A few common lies that American Christians believe about making disciples. One of the lies goes something like this: I can’t make a disciple, only God can. That’s His job.
As complex as the task is I must confess that I have a silver bullet that helps everyone grow spiritually. If you knew the silver bullet of spiritual growth, would you use it? We’re about to find out!
In my life, one spiritual truth that’s helped me uncover many others is that the physical mirrors the spiritual. So a question I’ve been pondering lately is, what causes us to feel like we’ve grown or are growing spiritually—when, in fact, we’re exactly the same?
The church exists to make disciples. It’s clear that pastors and church leaders believe that they can make disciples, work hard to make them, and expect success, but normally the pedals don’t move. Why not?
If you see a map long enough it becomes the map, not a map. Once our beliefs become fixed we interpret all new data through the lens of that "reality". The same thing happens in churches...