The Practical Missions Podcast

Pod #59 Messy Discipleship

Isolation is paralyzing for MBBs

Today on the Pod, we talk about the messy realities of discipleship. When someone comes to faith on the field, we often think it’s all going to be up and to the right from now on. But in reality, the messiness begins the moment that person places his faith in Jesus. The whole episode today is about discipleship, and I think you’re really going to like it.

Timeline

00:00 Intro
01:04 How the Devil attacks MBBs
06:52 Taking fear seriously
12:28 Signs of maturity in an MBB
20:18 How should MMBs read the Bible?
26:27 Stop over-pressuring MBBs
36:20 Signs of Spiritual drift
48:02 Gospel vs obedience
53:55 Resources and recommendations

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I think what is very problematic and very impairing is when a believer lives in two different worlds. In secret, he’s a believer, and he has fellowship with other believers, but out in the open, he has to play the role of not being a believer or being labeled an atheist be he doesn’t go to the mosque or pray.

Messy Discipleship

Resources mentioned in this pod:

1) Effective Discipling in Muslim Communities by Don Little. Link

2) Islamic Exodus into the Freedom of Christ by Sobhi Malek. Link

3) Two Stories of Everything: The Competing Metanarratives of Islam and Christianity by Duane Alexander Miller. Link

4) Sacred Ambitions Link

5) This Gospel: a collection of missions sermons Link

6) Missionary God, Missionary Bible Link

Pod #59 Messy Discipleship

Isolation is paralyzing for MBBs

I think what is very problematic and very impairing is when a believer lives in two different worlds. In secret, he’s a believer, and he has fellowship with other believers, but out in the open, he has to play the role of not being a believer or being labeled an atheist be he doesn’t go to the mosque or pray.

Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify

Timeline