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
Listen on: Apple Podcast | Spotify
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.
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
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.
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
- 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
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
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