DiscoverThe Disciple Dilemma PodcastMaking - or Faking Disciples? Reunion Church pastor Richard Ellis weighs in on The Disciple Dilemma
Making - or Faking Disciples? Reunion Church pastor Richard Ellis weighs in on The Disciple Dilemma

Making - or Faking Disciples? Reunion Church pastor Richard Ellis weighs in on The Disciple Dilemma

Update: 2025-08-08
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Is it possible you can be raised in a Christian home, come from five generations of pastors, be in seminary - and still not get what it means to be a disciple?

The founding pastor of  @ReunionChurch in Dallas, TX, Richard Ellis joins us to talk about that!
Ably cohosted by Dr. Andrew Yates, Global Discipleship Coordinator,  @DallasSeminary .

00:00 - 05:35 Intro
05:36 - 10:46 How it all started for Richard
10:47 - 15:30 Whadd'ya mean - that evangelism isn't discipleship?
15:31 - 18:44 Is the problem the Seminaries - or the Churches?
18:45 - 20:30 Discipleship and...Navy Fighter Pilots?
20:31 - 21:33 Getting personal - why discipleship matters
21:34 - 24:03 If we're disciples - why so much anxiousness?
24:04 - 26:03 Despair and Pastors
26:04 - 27:44 "I don't have time to do that"
27:45 - 30:03 Discipleship: The stuff that does not work in churches
30:04 - 31:05 How Christian culture "misses it" (Disciple making)
31:06 - 32:15 Has Church become a spiritual adult daycare?
32:16 - 33:38 A change of mind
33:39 - 41:16 Profound agape - what Jesus said defines disciples
41:17 - 44:37 Start the journey! Stop waiting on "better".
44:38 - 46:31 Wrap Up

#christianpodcast  #disciplemaking #christiandiscipleship #christianleadership

Join us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

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Making - or Faking Disciples? Reunion Church pastor Richard Ellis weighs in on The Disciple Dilemma

Making - or Faking Disciples? Reunion Church pastor Richard Ellis weighs in on The Disciple Dilemma

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