7 Community Relationship Killers

Life in a community on God’s mission is messy. It just is. Lots of relational dynamics come into play… hopes, fears, preferences, etc. Things will get complicated when you have humans working together!

In this episode, Caesar gives you 7 community relationship killers that you’ll want to watch for and avoid. You’re going to need this!

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• Why confidentiality is critical for a healthy community.
• How unspoken expectations undermine unity.
• How to deal with the “fixer” in your group.
• Ways that leaders set the tone and ethos for the community.

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Becoming a Family on Mission Pt.2

You’ll never lead anyone further, faster, or deeper into the gospel and discipleship than you’re leading your own family. Never. But people are waiting for a place at your table and a taste of life in the Kingdom of God! Let’s go deeper…

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar and his wife, Tina, continue the story of how their family rhythms grew to include many others as they make disciples in community. They’ll share some of the things that God had to change in their hearts and home for this Kingdom lifestyle to become a reality.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• The rest of the Team K story and a heartwarming testimony you gotta hear!
• The ways God may want to speak into your busyness, fear, shyness, lack of love, etc.
• How individualism in our Western culture has severely damaged our families.
• Why the way you lead your family on mission can be the model for your church.

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Becoming a Family on Mission Pt.1

Discipleship, in many ways, is a re-parenting of people, a re-parenting of their culture. People need to understand and experience life in our perfect Father’s family and life in the Kingdom before they fully understand the love of God. Do others experience that when they hang out with your family?

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar and his wife, Tina, share exactly how their family (Team K) grew to include many others as they make disciples in community. When living as a family on mission, discipleship can naturally flow out of your normal family rhythms to include and draw more and more people to God’s family!

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• How “Team K” was born as a family on mission and why it’s a big deal!
• The ways that discipleship in community mirrors effective parenting.
• Why church leaders need to have a family worth imitating as the starting point.
• A heartwarming story of how others have been included in this Team K family.

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6 Gospel Keys to Praying Like Jesus

Prayer was always meant to be a conversation with our heavenly Father, our Daddy. If your prayers are cold, formal, self-focused or rare, then seeing prayer as a time you get to talk with Dad will draw you to the source of all life and love.

This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’ll show you how Jesus’ model for prayer leads us to pray the Good News of the gospel over every area of life. Prayer is all about experiencing the gospel in relationship with our Father!

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• Why Jesus always saw prayer with our Father as a relational practice.
• The 6 movements or “petitions” of the Lord’s Prayer.
• Specific (HUGE) gospel connections to each of these 6 movements.
• How to pray the gospel for all of life and in any situation.

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Feeling Awkward: Conquering the Fear of Rejection

Why do we fear rejection and oftentimes feel like weirdos when we try to talk about spiritual topics or even come close to ‘sharing our faith’?  

In this episode, Caesar and Heath discuss the most common reasons people get scared and fearful when talking about spirituality. We’ll also give 3 Quick Tips that you can use to change that forever.

Does This Sound Like You (ever)?

• I feel awkward and uncomfortable talking about my faith with others.
• I tried in the past and it never ended well.
• I hated friends trying to “jam their religion down my throat” before I was a Christian.
• I’m worried that I might ruin my friendships if I bring up Jesus or spiritual things.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• What is at the root of our fears and relational weirdness
• 3 Quick Tips to beat the fear of rejection
• Top reasons people seem so hesitant to talk about spiritual things
• Why it’s important to take a much longer view of “evangelism”

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Why Jesus Wants Us to Stop Going to Church

Jesus never told his disciples (us Christians) to go to church. He never commanded us to put on big worship services and lots of programs. Instead, he called us to believe our true identity and be the church.

In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar and Heath discuss how language creates culture, and how bad language leads to bad theology and bad practice.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• Why it’s impossible to actually “go to church”.
• How our American dream world and schedule make it really hard to live the life Jesus wants for us.
• How many non-Christian friends we have shows us whether we are living like Jesus.
• Why life lived in community with others is the only way discipleship truly happens.

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