If you're new to our channel, welcome. We are a channel dedicated to helping others make disciples of Jesus. This episode is about the top 5 threats to discipleship in America today. Andrew and John take a look at some deep-seeded issues that we have in the American church, and how to overcome them. Spoiler alert: the foundation is always keeping Jesus at the center.

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In this episode:

• Out of focus Discipleship
• Impractical and Impersonal
• Human strategy rather than divine revelation
• Not engaged in mandate or mission

RESOURCES MENTIONED
• Power Through Prayer by E.M. Bounds

• The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert E. Coleman

• The Master Plan of Evangelism Study Guide

Original Release Date: 11/21/24

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There is a reason that in Philippians 4:6, Paul tells us to present our requests to God, with thanksgiving. It is not because God is an ego-maniac who needs to be acknowledged for everything He does (although He really should be acknowledged for everything He does, because without Him, we wouldn't be breathing).

God knows that gratitude changes everything. It changes us, and it changes the world around us. He does everything for our best interest, and telling us to practice gratitude is no different. We love having Shelton Markham on, and this episode can be filed under the "gems from Shelton" folder. At the end of the episode, he and Andrew give us some practical tools for being thankful, and you don't want to miss those.

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In this episode:

• Why gratitude matters
• The story of the 10 lepers
• How gratitude changes us
• Practical ways to be thankful

RESOURCES MENTIONED
• The Pathway Series - A framework for making disciples
• Practicing Disengagement (video)

Original Release Date: 11/14/24

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We can have hope always, especially through loss and death, because Jesus is coming back for His people - both dead in the body, and still walking the earth.

This is the end of our study of 1 Thessalonians, and Paul waits to the end to really bring home that Jesus IS returning, and that should give us hope, and also give us motivation and direction about living while we are on earth.

Need a framework for making disciples? Get your copy of The Pathway Series here: https://www.intotheharvest.org/pathway-series/

In this episode:

• Hope for the Future
• Stay Woke
• Motivation for the Present
• How to Encourage and Build Up

RESOURCES MENTIONED
• The Pathway Series - A framework for making disciples
• Free Bible Study Template
• E-Sword - Free Bible Study software
• Three Questions for Effective Bible Study
• Three Reasons You Must Go Deep in God's Word
• Studying, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible
• The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era

Original Release Date: 11/07/24

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