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How did Jesus decide who he would disciple? Are there principles we should know and follow as a pattern for our own life and ministry?

Mike Chong joins Andrew for a conversation on the topic of Selection. How do you know, who you should disciple?

Mike and his wife Liz serve with The Navigators, working among the military to share the good news and make disciples for Jesus.

In this episode:

• Selection: What It Is and Isn’t
• Selected for What?
• Is It Possible To Avoid Selection?
• Principles From the Ministry of Jesus

Resources Mentioned
• The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert E. Coleman
• Master Plan of Evangelism Study Guide
• Discipleship 101 – video series

Original Release Date: 6/1/2023

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This week Jennifer Beitel joins us for a conversation that exposes what Progressive Christianity teaches — and why it is neither progressive nor Christian.

Jennifer is founder of United Next Gen, a ministry dedicated to helping the next generation know and live their faith in a culture with which they are increasingly out of step.

“Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God.”

Discussed in this episode:

• Shaping the Next Generation
• What Is Progressive Christianity?
• Healthy vs. Unhealthy Deconstruction
• The Bible, the Cross, and the Gospel
• Recommendations and Resources

Resources Mentioned
• UNITED Next Gen – Jennifer’s ministry website
• Another Gospel by Alisa Childers
• Faithfully Different by Natasha Crain
• Unshaken Faith Podcast
• The History of Christianity by Luke Timothy Johnson – Great Courses Lecture Series
• The Center for Biblical Unity
• The Ten Commandments of Progressive Christianity by Michael Kruger

Original Release Date: 5/25/2023

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What’s the difference between living a full life and being trapped in a busy one?

Affluence, technology and the internet have given us opportunities our grandparents could not have imagined. But these things also lead many of us into lives crammed with lots of activity and little meaning.

Patriece Johnson works with the Navigators, a Christian ministry she has served with for over 20 years. After making disciples among the military for many years, in 2020 she and her family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where Patriece now serves as city Director for the Cincinnati Navigators.

Today she joins Andrew to discuss:

• Busyness vs. a Full Life
• Signs You Are Too Busy
• Antidotes to Busyness
• How to Know Your Calling
• Cultivating Creativity and Integration

Resources Mentioned
• Boundaries by Cloud and Townsend
• The Full Focus Planner
• The High Performance Planner
• Don’t Let the 30s Sideline You – blog article
• Surprise the World by Michael Frost
• The New Parish by Paul Sparks
• Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
• The Ignation Practices – website

Original Release Date: 5/18/2023

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At the end of his life, the Apostle Paul wrote to his son in the faith, Timothy. In that letter, he gave Timothy the following charge:

“My son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these things to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”

How does God use generational discipleship to help us not only survive but thrive as followers of Jesus?

• Make sure you fight the right battles
• Paul’s charge to Timothy: 2 Timothy 2.1-2
• 4 Generations disciple-making
• What are the things to be entrusted?
• Why you shouldn’t try to change the world

Original Release Date: 5/11/2023

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Writers like Jude, Paul, and Peter warned the early church against false prophets — wolves who would come into the church dressed like sheep and introduce new teachings contrary to what the apostles had received from Jesus.

The apostle Paul says the goal of these false teachers is to draw away people after themselves. As it was then, so it is now.

Today’s episode reveals how cults operate and shows how you can quickly spot them so that you’re not led astray.

• What Makes a Cult a Cult?
• 5 Marks: How To Spot a Cult
• What Do True Christians Believe?

Original Release Date: 5/4/2023

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Marriage has been part of God’s plan for humanity from the beginning. It was God who made us male and female and God who said “a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”

While two becoming one sounds romantic, in reality it’s often a painful process that God uses to reshape our perspective, our character, and our values. Meanwhile, sin and the fall have greatly damaged us and our understanding and practice of marriage. Is there any hope?

Jennelle Sherman is founder of Christ Centered Couple. She and her husband Nathan are committed to helping others find the freedom, intimacy, and joy they have discovered since putting Christ at the center of their marriage. Before starting CCC, Jennelle served on staff for 8 years with The Well Training and Discipleship Ministry in Tampa, FL where she discipled women, lead bible studies, spoke at conferences and actively mentored others.

In this episode, Jennelle shares on:

• Gaining a Full Picture of the Gospel
• Principles and Practices for Singles
• Why Your Spouse Cannot Save You
• What To Do if Your Spouse Isn’t on Board

Resources Mentioned
• Christ Centered Couple
• Renovated Women’s Conference
• The Well Training and Discipleship Ministry

Original Release Date: 4/27/2023

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A quiet movement has been happening in the American church over the last 15 years. In a world where meaning and mystery are increasingly hard to find, people are rediscovering them in traditional, liturgical denominations – notably the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox branches of the faith.

