Welcome to the first episode of the Church is a Team Sport Podcast with Jim Putman! As many of you know, Jim grew up in a Christian household, but walked away from the faith during his High School and College years. Sports became his God and he became an All-American 3 times as a wrestler…
The bottom line for spiritual maturity is love, according to 1 Corinthians 13. But what is real love? Have you noticed that many of the songs we listen to are about love? Most movies on the big screen offers some kind of primary or secondary romantic plotline. Most TV shows portray a love interest. Most…
It has been 25 years since we came to North Idaho to plant a church we called Real Life Ministries. As a young man I had determined I was never going to work in a church, let alone plant a church, but God had a different plan. This year is the 25th anniversary of Real…
I am excited to share with you something that I have been working on – a new book called The Revolutionary Disciple, written by myself and my friend Chad Harrington. We are releasing the book this September. In the book we lay out a path for navigating the Five Spheres of Discipleship in the hostile…
In 2003 the Commission on Children at Risk published a study called Hardwired to Connect: The New Scientific Case for Authoritative Communities. The commission, made up of doctors, research scientists, and youth service professionals, described “recent scientific findings suggesting that children are biologically ‘hardwired’ for enduring attachments to other people and for moral and spiritual…
A few months ago I sent out an email to my readers asking them to share their number one problem when it comes to making disciples. I received many, many emails. A number of different themes came up as I read through them, but one thing in particular stood out. A large number of you…
Download pdf It is both the job and privilege of every Christian to be a disciple of Jesus. And part of that job is the call to disciple others. You can disciple someone without holding a Bible degree – Jesus did a good job of demonstrating that by the men he chose to be his…
Have you ever had a moment in time when you realized you were doing or thinking about something that you had never intended on doing or thinking about? As a highly hypothetical example, imagine that I was on a diet. A diet where I ate things that were good for me, or at least healthier…
Jim Putman talks about setting priorities – Often we allow little things to distract us from the more important things. We need to look to God for the ability to discern the important from the unimportant – the good from the great. Audit your time, energy, and money: If someone was to look at your…
Jim Putman talks about making time for priorities in your life, and how to determine what your priorities should be a as a disciple of Jesus Christ. What are you giving the biggest portion of your day to? Is it something that will help you grow in your faith and maturity and relationships? How does…
