry and each guy (me included) is trying to figure out how to be more effective in our ministries. We are working…
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How to Sustain Momentum in Discipleship
How to Sustain Momentum in Discipleship By Tim Howington One of the most difficult parts of disciple making is sustaining momentum. Even the most committed disciple makers have moments of doubt that this is really a worthwhile endeavor. There are a lot of obstacles Let’s face it, there is a reason that the harvest is…
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2:2 Ministry
An excerpt from Daws: A Man Who Trusted God “You have a New Testament tonight, gang, because the apostles believed in follow-up. Paul’s letters were follow-up letters – Corinthians – Thessalonians, the first book written. I found twenty-four places that indicate Paul felt responsible to follow up the Thessalonians. Why didn’t I see it before?…
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Part 2: Seed on Rocky Soil
Infatuation is a funny thing. Here is a great definition- an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something. Example- “he had developed an infatuation with the girl”. I briefly remember my first “girlfriend”. Her name was Carol. I was in the sixth grade and minding my own business hanging out with the…
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Part 1: Seeds on the Road
by Tim Howington Years ago, I spent the summer in Turkey. We were on a mission trip working with Iranian refugees who had flooded Turkey at the height of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. We spent our summer just making friends and sharing the love of Christ with these lovely people who found themselves…