How can learning about church history from the past be helpful in rooting our faith in the present? Rob Belton joins Andrew on today’s show to discuss.

Rob is a chaplain with the US Army and is currently serving in the Middle East. He is a priest in the Anglican tradition, serving with the Anglican Church in North America. He is passionate about helping people follow Jesus and connecting them with the Gospel-centered, sacramental life of the Church. He and his wife Meredith have been married 22 years and have four children.

• What liturgy is and why it matters
• Why church history is important
• Returning to ancient roots
• 3 frequencies of faith

Resources Mentioned
• [Book] The Lord’s Service by Jeffrey J. Meyers
• [Book] Church History in Plain Language by Bruce L. Shelley
• [Lecture] The History of Christianity: From the Disciples to the Dawn of the Reformation by Luke Timothy Johnson
• [Book] Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright
• [Book] Evangelical is Not Enough by Thomas Howard
• [Book] The Anglican Way by Thomas McKenzie
• [Podcast] Anglican Studies with Fr. Michael McKinnon

Original Release Date: 4/20/2023

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One of the greatest threats to modern discipleship is our relationship with technology. Samuel James joins Andrew for an insightful conversation on how the internet is misshaping everything from what we think, to how we think, to how we live out our faith.

Samuel is an editor for Crossway books. He’s also a writer and regular contributor to World Magazine and The Gospel Coalition. His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, Time, and First Things. You can subscribe to his blog Digital Liturgies over on Substack.

• When technology and theology mix
• The internet: from tool to ambience
• Digital liturgy and why it matters
• 3 ways the internet is misshaping us

Resources Mentioned
• [Blog] Digital Liturgies on Substack
• [Book] Digital Liturgies by Samuel James
• [Book] The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
• [Book] Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
• [Book] People of the Screen by John Dyer

Original Release Date: 4/13/2023

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John Snyder joins Andrew for a closer look at the prayer of Jesus in John 17. This is the longest recorded prayer of Jesus that we have, and it gives is unique insights into how Jesus understood his mission, his work of discipling the 12 apostles, and his heart for the world.

• Why is it called the High Priestly Prayer?
• The blueprint: How Jesus discipled the 12
• Making disciples… for the sake of the world

Resources Mentioned
• [Video] What Is Discipleship?
• [Book] The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert E. Coleman

Original Release Date: 4/6/2023

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The modern America church is in crisis. What’s gone wrong, and what do we need to do about it?

Brad Brisco joins Andrew and shares five shifts the church in America needs to make, not just so we can be more effective in our culture, but in order to be more faithful to our calling.

• Challenges facing new vs. traditional churches
• Our reality: the church in crisis
• 5 shifts the American church needs to make

Resources Mentioned
• Brad’s personal blog
• ReThink by Brad Brisco – free ebook
• Missional Essentials by Brad Brisco
• Underground Network – church network
• Foundations Series – free study resource
• What Is the Church – free study resource
• What Is the Church? – short video
• Good to Great and the Social Sectors by Jim Collins

Original Release Date: 3/30/2023

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Making mistakes in how we represent Jesus comes at a higher price in the age of social media. More eyes are watching, whether we realize it or not. We should stand for truth in the public square. But we need to do it in a way that honors our Lord and that is winsome to those watching and listening.

That’s where the fine art of Christian mockery comes in. Is it possible to laugh at our enemies and love them?

Joey Odell joins Andrew for a conversation around Blaise Pascal’s six principles for Christian mockery.

• 4 mistakes Christians make on social media
• The biblical basis for Christian mockery
• Pascal’s 6 principles for mockery

Resources Mentioned
• Faith Is Not Blind by Joey Odell
• Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
• Blaise Pascal’s 11th Provincial Letter
• Video series What Would You Say?

Original Release Date: 3/23/2023

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Being a parent is a tremendous blessing — but it also presents us with some of life’s greatest challenges. What does success look like in parenting? What principles and practices can guide us as we live a life of faith and seek to raise godly children?

Andrew welcomes Shelton Markham back to the show and they discuss what it looks like to parent on purpose, including:

• What does successful parenting look like?
• Value-based vs. performance-based parenting
• Being present and attentive
• Giving grace and enforcing consequences
• Guarding your children from technology
• Things to be praying for your children

Resources Mentioned
• The Tech-Wise Family by Andy Crouch
• The Teen’s Guide to Social Media by Jonathan McKee
• Sticky Faith by Kara Powell

Original Release Date: 3/16/2023

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