Is discipleship about gaining knowledge, or is it about a transformed life? Is it a series of classes or, like with Jesus and his pals, was it an all-of-life kind of a deal?

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’re talking about true discipleship and looking at what a lifestyle of discipleship looks like when it is all woven into the normal rhythms of your everyday life in community.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• A working definition of discipleship that will reshape your thinking on this immediately
• How Jesus lived life with his disciples and what he then hoped/commanded them to do
• Why a series of 8-10 classes done in a classroom will never produce mature disciples
• Why an integrated lifestyle “apprenticeship” was Jesus’ model for us

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The life of Jesus was and will always be counter-cultural. But often, it seems, we’re not ridiculed or rejected because we’re living such radically loving and selfless lives, it’s because we actually live so little like Jesus.

In this episode, Caesar looks at 5 dumb things that Christians need to stop doing that are affecting our witness and our discipleship efforts. And he gives a little of the gospel “thing behind the thing” with each of these issues.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• Why we need to be careful with what we say online.
• How even our most loving actions can be misunderstood.
• The things that Jesus got angry about (are you?).
• How the way we handle conflict reflects our faith.

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Ministry and discipleship cannot merely be a series of events on the calendar. If all we have are organized events, then what we offer people is a program. But, if all we do in our disciple-making is organic and rarely organized or predictable, it is hard for people to know what it is we’re asking them to commit to.

This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar speaks with master disciple-maker, Gino Curcuruto, on how the rhythms of a community on mission very much mirror life as a family. We need both organized and organic rhythms. We’ll show you how to find and create a balance between them.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• Discipleship should not be a program we offer others.
• How to help people understand what we are asking them to commit to.
• The need for both organized and organic rhythms in community.
• How predictable patterns naturally lead to life-on-life together.

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Experiencing a diverse group of believers walking with and worshiping God together as a family is a beautiful thing. However, there will be obstacles to overcome for this to become a common reality.

In this episode, Caesar walks through 7 challenges to greater cultural diversity that are facing the Church. Some of these are age-old, some of them are unique based on society today.

In This Episode You’ll Learn: 

• Diversity is not just about skin color or race.
• God has a diverse family–and not just on Sunday!
• Why the restoration of relationships is key to diversity in the Church.
• Steps to living a more diverse cultural experience together.

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If we are serious about changing the culture within the church, then we must begin to change the narrative that leaders tell. If the only stories we are telling through social media are who is preaching, what you’re preaching, and how amazing everything was on Sunday, then we will continue to get and BE what we continue to highlight.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar is joined by author and missional strategist, Brad Brisco. They discuss how the types of stories we’re commonly telling about our churches are having damaging consequences. It’s time to change all that!

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• How silly our stories about our church sound and look online.
• How many of our stories betray a deep sense of consumerism.
• Why changing the narratives we tell will reshape the Church itself.
• Ways to discover and discern what God is already doing, and then tell those stories.

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“Just stop it!” doesn’t really work when it comes to changing sinful actions, habits, or thoughts in our lives (or in others). And perhaps what you’ve been taught about sin and repentance is all wrong…

Today on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we talk about where sin really comes from and how we can move away from our particular brand of sin and find freedom. What if all sin is actually a symptom of something else?

Not many Christians think of themselves as unbelievers. We normally use the term to describe people who are not yet followers of Jesus. But there are many things about God that we all still do not believe. Often there’s a large gap between what we say we believe in our head, and what we truly believe in our heart. This is where sin comes from.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• A radical heart-level perspective on sin and repentance.
• How and why God looks at the heart–not at your actions.
• Four eternal truths about God, when not fully believed, lead to every human sin.
• A way to stop sinning by changing what you believe to be true (powerful!)

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