34 What is a disciple?

Have you ever gotten frustrated as a leader that people aren’t following very well? Moses did. But when the people he was leading rebelled, Moses did something amazingly humble and Christ-like. In this episode, we explore our temptations to give up on people in frustration, and God’s challenge to us through Moses to pray that God will give them better than they deserve.

“My job would be great if weren’t for the people,” we’ve heard people jokingly say. Ideas, things, systems—they cooperate better than people. Have you ever fallen into the trap in ministry of prioritizing other things over people when people are annoying, disappointing, or in the way? In this episode, we seek to get our focus clear on the importance of people in God’s mission.

While the care we are called to provide as Christian leaders is much more than emotional support, that doesn't mean it should be cold or heartless. Rather we are called to lead gently. This episode explores the challenges and importance of gentle leadership.

Providing emotional support and care for people is part of what we do as Christian leaders. But when is the care we offer not really caring? In this episode, we explore a couple pitfalls to avoid in caring and refocus ourselves on the goal and purpose of "pastoral care."

When it comes to leadership, how do we define success? In today's episode, we look beyond ourselves to see what success might look like in terms of those we lead.

Jesus told us to prioritize making disciples, but how do we do that today? Do we have to quit our jobs and walk around from town to town in groups of 12s? Is a well-planned worship service enough? In today's episode we look at three key ingredients for any effort to make disciples.

The Great Commission tells us to go and make disciples, but do we know what a disciple is? In this episode, we try to get clear on what a disciple is and is not, so we can better assess how we're doing in our churches and ministries at making disciples.

If you want to minister in others in a way which results in their life-changing growth, what key ingredients do you need to include your approach to ministry? In this episode, we look at the vital importance of invitation into relationship and challenging others to grow.

Many churches like to think of themselves as families. Healthy families need good parents. In this episode we look at the biggest barriers that keep us as leaders from being spiritual parents to others and a simple way to overcome them.

This episode is part two of our conversation on the unique and subtle temptations Christian leaders face. In this episode we look at the danger of growing overly familiar with the things of God, and then we explore several warning signs that our motivations may be out of line as well as what we can do about it.