Habit Helps

Pursue Authentic Love (Habits of Healthy Community - Part 3)

Jeff & John Bruce

In the third installment of their series on the habits of healthy community, John and Jeff discuss Romans 12:9, and what "genuine love" really is. They discuss...

- What it means to love "authentically" vs. modern understandings of authenticity.

- The relationship between love and truth.

- Steps for cultivating genuine love in a community.

- And more...

Seeing Others' Need for Us (Habits of Healthy Community - Part 2)

John & Jeff Bruce

In the second installment of their series on the habits of healthy community, John and Jeff discuss Romans 12:6-8, and the importance of recognizing others' need for us. They talk about...

- The danger of overvaluing and undervaluing your role in the body of Christ.

- Consumeristic vs covenantal community.

- The nature of "spiritual gifts."

- The importance of "running plays" as a community.

- And much more...

The Habits of Community

Jeff and John Bruce

In their first installment of a new series on the habits of healthy community, John and Jeff discuss Romans 12:1-8, and our need for others. In this episode, they talk about...

- How renewing our minds (Romans 12:2) begins with changing the way we think about God's people (Romans 12:3-8).

- How individualism shapes our view of the Bible, the gospel, and the church.

- The difference between wanting community and needing community.

- Christian community as a spiritual discipline.

- And much more...

The Habits of a Missionary (Part 7)

John & Jeff Bruce

In the final installment of their series on the Habits of a Missionary (which was supposed to be 8 parts, but ended up being 7), Jeff and John discuss chapter 8 of Sam Chan's new book, How to Talk about Jesus without Being THAT Guy: Personal Evangelism in a Skeptical World. In this episode, they discuss...

- The inevitability of disagreement when sharing the gospel.

- Why disagreement can be a good thing.

- Letting Jesus do the heavy lifting in disagreements.

- Going on the offensive in conversations

- And much more...

The Habits of a Missionary (Part 5)

John & Jeff Bruce

In the fourth of an 8-part series, Jeff and John discuss chapter 5 of Sam Chan's new book, How to Talk about Jesus without Being THAT Guy: Personal Evangelism in a Skeptical World as a template. In this episode, they discuss...

- Evangelism as story-telling.

- Deconstructing the dominant Western story

- Using stories about Jesus to share the gospel.

- Connecting the gospel story to your personal story

- And much more...

The Habits of a Missionary (Part 4)

Jeff and John Bruce

In the fourth of an 8-part series, Jeff and John discuss chapter 4 of Sam Chan's new book, How to Talk about Jesus without Being THAT Guy: Personal Evangelism in a Skeptical World as a template. In this episode, they discuss...

- The golden rule of evangelism.

- The different forms of listening.

- The listening cycle.

- What to listen for in conversations

- And much more...

Title: The Habits of a Missionary (Part 1)

Jeff and John Bruce

In the first of an 8-part series, Jeff and John discuss living life as a missionary, using Sam Chan's new book, How to Talk about Jesus without Being THAT Guy: Personal Evangelism in a Skeptical World as a template. In this episode, they discuss...

- The connection between being a disciple-maker and being a missionary

- Why evangelism is a team sport (John 13, 17)

- Connecting our Christian social network with our non-Christian social network

- Plausibility structures and the role of community in belief formation

- Belonging before believing

And much more...