December 2010
17 posts
Partnering to Remember →
Tim Brister with an innovative challenge: memorize Philippians by Easter. This link shows you how to do it.
We are jumping in and doing it at r3ally.org! Let us know if you take this challenge on as well. We will encourage you and hold you accountable as you hold us accountable! Email us at r3ally@fellowshipnwa.org.
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Potato Chip Discipling (part 4)
In the previous three posts (found at 1, 2, and 3) we have explored how lessons learned managing potato chip production plants have served me well in the area of disciple-making. Today we will conclude with some final principals of discipleship learned from years of management.
As a manufacturing manager, it was imperative that I make sure that those in my organization understand and utilize a...
Merry Christmas from r3ally.org
At R3 we are ALL ABOUT discipleship. We eat, sleep and breath helping people learn how to do what Jesus did. So what does Christmas look like for us? It’s a celebration of the fact that Jesus, not considering equality with God something to be held tightly, humbled himself and became a man. A baby, in fact. Born in a stable and wrapped in strips of cloth as well as in human flesh, the...
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“Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in...”
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Jesus in John 14:13-14
Christmas Music from Relevant →
Looking for that perfect song to complete your Christmas playlist? Check out this list from Relevantmagazine.com.
Profile of a Disciple →
Winfield Bevins explores some of the characteristics of a disciple.
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Potato Chip Discipling (part 3)
In Part 1 and Part 2 of Potato Chip Disicpling we discussed principals of management that apply to producing and releasing disciples as well. The first four concepts were investing personal time, listening effectively, imparting values and principals, and having integrity of the heart.
Another very important and related concept, my fifth, is that of being real and vulnerable. It was vital that...
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“And Jesus said to him, “If you can”! All things are possible for one who...”
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Jesus in Mark 9:23
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Counterfeit Gospels →
Tullian Tchividjian on Paul Tripp’s seven “counterfeit gospels.”
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Potato Chip Discipling (part 2)
InPart 1 we looked at how managing people to make potato chips is similar to managing people to make disciples. The first two principals that we reviewed were investing personal time and listening effectively. In part two we will review two more principals in disciple making.
In my management development role, I wanted to be certain that I clearly instilled the company values and principles as...
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“If you love me you will keep my commandments.”
– Jesus in John 14:15
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A Christian Atheist →
Craig Groeschel on walking the fine line between just believing and living like you believe.
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Potato Chip Discipling
PART 1:
Potato Chips?
Discipling?
What is the connection?
I invested nearly nine years of my life in the Pringles business, building and operating plants in three different parts of the world. My primary role was one of recruiting, growing, and helping to develop the managers in my organization. I spent a total of 33 years working in manufacturing management and it is evident to me now...
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“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is...”
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Jesus in John 15:5
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Family Ministry: Discipleship Starts at Home →
the Resurgence continues their “Lessons from the Puritans” series with this family discipleship post.
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The Gospel Changes Everything →
the gospel doesn’t just change eternal destinies; it changes everything …
so says Bob Thune in this insightful article on gospel-based discipleship.