Small Groups and Discipleship

-From your experience working with churches all over the US and the world, can you give feedback on the role small groups play in discipleship?

-We have some awesome small group leaders here at ALC.  Can you give a word of encouragement to them?

-What advice would you give to a person listening to this podcast right now, who occasionally attends church, but never really commits to anything more?

Discipleship and the American church

-What are some things you see us doing well in the American church

-Where can we improve?

-Sometimes leaders feel the tension between a focus on spiritual growth and a focus on numerical growth.  Can you speak to spiritual growth and numerical growth in a local church setting?

Marriage in ministry

-Your marriage not only survived a life of ministry, but thrived.  Can you tell us how you did it?

-What are some pitfalls to avoid?

-What advice would you give to a younger married couple that wants to do ministry?

Discipleship in marriage

-What benefits are there for a married couple to become disciples together?

-How would counsel a person who wants to grow in the Lord, but their spouse doesn’t?

-As a father/grandfather in the faith, what advice would you give to younger marrieds today?

What is discipleship

-What is discipleship?

-Why do we need discipleship today?

-What is 1 piece of advice about discipleship to someone listening to this podcast.

“...whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.”

- Romans 3:25 ESV

“...and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in  Christ Jesus...” 

- Romans 3:24 ESV

“...the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe."

- Romans 3:22 ESV

“...the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe."  

- Romans 3:22 ESV

“But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the  law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it—”  

- Romans 3:21 ESV