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Jun
26
Barcode Christianity: The Big Scanner in the Sky Hoax

Barcode Christianity

If we can be “rung up by the great scanner in the sky,” then eternal life is assured. With this understanding of the Christian life, what is the need to have a transformed life? Dallas Willard has dubbed this as “bar code” Christianity.
4 min read
Apr
10
Christian Unity: The Great Commandment & The Great Commission

MicroGroups Unite Catholics and Protestants

Set aside differences and focus on Jesus Christ
7 min read
Apr
03
Mistakes to Avoid

Mistakes to Avoid

Experience disciplemaking in a relational environment of a MicroGroup because the most often repeated mistake is to turn discipleship into a program, a class, a study--instead of life on life.
3 min read
Jan
02
Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing

Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing

The content of Go Micro is a crisp summary of forty years of reflection on the practice of making disciples through MicroGroups. Greg Ogden and the GDI team believe we have discovered through experience a way to make disciples who make disciples by doing it Jesus’ way.
10 min read
Nov
28
Sinkholes and Potholes: Dangers and Barriers to Effective Disciplemaking

Sinkholes and Potholes: Dangers and Barriers to Effective Disciplemaking

To see disciplemaking become a part of the identity of the church demands “a long obedience in the same direction.” Be aware of 8 sinkholes that are signs of being swallowed up and destroyed.
10 min read
Nov
21
Looking up at tall Redwood Forest trees in California

Relationships Matter

You are not alone. Coastal Redwoods do not have a single taproot. Instead, they form a shallow network of relatively small roots that extend outwardly, up to a hundred feet from the base.
4 min read