Disciplemaking

Making Disciples By Ralph Moore

Making Disciples By Ralph Moore

Despite God using the author to catalyze powerful Kingdom fruit, I would not recommend this book. Moore’s de facto definition of disciple making is, “making an intentional investment in the spiritual life of someone else.” Moore holds views on disciplemaking that I strongly disagree with such as: being able to disciple non-Christians, being able to disciple people without their knowledge (or even the discipler’s knowledge), calling those you disciple “my disciples,” basing important disciple making decisions on…

Transforming Discipleship By Greg Ogden

Transforming Discipleship By Greg Ogden

READ: July 2017 RATING:  6.5/10 Summary: I found the first half of Ogden’s book to be incredibly strong. He nails the problems facing the church, the typical stunted attempts at growing a disciple making culture, and Biblical argument for life on life disciple making. However, the last half of the book was disappointing. He presents...

The Disciple Maker's Handbook By Bobby Harrington & Josh Patrick

The Disciple Maker's Handbook By Bobby Harrington & Josh Patrick

RATING:  5/10 Summary: This book is OK. There are some solid discipling principles explored and practical tips given, but the closer I looked at the details the less I liked it. I didn’t have one particular difficulty, but rather instance after instance I found myself kind of agreeing and kind of not. A couple of examples include...

The Abundant Community By: John McKnight & Peter Block

The Abundant Community By: John McKnight & Peter Block

RATING:  9/10 Summary: This is a powerful book that examines and challenges the foundations of our consumeristic culture. The authors keen insights probe into the tenets of capitalism and how that has shaped and continues to influence our community culture. I found myself resonating with most of what they wrote and yearning for something different...a return to a community of abundance and cooperation.