Disciple making also involves teaching people to obey all that Christ has commanded us. Now some might say, "Isn't that what preachers are supposed to do?" And in one sense, the answer to this question is yes. God has clearly called and gifted some people in the church to teach his Word formally. At the same time, he has commanded every follower of Jesus to teach his Word relationally.

God uses sorrowful tragedy to set the stage for surprising triumph-whether in this life or the life to come.

Whereas disinfecting Christians involves isolating them and teaching them to be good, discipling Christians involves propelling Christians into the world to risk their lives for the sake of others. Now the world is our focus, and we gauge success in the church not on the hundreds or thousands whom we can get into our buildings but on the hundreds or thousands who are leaving our buildings to take on the world with the disciples they are making

When we realize we have the responsibility to teach the word, it changes everything about how we hear the Word.

The church is not an audience of spectators; we are a fellowship of disciple-makers

To be a disciple of Jesus is to make disciples of Jesus.

I always questioned if I was CALLED to adopt, but then I realized no child was ever CALLED to be an orphan.