Could a 2nd Job Be Part of Your Calling?

Does your current ministry role and lifestyle help you realize and experience what people in your city really face–the things that are really on their hearts? Believers and not-yet-believers? Maybe God has been preparing you for the next part of his calling on your life.

In this episode of The Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar talks with longtime pastor, Tim McIntyre from New York City. You’ll hear how energized for ministry and life he has become after he started working a 2nd job in his city. You will love Tim’s heart and his NY accent!

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

  • Your calling may or may not be in full-time ministry… it could be both!
  • The dangers of living and working in a “Christian bubble”.
  • The benefits of regularly working outside the walls of the Church.
  • How God may be preparing you now for what’s next in life.

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Could a 2nd Job Be Part of Your Calling?

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How the Gospel Speaks to Guilt from Shame

Guilt or shame… are they the same thing? The last time you made a mistake or really blew it, what were you feeling in your gut: guilt or shame? Do you know the difference? One is healthy, and the other is deadly.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, I’ll show you why understanding how these two emotions differ is critical to your emotional health and your relationships.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

  • Functional definitions of guilt and shame in action.
  • The reason why we often turn normal guilty feelings to shame.
  • How the Gospel speaks into (and destroys) shame.
  • Practical ways to turn conversations away from deadly shame.

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How the Gospel Speaks to Guilt from Shame

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Is Bi-Vocational Ministry the Future For Leaders?

For as long as we’ve all been alive, there has been sort of a two-tiered system for Christians: Those who are “called” enough and lucky enough to be on the staff at church and actually get paid to do ministry… and then there was pretty much everyone else. Or what is often referred to as the “laity” and the never-ending line of church volunteers.

In this episode of The Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’re talking about the future of church leadership and who should be having paid positions at the church. And how, maybe, full-time vocational ministry is shifting in our time. Is bi-vocational ministry your future?

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

  • How the rise of layers of paid church staff is really a late-model invention
  • How there is a shift happening to what is called bi-vocational ministry (Bivo)
  • 7 benefits to bi-vocational ministry and church planting that propel ministry
  • Why planning for a future career in paid ministry may not work for you

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Is Bi-Vocational Ministry the Future For Leaders?

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Connecting With God in Everyday Life

Humans were created to live in a trusting relationship with God where he guides our lives with his perfect love and wisdom. Prayer reconnects us to God in the ways he always intended us to live.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar talks with author Neil Cole about prayer and finding ways for ordinary people to connect with God in all of life.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

  • Why prayer is much more than advertised.
  • The true purpose of prayer… and it may not be what you think!
  • Simple, yet powerful ways for you to bring about change in your life.
  • A 4-step process that will transform (and simplify) your prayers.

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Connecting With God in Everyday Life

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Pastors: Stop Doing 80% of What You’re Doing!

If you’re a pastor, a lot of the things you’re spending time on each week may not be producing as much fruit as you think. But all of us get caught on a hamster wheel of things we’ve added to our list of responsibilities, or someone else has, that over time become a huge waste of our energy and resources.

This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we talk about why most leaders should STOP doing 80% of what they’re currently doing. You are facing what may be the biggest opportunity you’ll ever have to reset your schedule as things get restarted.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

  • Why the future of your church depends on you doing less.
  • How your physical time and capacity may not be as drained as your emotional capacity.
  • How to assess your true values and what gets you up in the morning (and why).
  • Practical ways to know what you should be putting on your “stop doing list”.

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Pastors: Stop Doing 80% of What You're Doing!

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Motivating People to Live on Mission

Have you found it hard–really hard–to move people toward embracing change lately? Are you finding it frustrating to motivate folks to reorient their lives around discipleship, serving others, and missional living… versus a consumeristic experience of the church?

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’ll tell you why the way you’ve learned to motivate people produces polarizing results. And we’ll give you ways to initiate lasting change through more gospel-centered motivations.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

  • Why the old ways of “carrot and stick” ultimately fail to motivate people.
  • How the “DO=BE” distortion is in full effect in all of this.
  • The difference between the Legalist and the Gospel when motivating others.
  • How what we believe, love and fear changes everything.

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Motivating People to Live on Mission

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