Matt McCollum, Princeton-educated "PK" (Pastor's Kid), Husband, Dad and the Senior Pastor of Trinity Presbyterian in Fairhope, Alabama joins Dennis & Raymond to talk about leadership and changing church culture.

00:00 - 05:39 Introduction
05:40 - 08:00 What's It Like These Days as a Pastor?
08:01 - 12:10 "Five-Year Crisis"
12:11 - 13:27 Sticking With It Has Advantages
13:28 - 14:49 Seeing The Dilemma
14:50 - 16:57 Not At MY Church!
16:58 - 20:08 Dilemma Heartburn
20:09 - 23:51 Let's Shut This Conversation Down
23:52 - 26:19 The Myth of the Omnipresent Pastor
26:20 - 30:40 Church Isn't The 4th Member of the Trinity?
30:41 - 35:09 How Is Discipleship Going at Your Church?
35:10 - 40:15 The Long March of Culture Change
40:16 - 43:20 How Leadership Grapples With Culture Change
43:21 - 45:25 "Land The Plane Safely" Leadership
45:26 - 46:17 Wrap Up

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Justin Gravitt, Ohio Area Director for Navigator Church Ministries joins Dennis & Raymond to talk about Justin's new book "The Foundation of a Disciple Making Culture"

00:00 - 04:45 Chap 1: Introduction
04:46 - 09:59 Chap 2: Who's Side Are You On?
10:00 - 12:55 Chap 3: Does Change Come From the Individual, or the Top?
12:56 - 15:56 Chap 4: Secrets of the Universe? Culture Change
15:57 - 19:52 Chap 5: Can Leaders Delegate Discipleship?
19:53 - 21:38 Chap 6: Words Matter
21:39 - 22:43 Chap 7: Change Team Struggles
22:44 - 26:25 Chap 8: Justin's Book - The "Elevator Speech"
26:26 - 30:48 Chap 9: Read The Book - Fly The Plane?
30:49 - 33:15 Chap 10: Define "Disciplemaker"
33:16 - 35:55 Chap 11: Disciples Who Make Disciples Who Make Disciples
35:56 - 37:04 Chap 12: What Comes First? Institutional Change -or- Individual?
37:05 - 39:10 Chap 13: What Do You Mean by the Term "Mission"?
39:11 - 41:00 Chap 14: Great Commission...Great Disconnection?
41:01 - 43:20 Chap 15 Metrics!
43:21 - 44:09 Chap 16: Mustard Seed Discipling
44:10 - 46:55 Chap 17: Perils in Change
46:56 - 49:18 Chap 18 Contact Justin / Wrap Up

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Author, Professor, Ministry Entrepreneur, Children's Foster Philanthropist and Disciple - Dr. Krish Kandiah joins Dennis and @carmenfowlerlaberge6134 to talk about...
- Doctor Who & Disciples
- Constipated sponges
- Discipleship sausage factories
and serving the Most-High God with all our hearts, minds and strength.

Hilarious and thought provoking!

00:00 - 01:53 Chap 1 Introduction
01:54 - 03:56 Chap 2 "Doctor Who" and Discipleship
03:57 - 06:55 Chap 3 Whack-Job Christianity
06:56 - 12:39 Chap 4 Christian Tribalisms
12:40 - 16:24 Chap 5 Carmen Talks About Gaps in Discipleship
16:25 - 21:25 Chap 6 "You Guys Need to Preach Better!"
21:26 - 22:18 Chap 7 Mid-Show
22:19 - 23:56 Chap 8 The Cost of Discipleship
23:57 - 33:49 Chap 9 Institutions, Discipleship and the "RNLI"
33:50 - 36:44 Chap 10 So, Now What?
36:45 - 38:19 Chap 11 Wrap Up

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Former Marine Combat Officer and Iraq War Vet, Pastor, (+ PK) Jeremy Stalnecker, CEO of "Mighty Oaks Foundation" and host of the "March or Die" podcast talks about discipleship, trauma and our Mission!

00:00 - 01:50 Chap 1: Opener
01:51 - 09:42 Chap 2: Jeremy's Story
09:43 - 11:10 Chap 3: Do We Understand Trauma?
11:11 - 16:06 Chap 4: Why Some Pastors Deny PTSD
16:07 - 20:16 Chap 5: Is Trauma a "God Vacuum"?
20:17 - 24:46 Chap 6: How Should Disciples Minister into Trauma?
24:47 - 30:55 Chap 7: Jeremy's Book "Leadership By Design"
30:56 - 34:16 Chap 8: Leadership in Churches
34:17 - 41:24 Chap 9: Stress on Leaders
41:25 - 42:29 Chap 10: 2AM Waffle House Friends
42:30 - 47:10 Chap 11: The Mighty Oaks Foundation
47:11 - 50:16 Chap 12: Discipling is Therapy for Trauma
50:17 - 51:24 Chap 13: Contact Jeremy Stalnecker

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From the Team that brought you "Fireproof" and "The War Room"...The Kendrick Brothers have rendered a beautiful work on the crux of discipleship:
A scoffer invited - to "come check this out" by a Christ follower.

