Zealous: Inspiration for discipling the next generation

In this special episode, David Michael and Dan Claassen discuss the most unusual gift David has received, benevolence shown during Giving Tuesday, and the best gift we can give to the next generation. It also includes a conversation with Bernard, a podcast listener and teacher from Nairobi, Kenya, on teaching children from solid biblical material.

For more on Giving Tuesday, go to Truth78.org/partner.

The newly released More Than a Story: New Testament by Sally Michael continues the story begun in the Old Testament volume, showing how Christ has come to fulfill all of God's promises for His people. Hear how this resource uniquely provides parents, grandparents, teachers, and church leaders with an effective and accessible tool for the discipleship of the next generation. 

Available at Truth78.org/story.

There are several times a year when we are given a unique opportunity to either begin a new tradition around the discipleship of the next generation, or to strengthen what we are already doing. Advent season one of those opportunities for the body of Christ.

In this episode, David Michael, Sally Michael and Jill Nelson discuss a bit of personal family history and the opportunity we all have to intentionally engage in the discipleship of the next generation this Advent season.

See the Good News of Great Joy Advent resources at www.truth78.org/advent

The proclamation of God’s glorious deeds in a God-glorifying way inspires children to worship God to His glory and their joy in Him. In this last episode in the series on the seven commitments of discipleship, David, Sally, and Jill describe how when we rightly emphasize God’s glory when declaring His glorious deeds, the natural response of the heart is worship. 

This generation of parents, pastors, and teachers cannot escape the responsibility they have for nurturing the faith of the next generation, and there is no way to escape the reality that the children of the next generation will only be saved by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. That's why this episode focuses on how God’s unstoppable purposes for our children and our inescapable responsibility to raise them in the faith come together in prayer.

We can teach our children and students a lot of biblical information—and so we should, but more is needed for children to personally know, embrace, and apply biblical truth. In this episode on the 5th commitment, David Michael, Sally Michael, and Jill Nelson share how to disciple the mind, heart, and will.

The gospel is simple yet amazingly profound, freely offered yet extremely costly, and should be communicated as such. David Michael, Sally Michael, and Jill Nelson share how parents and teachers can present the gospel of Jesus Christ as glorious in this 4th commitment at the heart of the seven commitments for the discipleship of the next generations. 

In this episode, David Michael, Sally Michael, and Jill Nelson explain the significance of teaching the next generation the whole counsel of God—a core knowledge of the breadth and depth of Scripture that is essential for coming to salvation in Christ and living a life of faith.

The church and the home are the two institutions established by God for the discipleship of the next generation. In this episode you will hear not only a call for both of these institutions to pick up the mantle of responsibility they share for the discipleship of the next generation, but also how to go about fostering a robust partnership between the church and home. 

Having a vision is crucial for the discipleship of children and youth. David Michael, Sally Michael, and Jill Nelson share about the origin and significance of ministry driven by vision over program in this episode focused on the first of the seven commitments for the discipleship of the next generation.