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Abiding in the Vine: Your Personal Journey with Jesus Jun 22, 2025
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." - John 15:5

There's a question that nags at every serious follower...

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The Multiplication Mindset Jun 15, 2025

I’ll be honest. My mindset around disciplemaking has been wrong - for pretty much my entire Christian life. Bad news - that’s a long time. Good news - I’m not dead yet so there’s time to change things...

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From Bored to Bold Jun 08, 2025

I was sitting in church one Sunday morning, and to be honest, that morning I was just going through the motions. I know - shocking, eh! But it even happens to me - sorry if that burst your bubble! The...

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The View from the Mountain: What Ascension Sunday Means for Your Mission Jun 01, 2025

"And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." - Acts 1:8

I've always found it fascinating that the disci...

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SPARK: Creating Disciples in Everyday Life tools May 25, 2025

This week's edition of the Raw Disciple is brought to you by my good friend and colleague, Abi Flavell. Abi and her husband John are church planters and disciplemakers based in Hull, UK

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15 Seconds of Jesus May 18, 2025

A friend who was not a follower of Jesus once asked me how I had become a Christian. Excitedly I began to tell him. But five minutes in, as IĀ dived into sharing my story, I could see that his eyes had...

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Words, Works and Wonders (Part 2) tools May 11, 2025

I was talking to a new believerĀ a while ago and asked her what she thought about making disciples. "I will when I know more" was her reply. (She's been a Christian for 18 months).

That thinking of "I...

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Words, Works and Wonders (Part 1) signs and wonders May 04, 2025

Years ago, a friend of mine named Ben Enejo was so passionate about Jesus that he nearly got expelled from school for talking about Him too much. But here's the fascinating part - years later, he disc...

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Rediscovering Jesus' Manifesto: Lessons from Iran's Underground Church disciple making movements Apr 27, 2025

My good friend Phil Moore has been on an extraordinary journey of discovery and I asked him to share about it and tell us about his latest book. I've just finished it and is one of those unputdownable...

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When Easter Becomes More Than Just a Sunday Apr 20, 2025

I remember once being out on an early morning dog walk and seeing the sunrise and being reminded of that first Easter morning when Mary Magdalene made her way to Jesus' tomb in the dark. She wasn't pl...

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One Tool that’s a Must Have for your Disciplemaking tools Apr 13, 2025

I recently met with some of the Network leaders in the UK for a day talking about church planting and multiplying disciples across the UK and Europe. It was a great day hearing and sharing what the Lo...

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Breaking Church Planting Barriers: What's Really Holding Us Back? church planting Apr 06, 2025

I had one of those moments recently that made me sit up and pay attention. I was at Project (an amazing 18-30's event - I snuck inšŸ˜‚) where Martin Tibbert asked a room full of twentysomethings about th...

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