Why Believe (Free Resource) I started as a pastor’s son in a Christian home. My parents were sincere, faithful followers of Jesus, but because sin entered into my life at a very young age, guilt and shame isolated me from them and from God. When I went to college, the professors taught me that there was…
(Be sure you scroll to the bottom to download your free pdf Guidelines CHART) Do you find that you have a hard time getting people to connect in your small group system? Or are you a church launching small groups, and you’d like to set up for success? Either way, getting people to connect and develop relationships with each other, outside of a…
Bible Study Curriculum is simply a tool in the hands of a disciple maker. No curriculum itself is going to make disciples. There is a Discipling Method, however, that makes an excellent curriculum. It is something we have used off and on quite successfully at Real Life Ministries, both in our Church’s Small Groups and…
Are you feeling overwhelmed by the stress and anxiety of life? Are you worn down and tired from the day to day battle? You are not alone – fifty million Americans will feel the effects of a panic or anxiety disorder in any given year. Anxiety disorders in the US are the number one mental…
As intentional disciple-makers, it is important for us to evaluate where our disciples are on their spiritual journey so that we can determine what they need from us. In order to do this well, we must be in relationship with them. As a disciple maker, our role is to help the disciple mature and grow…
1.) The PROBLEM Do you ever feel like you have to wear a mask when you are around other people? Like you have to keep up the appearance that everything is great, everything is under control, everything is… awesome? And yet on the inside – your thoughts and emotions are raging like an out of…
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…
In the short video below, Jim lays out some ideas for living out discipleship at home. “One of the most important roles of a disciple maker is that of discipling your own children.” Jim Putman ” The Children’s Ministry Team here at Real Life Ministries put together a list of some discipleship resources that we…
The statistics are alarming – between 70 and 85% of children that are brought up in the church leave the church once they get to college, most never to return. I don’t know about you, but that is a very frightening trend in my mind. The Church will be carried into the future on the…
In the podcast below my dad and I talk about our latest book, Hope for the Prodigal. It is a subject that is very close to the heart of my family as we have lived out the story of the Prodigal son for 3 generations now. It is also an important topic in a time…