"The Forge" is Biblically faithful artistry, and a delight to experience. Have you ever been discipled? See this film!

00:00 - 03:19 Chap 1 Introduction & Trailer
03:20 - 07:02 Chap 2 Why do a discipleship movie?
07:03 - 12:39 Chap 3 Isn't discipleship the Pastor's job?
12:40 - 14:36 Chap 4 Who disciples the Pastors (Not, for 80% of them)
14:37 - 19:11 Chap 5 Discipling Non-Believers...Yep.
19:12 - 24:30 Chap 6 How the movie filming affected the crew
24:31 - 27:34 Chap 7 How the movie affected the actors
27:35 - 29:41 Chap 8 Horror movie? Going out into real life as disciples
29:42 - 31:10 Chap 9 Debut of The Forge, August 23, 2024
31:11 - 32:45 Chap 10 Wrap Up

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Dennis is live at Reston Presbyterian Church to talk about false gods, discipleship and the big mystery that changed a nation. How did so many false gods infest the Temple of Jerusalem? Why did a King ditch his father and grandfather's religionS?? What was the society changing secret?

A Lost Art: "Follow Me"
2 Chronicles 34.1-8 and 14-19 (Parallel Passages: 2 Kings 22 & 23)

Context & Background: Deuteronomy 17.19-20; 1 Kings 13.1-2; 2 Kings 21; Jeremiah 1 & 2; Nehemiah; Matthew 16.24; Matthew 28.19; Mark 1.16; Luke 9.23; John 8.31; John 13.35; 2 Corinthians 5.17

Overview:
1) How did the false gods of Chemosh, Ashtoreth, Molech, Baal and Milcomm come to set up shop inside the Temple of Jerusalem?
2) What message from God did Hilkiah, a mentor/discipler of King Josiah discover when he started Temple renovations?
3) Could it be that those gods are still among us? And the import of that message lost again?

Judah’s “follow” of God had been "hacked" - malware of the gods

Why the emphasis on “Follow Me”? Because it is your Mission

What caused Josiah to NOT be like his father Amon?
Mentors - Hilkiah; Shaphan; (Possibly his grandfather Mannaseh?)

Wingmen - Abdon, Ahikam and Jeremiah

Josiah credited with “doing right”, but no clue how far off base he is!

Then it happens: 2 Chronicles 34:14 – 19
The theme of Deuteronomy? “Follow Me, Like This”
Diagnostic “Follow Me” questions:
1. Have you ever been personally discipled? (Not meaning a class/small group)
2. Do you have a wingman/woman? (Not your spouse)
3. Could you mentor someone in “Follow Me” if asked?

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Killer apps? Spiritual Body Building?

She loves Bonanza Westerns. She's a Pastor, Professor, Author, Podcaster and most of all, she is a very powerful disciplemaker. Dr. Barbara Brehon, the Founder of Favored By The Father Ministries joins us on The Disciple Dilemma to talk some very Biblical, powerful discipleship stuff!

In Part One Dr. Brehon explains a lot - bring a notebook! Or better yet, read her books, which we talk about on the podcast:

00:00 - 02:29 Chapter 1 - Soundbites
02:30 - 03:09 Chapter 2 - Welcome Dr. Brehon
03:10 - 07:42 Chapter 3 - Grading Discipleship?
07:43 - 20:07 Chapter 4 - Books: A Discipleship Trilogy
20:08 - 22:03 Chapter 5 - Killer Apps & Body Building
22:04 - 23:18 Chapter 6 - My Identity as a Disciple
23:19 - 24:14 Chapter 7 - Contact Dr. Brehon & Wrapup

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Has fear replaced God as the animating force of many Evangelicals in the West? How should a disciple make sense of the partisanship, paranoia and turmoil in our politics, society and increasingly, in our churches? And what if that anger came at you and your family for what you've said and what you believe - coming at you from BOTH the Left and the Right? New York Times columnist and Constitutional litigator David French joins Dennis, Carmen Laberge and Raymond Monroe to wrestle with all that on The Disciple Dilemma.

00:00 - 02:29 Chapter 1: Opening
02:30 - 08:24 Chapter 2: Fear and Cancel Culture
08:25 - 16:00 Chapter 3: Common Confession but Disunity
16:01 - 23:57 Chapter 4: Channeling Theology (Do Christians go on THAT Channel?)
23:58 - 28:10 Chapter 5: Wrapup

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