Posts by Joshua Rasdall
A Simple Pattern For Discipleship
I have had the exact same conversation happen exactly the same way perhaps 30 or 40 times. It always starts the same way: ‘Jesus tells us every Christian to make disciples!’ Often the person out at breakfast with me heartily agrees, it is hard not to. But then all the air comes out of the…
Read MoreGigantes En La Tierra
El mes pasado me encontré sentado tomando un café con un pastor de una iglesia cercana que en realidad tenía el rostro ceniciento mientras describía un desafío que ambos teníamos en común. Describió una escena que conocía demasiado bien: un miembro de su congregación de más de 25 años se marchaba alborotado por un tema…
Read MoreGiants In The Land
Last month I found myself sitting for coffee with a pastor of a nearby church that was actually ashen-faced as he described a challenge that we both held in common. He described a scene I knew all too well: a member of his congregation of over 25 years was leaving in an uproar over a…
Read More¿Compites o Completas?
Todo lo que toco muere. ¡No personas, por supuesto! Eso sería un ministerio trágico e ineficaz. Pero en el transcurso de los últimos cuatro años, he visto morir cada pequeña cosa verde que he plantado en nuestro jardín. No fue hasta que estaba orando con otro pastor de área local que el significado de esto…
Read MoreDo You Compete or Complete?
Everything I touch dies. Not people of course! That would make for a tragic and inefficient ministry. But over the course of the past four years, I have watched every small green thing I have planted in our yard die. It wasn’t until I was praying with another local area pastor that the significance of…
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