This semester we’ll put together a “tackle box” for changing the culture in our church, and change our world! Our goal is to significantly shift our thinking about evangelism and discipleship.
Just as with fishing, there are many approaches to discipleship – some new, some old – but the practice is as old as humans. Right now, we’re inclined to turn our current tackle box upside down and rebuild it from scratch. But don’t worry, we aren’t interested in reinventing the wheel… however, we do want to make sure we’ve got the right hooks, lures, and rods for the type of fish that are in our ponds.
Each week, we’ll post short devotions for you learn valuable information. Those devotions will help frame our discussions for the upcoming Group gathering.
Go Fish – Week 5 – Day 1
Day 1: Fish Fry or Catch-and-Release This will be a radical week of evaluating our methods to reach the lost. We must be brutally honest with ourselves about the effectiveness of our methods. Do our current methods reach our city? Do our current methods relate to our...
Go Fish – Week 4 – Day 4
Day 4: First Fruits and Fresh Catch Why do we go fishing? To catch fish of course! Sure, there are some people that every now and then just want an excuse to go and sit by the lake’s edge, kick back and enjoy the view. But if I’m going to do that I’m going to leave...
Go Fish – Week 4 – Day 3
Day 3: Opportunity Encounters and Fishing Holes Sometimes we go to those favorite fishing holes because we know they've got good rainbow trout, steelhead, or an elusive bass. This is directed, we’re on a hunt. And sometimes we just go and toss a line into the water...
Go Fish – Week 4 – Day 2
Day 2: Directed Encounters and Fishing Holes Sometimes we just know where that spot is, that perfect fishing spot. Sometimes we fish out of boats, sometimes on the edge of a creek on a dock, sometimes the base of a dam, but in each place we are expecting...
Go Fish – Week 4 – Day 1
Day 1: Where You Serve, When You serve Your Place of Service You have your work life, your family life, your play life, and your “church” life. Generally, we are very good at keeping our relationships in those nice bubbles. “Church” Life Now Your church life on...
Go Fish – Week 3 – Day 4
Day 4: Vision, Values, and Virtue Stan Gleason speaking about the ministry of Jesus coined these ever true words, “[Jesus] would leave a legacy, but more than that, it would be necessary for Him to establish His vision, values, and virtues on this earth in...
Go Fish – Week 3 – Day 3
Day 3: Are You a Disciple? Are You a Christian? If I were to ask you, “are you a Christian?” I’m certain you’d give a resounding, “yes!” It wasn’t until Antioch that the apostles were said to be first called “Christian.” Those in Antioch saw something in...
Go Fish – Week 3 – Day 2
Day 2: Choosing a Disciple, Choosing a Relationship Ancient Discipleship; the Rabbis’ way Around the time of Christ, disciples, or students, would not choose their teachers, or rabbis. The rabbis would choose the students. According to Stan Gleason in...
Go Fish – Week 3 – Day 1
Day 1: Go, Make, Baptize, Teach. Go. Make. Baptize. Teach. Do these four words mean anything to you? They are four action words found in the Great Commission in the NKJV. If you read other translations you will see they use “teach” twice. The first “teach”...
Go Fish – Week 2 – Day 5
Day 5: The Church What Is the Church? We know the verse “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:20) very well, it’s time we start believing it. This is the last radical idea we’ll present this...