What does the NFL, College Football and Coaching have to do with discipleship? Collegiate Quarterback, SEC Football Coach and now Pastor Preston Conder joins Dennis along with the Founding Chaplain in the NFL and the NBA - Dr. John Tolson to answer all that! 

00:00 - 03:48 Intro

03:49 - 05:57 "Doing" Church ISN'T Discipleship

05:58 - 11:15 Evangelism? Or Disciple Making?

11:16 - 14:31 Secrets of a Disciple-Maker

14:32 - 16:30 Disciples Serving in the Lives of People Around Them

16:31 - 18:05 The Crux of It - Making Disciples

18:06 - 19:36 Is Gen Z Discipling Different?

19:37 - 21:33 Wrap Up

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Marko Romanjik, from Osijek, Croatia cohosts with Dennis to interview Cru's Denis Ribic - in Portugal. 

Is making disciples different in Europe than in America? Is the West in a unique struggle to restore discipling? How do disciples deal with tough questions? 

00:00 - 06:52 Intro
06:53 - 08:55 Denis' "Rap Sheet"
08:56 - 12:28 Explain "Disciple"
12:29 - 15:30 Is the West The Only One Off in Discipleship?
15:31 - 19:08 How Does Europe "Do" Discipling?
19:09 - 23:26 Is Christianity Getting Better (Or Worse) in Discipleship?
23:27 - 27:57 I'm Not Trained to Disciple! Am I Off The Hook?
27:58 - 31:11 How to Answer Tough Questions
31:12 - 32:58 What to do With Combative Questioners?
32:59 - 34:53 The Power of Understanding the Person
32:54 - 39:09 Discipling Generation Z (Is Different)
39:10 - 41:26 Advice for New Disciples
41:27 - 47:54 Wrap Up

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Writer, Speaker, Scientist and Theologian - Dr. Ken Boa - The President of Reflections Ministries speaks into the concept of beauty - its relationship to science and to the disciple's understanding of God.

00:00 - 02:49 Introductions
02:50 - 04:39 Transcendental beauty - what is that?
04:40 - 06:12 How can science and beauty cohabit in reasoning?
06:13 - 08:05 How can discipleship, beauty and science co-exist?  
08:06 - 09:37 How is discipleship in the West going?
09:38 - 14:32 "Vo-Tech" discipling
14:33 - 17:06 Must effective disciples be intellectuals?
17:07 - 18:53 Evangelism makes Disciples : Disciples make Evangelism
18:54 - 20:55 What do you want from me?
20:56 - 23:26 Wrap Up

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WITHING? What's Withing?

Disciple maker and podcaster "Punky" Tolson joins us from Dallas - along with Faith Radio's Carmen LaBerge. Two powerful women talking powerful disciple making and disciple development ideas...."WITHING". Straight out of the Bible - beautifully delivered by these two female followers of faith - of Jesus of Nazareth.

00:00 - 03:27 Intro

03:28 - 09:10 "Trad" Wives?

09:11 - 12:53 WITHING

12:54 - 18:00 "Trad" Life - Modern Disciples & Crickets

18:01 - 21:02 Education -versus- Discipling

21:03 - 23:03 A Disciple's Identity -versus- Activities

23:04 - 27:24 "Don't Leave Me Behind" Women and Church Discipleship

27:25 - 35:04 Practical Next Steps in WITHING

35:04 - 38:06 Wrap Up

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A real life example of someone saying to someone else "Come with me." Dr. Joe Debeljuh - on Mission in Zagreb, Croatia recounts his experience being discipled through basketball, by Pastor Rick Swing. And Rick talks about his way of approaching men. Real life discipleship! 

00:00 - 04:36 Opening

04:37 - 06:58 "Come with me!"

06:59 - 08:11 Only Pastors can disciple. (???!!!)

08:12 - 09:36 But what if they ask me hard questions?

09:37 - 13:24 How questions become relationships

13:25 - 19:47 The Road Less Travelled: Taking Disciples "Out There"

19:48 - 21:30 The Discipling Barrier called "Churchianity"

21:31 - 25:24 Getting in someone's head

25:25 - 27:12 Wrap Up

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Dr. John Tolson invited Dennis to address discipleship and The Disciple Dilemma the "Gathering of Men" in Dallas, Texas. 

