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The Reality of Hell: What Jesus Actually Said

The Reality of Hell: What Jesus Actually Said

People don’t like hearing about hell today. However, the Bible mentions hell 167 times, and Jesus talked about it thirty-three times. Every time that hell is mentioned in the Bible, […]

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The Power of Authenticity Why Pretending Isn’t Enough

The Power of Authenticity: Why Pretending Isn’t Enough

Have you ever pretended to be someone you are not? When I was a kid, I can remember dressing up like Daniel Boone one year for Halloween. I had the […]

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The Disciple-Making Leader How Jesus Built a Movement That Changed the World

The Disciple-Making Leader: How Jesus Built a Movement That Changed the World

Jesus Was a Disciple Maker and a Movement Builder Jesus was a disciple maker and a movement builder. He was able to do both at the same time. To the […]

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The Leadership Pipeline How to Build a Movement That Lasts

The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build a Movement That Lasts

The Movements of Tomorrow Begin Today The movements of tomorrow depend on the leaders you build today. Most ministry leaders want to build something that matters—something that will last. You […]

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The Four-Step Strategy That Ignited a Global Movement

The Four-Step Strategy That Ignited a Global Movement

When You Lose Your Why, You Lose Your Way When a church forgets that its primary purpose is to make disciples, it loses its way. Like a pilot drifting one […]

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Reclaiming the Mission Why the Church Needs Disciple-Making Leaders Now

Reclaiming the Mission Why the Church Needs Disciple-Making Leaders Now

The Church’s Hidden Crisis: Leadership Without Multiplication However, for decentralized groups to work, a new brand of leader must be developed. This requires leaders who are self-sufficient in their walk […]

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When Traditions Get in the Way of Making Disciples

When Traditions Get in the Way of Making Disciples

Evaluating church programs with a disciple-making focus Once you have established your definition of a disciple, hard-wired your process, begun to live it out personally, and raised up a disciple-making […]

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How to Build a Disciple-Making Team

How to Build a Disciple-Making Team

Move from individual to team “Give me one hundred men who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, […]

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Reclaiming Jesus’ Mission The Call to Make Disciples

Reclaiming Jesus’ Mission: The Call to Make Disciples

The question every pastor must answer How do you make disciples? I love asking pastors that question. Not long ago, I sat around a conference table with several pastors, professors, […]

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How Does Jesus Define Success

How Does Jesus Define Success

A simple yet profound challenge One afternoon, I was playing golf with a friend who is a leading executive for a billion-dollar company. As I talked non-stop about church and […]

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