In Focus

In Focus

By Justin LaughlinSociety & CultureReligion & SpiritualityChristianityPhilosophy
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In Focus episodes

  • Acts 1B – Taking Action in Less-Than-Ideal Circumstances

    Today's episode picks up the second half of Acts 1 for a look at how the disciples stepped out in faithfulness in very less-than-ideal circumstances. Four primary observations in this passage serve as four take aways, four bits of actionable wisdom for all of us who will face similar times in our own lives when we have encountered Jesus, everything has changed, yet the path before us is not nearly as clear as we might desire.

    16 min
  • Acts 1A – Setting the Stage

    Acts 1A sets the stage for the extraordinary events that are about to unfold. Luke is clear from the very beginning that what we are about to read is a continuation of some very important story lines that have been unfolding since all of the way back into the Old Testament. 

    22 min
  • The Business at Hand #5 – Being Empowered by the Holy Spirit

    Luke records our last account of the King's final instructions for the disciples just before his ascension. After recounting many details we've heard previously from Matthew, Mark, and John, Luke makes this distinct and important contribution to the business at hand – the King doesn't intend for us to do this on our own. We must first wait to be filled with the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.

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    12 min
  • The Business at Hand #2 – Discipling

    Matthew 28 records the first account of the King's final instructions for his disciples before his ascension. This "Great Commission" is simply this: Make Disciples.

    Today's episode is simply an exercise in hearing what Jesus had to say:
    1. Everyone is to BE a disciple. And every disciple is to MAKE disciples of everyone else. Even the doubters.
    2. Discipleship is a life of OBEYING and ABIDING.
    3. Disciples must be MADE. Anything and everything new disciples should say and do and be, we must M.A.D.E: Model. Assist. Deploy/Debrief. Entrust.

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    20 min
  • Movement #3 – Jesus' Vision and Example

    Today we look at Mark 4:26–29 and Jesus' vision of life when he is our Savior and King. This vision matches Jesus' own example of ministry, mission, and disciple making. Globally, this passage corresponds with a simple tool known as 4Fields, which brings into focus, clearly and simply, a vision for ministry and mission. This foundational passage and tool provide the framework from which we will build out other disciple-making and church-planting tools in the episodes to come.

    Training 4Fields

    Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/806117/episodes/12905371

    10 min

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Taking fresh looks at the Bible and some big Christian ideas and how they bring the world into focus, empowering us to live a more eternal kind of life within it.