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Dr. JD Payne - a Pastor, Planter of churches, Podcaster, Professor - and the author of SIXTEEN books (!) joins Dennis from Samford University to scrimmage the duty of Seminaries in the West. 

Is the Mission of a Seminary to drive facts into brains - or to "make" theologically-informed disciples? A wide ranging and interesting episode!

00:00 - 03:07 Introduction
03:08 - 08:57 Discipleship & Seminary....Same? Different?
08:58 - 11:13 Pastoral "Hegemony"
11:14 - 13:55 Clericalism (Let the Pros Handle That)
13:56 - 20:10 Modern Disciples - How Should We Then Live?
20:11 - 21:45 Are Seminaries responsible for Discipling?
21:46 - 25:18 JD's SIXTEEN Books! (Two of Them)
25:19 - 27:48 "Berthie Holler" (JD's Story)
27:49 - 29:53 A Better Definition for Evangelize....
29:54 - 33:58 The Mission of Professors
33:59 - 37:03 The Mission of a Seminary
37:04 - 38:53 "The Pastor Does Everything" Changing Expectations
38:54 - 41:18 JD's Closing Advice for Pastors
41:19 - 42:18 Wrap Up

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Dr. Joe Debeljuh joins Dennis to interview Darin White: a Collegiate National Championship Soccer Coach and today, the Professor of Sports Analytics at Samford University. How does coaching inform us about discipleship?

00:00 - 03:22 Introduction
03:23 - 06:28 Coaching & Discipleship
06:29 - 09:15 Pay It Forward 
09:16 - 11:50 Western Discipleship
11:51 - 15:23 Sketchy Definitions of Discipleship
15:24 - 20:15 Discipleship is More Than Sharing the Gospel
20:16 - 23:40 Joe's Story
23:41 - 25:25 Darin's Story
25:26 - 29:13 Spiritual Reflexes
29:14 - 30:42 Not My Job
30:43 - 32:27 "Moneyball"
32:28 - 34:38 Big Names / Big Data
34:39 - 36:12 AI & Sports
36:13 - 39:38 Contact Darin / Wrapup

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Pastor Oz Muwaniri, in Ireland, and Dr. Joe Debeljuh from Zagreb Croatia, join Dennis to talk about how challenges in international discipling is, actually, not so different from American discipling issues.

00:00 - 01:54 Intro
01:55 - 03:29 What is a Discipler?
03:30 - 04:15 Christian or Disciple...Difference?
04:16 - 06:33 When Did Church Member Come to Mean Disciple?
06:34 - 07:48 Irish Protestants & Catholics: How's That Going?
07:49 - 09:06 One Local Church; Many Tribes & Tongues
09:07 - 10:44 "I Need More Time!"
10:45 - 12:15 Is Discipleship Evangelism?
12:16 - 13:35 Is a Disciple a Street Preacher (Evangelist)?
13:36 - 19:19 How Do I Disciple? (Isn't it evangelism?)
19:20 - 21:14 What Does Discipleship Look Like?
21:15 - 22:07 "I can't do that !"
22:08 - 24:15 Share What You DO Know
24:16 - 32:51 Who Is responsible To Initiate Discipling?
32:52 - 36:53 Pastor Oz's Story
36:54 - 37:40 Wrap Up

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How should we then think? How ought a disciple grapple with the avalanches and tsunamis of opinions gushing forth ? 

Veteran journalist and the President of Ministry Watch - Warren Cole Smith joins us to parse the risks and rewards of disciples who can think critically, build relationships and pursue Christ as we are called to.

00:00 - 05:27 Overview
05:28 - 09:17 Social Headlines & Christian Frets
09:18 - 12:16 Such a Thing as "Face Value"?
12:17 - 17:35 "Christian" Journalism
17:36 - 20:23 Of Strawmen & Reasoning
20:24 - 23:10 Who Speaks Truth?
23:11 - 29:20 Friendship, Followership...and David French
29:21 - 37:22 That Line Between Conviction and Pharisaical
37:23 - 41:29 Peace & Unity...
41:30 - 43:40 Ted Lasso
43:41 - 48:06 Discernment as a Disciple
48:07 - 49:30 Do Not Fear
49:31 - 51:43 Contact Warren / Wrapup

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