The Bible is the foundational Word of God, but are we actually teaching it to people or are we just teaching them about it? Are we leading them in a process of learning to hear from God as they read His Word, or are we just teaching them knowledge about the Bible?  If we are, where is our proof?  If we cannot point to where we can see evidence of them applying the word of God in their lives and being changed, then maybe we need to reevaluate how we are teaching the Bible.

Something to chew on today.  Go and be a disciple this week.  Go and make a disciple this week.

If the Great Commission is one of Jesus’ greatest commands you can be sure it is one the enemy will try to confuse you about.  Here are 4 misconceptions that might be keeping you from fully obeying Jesus’ command to make disciples.

How do you make disciples with a full-time job? It is one of the biggest questions we hear.  Todd shares some of the challenges he has faced in learning to make disciples while still holding down a 40+ hour a week job and taking care of his family. He’ll also share what he has learned along the way and what his discipling strategy looks like now.

How do you make disciples with a full-time job? It is one of the biggest questions we hear.  Todd shares some of the challenges he has faced in learning to make disciples while still holding down a 40+ hour a week job and taking care of his family.

Bonus episode. What does it look like to partner cross-culturally?  How can a short-term team be used well?  How do we strategically engage in mission work?

What do you hear about millennials?  How are they going to affect your church?  How do you reach and disciple millennials?  John shares some amazing insights and practical applications from his daily interactions and observations of the students he works with every day.  He also goes into some great missional strategy for reaching more people and expanding the kingdom of God deeper into a group.

If you are interested in supporting John’s ministry you can go to https://reliant.org/john.allison

There is a set of islands many people think of as paradise, but it is a LOST paradise. How do you reach 65,000 students on those islands that are 97% unreached? While most of the students have heard of Jesus, very few of them have ever heard the good news of Jesus in a way that is personal and relevant. How do you begin to plan for such a task?

John and his coworkers’ main method to accomplish this goal is…. drum roll… disciple making.  The answer is simple… but it’s not easy.  Today you can hear John share some about their challenges, successes, and methods they are using to create a disciple making priority in order to reach every student.

If you are interested in supporting John’s ministry you can go to https://reliant.org/john.allison

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Why do we call this the “Deep Water Podcast – Learning to make disciples like Jesus did?” Deep water isn’t just a place where we can’t touch bottom. It’s not the place where we have to swim, or where we are barely keeping our head above water.  No,

Asking someone if they would like to be discipled is a little like asking someone on a date… it can be a little awkward. What if he doesn’t want to be discipled?  What if she thinks she should be discipling me? What if he/she says yes, then what?