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12 Jan WEBSITE—together growing fruitful disciples

Posted at 19:31h in Discipling by Gavin

Here's a great framework for thinking about discipleship, both personally and corporately. An initiative of the General Conference. All the best for the Journey! Gavin...

07 May BOOKS—The Kingdom Life

Posted at 21:34h in Books, Discipling, Mission, Spirituality by Gavin

A couple of months ago, IVP published The Kingdom Life: A Practical Theology of Discipleship and Spiritual Formation (2010). This book provides a summary of 10 main concepts behind spiritual formation, with each chapter written by one of the leading thinkers in this field, including...

07 Feb Video: Don’t Run Alone

Posted at 20:18h in Discipling, Videos by Gavin

Discipleship is not intended to be a private or individual affair. It is meant to be done together...

05 Feb VIDEO—New Believers

Posted at 16:46h in Discipling, Videos by Gavin

What are the important things for new believers to learn? In the video clip below, Dallas Willard suggests what spiritual disciplines to teach at the beginning of their journey to set the right direction. Best wishes for the Journey, Gavin....

05 Feb Video—Discipling Young People

Posted at 16:28h in Discipling, Videos by Gavin

If you are interested in discipling young people, this video gives an interesting overview of their world-view and provides a link to another website where you can get more resources. All the best for the Journey, Gavin ...

05 Feb Video—Spiritual lives of teens and emerging adults

Posted at 15:36h in Discipling, Spirituality, Videos by Gavin

Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers (April 2009), by Christian Smith and Melina Lundquist Denton maybe a book you will want to have a look at. This book will be followed up with Souls In Transition: The Religious and Spiritual Lives...

01 Feb Scougal on religion

Posted at 14:39h in Discipling, Spirituality by Gavin

Henry Scougal (1650-1678) wrote a book entitled, The Life of God in the Soul of Man, and it was reading this book that brought about a deep conversion in George Whitefield. At the beginning, Scougal defines religion and those that practice it as follows: They know by...

05 Dec Lifestyle as a lid

Posted at 15:04h in Discipling, Spirituality by Gavin

Why do we talk about the importance of a healthy lifestyle? Because we are "bought with a price"? But is it only about honouring God--important though that is? As Adventists we are proud to say that our diet enables us to live much longer than...

03 Dec “All men watch porn” scientists find

Posted at 14:46h in Discipling, Spirituality by Gavin

In today's Daily Telegraph, Jonathan Liew reports on some research at the University of Montreal on porn. As I posted about some time ago, I think such findings have serious implications for parents and poses challenges for the discipling of our church members. By Jonathan Liew Researchers were...

05 Aug Sexual Addiction

Posted at 15:31h in Discipling, Spirituality by Gavin

Recently at Andrews University, we had a visit from the leading Christian writer and speaker on sexual addiction, Mark Laaser. Before his visit, I had no idea how pervasive sexual addictions are, not only within culture, but within the Christian community. If sexual addiction is as...