Finding Gospel Opportunities at Work

We spend much of our lives with co-workers, often more than with family or friends, making the question of workplace discipleship both natural and nuanced. Opportunities are there, but they require a unique approach. This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we discuss the realities of disciple-making at work. While work relationships can be limited,…

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Letting God Rearrange Our Priorities

A man buried under the clutter of papers, letting wrong priorities control him.

Sustaining a missional lifestyle is tough! Life gets messy, burnout creeps in, and old habits and personal preferences sneak back, sabotaging your progress. And with life only getting busier, it can feel overwhelming. In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’ll uncover what’s really keeping you from fully living on mission. It starts with…

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Healing Relationships: Moving Beyond Forgiveness

A heart broken in two is symbolically held up to the light of healing and restoration.

What could be more important than restoring a broken relationship? But what happens when one or both parties involved in the conflict are unwilling to forgive or trust is too broken? In this episode, we discuss how to restore relationships that seem too far gone to repair. If the gospel is truly Good News, then…

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Halloween: 7 Ways To Be Missional

A young family out enjoying Trick-or-Treat on Halloween.

Halloween often carries a “dark history,” and many Christians have been told it’s a holiday to avoid. But you might be surprised to learn the real story behind this event. Rather than missing out, it’s a prime opportunity to bring light and redemption to your community. In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar…

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Communication Breakdown in Community? 10 Ways To Grow

Friends frustrated with each other and their lack of effective communication.

Have you ever been misunderstood or misinterpreted? Do you sometimes misunderstand the signals and words you’ve received from others? Oftentimes communication seems to be a fight for control. But it doesn’t have to be that way! In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar will teach you how to avoid being misunderstood and give…

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Gospel. Community. Mission. Discipleship Requires All 3

Three metal gear intermeshed to show the need and correspondence of Gospel, Community and Mission when making mature disciples of Jesus.

The idea that ‘Gospel, Community and Mission’ is crucial to making mature disciples of Jesus may sound a little bit obvious to you at first. But it is surprising how few of us, and our churches, are careful to balance the focus and engagement of these powerful discipleship foundations.  This week on the Everyday Disciple…

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Choosing Connection Over Conflict

A group of friends discuss a sensitive subject with love and respect for each other.

It happens over and over again: a political argument with a friend, a fight about racial issues on the internet, a disagreement with a coworker… At the first sign of conflict, we flee to a bunker with people who think like us and—internally or externally—attack everyone else. We feel safe there. But it’s killing us;…

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Why Every Serious Disciple-Maker Needs a Coach

Caesar smiling in his office as he coaches other disciple-makers.

Why do all serious players on any team have a coach, and why might all serious disciple-makers also need a coach? Life and ministry accelerate when you have someone help you call plays and develop strategies as you make disciples and live out this amazing Kingdom life. This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’ll…

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Unlocking Kingdom Growth in Everyday Life

A picture of an ant holding up a leaf while riding on the back of a turtle, illustrating the principle: small is big, slow is fast.

Are you living a “Kingdom of God lifestyle” today, in a very real sense? Do you feel like growth, abundance, and victory are all a part of your community life and church experience? This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar and Heath discuss how Jesus explained normal life and growth in the Kingdom of…

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The “Jesus Model” For Loving Your Neighbor

Three older men enjoying each other's company and a cup of coffee in their backyard.

There was a time when neighbors knew each other’s names… when children and old folks in the neighborhood had more than their families looking out for them. What happened? This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we talk with author, Lance Ford, as we ask the question: can you really love your neighbor as much…

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How To Talk Politics As a Family

People dropping voting ballots into a red ballot box.

Political talk is everywhere right now — it’s on the news and all over social media, it’s happening between friends and family, and it’s most likely happening at your kitchen table too. I wonder… what are your kids hearing? In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar shares insights on how to talk politics…

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Can You Be a Christian and Not Be a Disciple?

A person stands at a fork in the road deciding if they will truly become a follower and disciple of Jesus or merely a church-attending believer.

Church doctrines of grace and salvation can sometimes hinder us from fostering the expectation that we should be and make disciples. Do our current evangelism and discipleship models fall short of producing genuine followers of Jesus? This week on the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we explore the importance of reclaiming a strong understanding of the gospel…

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Rediscovering the Bible’s Relevance Today

Taking a fresh look at the Bible is depicted by a stethoscope laying on top of a black leather Bible.

More and more people are questioning the validity and relevance of the Bible in today’s culture. Is it all true… is it literal or figurative… does it apply to our lives today? In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’ll walk you through the most common misunderstandings about the Bible and the ways people…

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Are You Picking The Right Leaders?

Whether it’s in your church, non-profit, or missional community, growth requires you to develop your next generation of leaders. How will you know who they are? Is everyone really a leader? Could you be wasting your time developing the wrong people? In this episode, Caesar and Heath talk about how to effectively identify your best…

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5 Ways Church Leaders Need to Be Cared For

Friends come around their pastor to pray for, encourage and support him.

Leadership within the Church is much more than just getting tasks and jobs done. Biblical leadership does get things done and serve the Family, but effectiveness as a leader is more about character, the condition of the heart, and a growing ability to speak and model the Gospel in all of life. In this episode,…

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A Community of Welcome In a City of Loneliness

A lonely older man looks through his curtains out the window of his home to see if anyone is out there for him.

There’s an epidemic of loneliness and isolation in our cities today, whether they’re big or small. More people are living alone and wondering where they’ll find community and hope. In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar is joined by disciple-maker and church planter, Gino Curcuruto. They discuss how the Church is in a perfect…

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Are Missional Communities Still a Thing?

A multi-ethnic and multi-generational group of friends and family enjoying life as part of a missional community.

Was the whole “missional” thing just a passing church fad, or is there really something more to it?  In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’ll define it for you–what it is and is not–and why it still scares a lot of pastors today. In This Episode You’ll Learn: Where the term missional comes from, and…

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Modern Sabbath Rhythms and The Gospel

Why do most Christians treat the biblical commands for observing the Sabbath as a suggestion? Could this be why we live such frantic, stressful lives? Not a great witness for our neighbors! In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we discuss the often neglected, but super-important practice of creating a rhythm of sabbath rest.…

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Caution: Your Sunday Service May Be Confusing People

A young man is confused by what he has seen and experienced at a local church service, it does not seem to show him much of what God is truly like.

What would the average person who has not grown up in church think Christianity and the gospel are all about based on what they see, hear, and experience in your Sunday church service? In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, we’ll talk about how the medium we use on Sundays may be overshadowing the…

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