Dr. JD Payne - a Pastor, Planter of churches, Podcaster, Professor - and the author of SIXTEEN books (!) joins Dennis from Samford University to scrimmage the duty of Seminaries in the West.

Is the Mission of a Seminary to drive facts into brains - or to "make" theologically-informed disciples? A wide ranging and interesting episode!

00:00 - 03:07 Introduction
03:08 - 08:57 Discipleship & Seminary....Same? Different?
08:58 - 11:13 Pastoral "Hegemony"
11:14 - 13:55 Clericalism (Let the Pros Handle That)
13:56 - 20:10 Modern Disciples - How Should We Then Live?
20:11 - 21:45 Are Seminaries responsible for Discipling?
21:46 - 25:18 JD's SIXTEEN Books! (Two of Them)
25:19 - 27:48 "Berthie Holler" (JD's Story)
27:49 - 29:53 A Better Definition for Evangelize....
29:54 - 33:58 The Mission of Professors
33:59 - 37:03 The Mission of a Seminary
37:04 - 38:53 "The Pastor Does Everything" Changing Expectations
38:54 - 41:18 JD's Closing Advice for Pastors
41:19 - 42:18 Wrap Up

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Dr. Joe Debeljuh joins Dennis to interview Darin White: a Collegiate National Championship Soccer Coach and today, the Professor of Sports Analytics at Samford University. How does coaching inform us about discipleship?

00:00 - 03:22 Introduction
03:23 - 06:28 Coaching & Discipleship
06:29 - 09:15 Pay It Forward
09:16 - 11:50 Western Discipleship
11:51 - 15:23 Sketchy Definitions of Discipleship
15:24 - 20:15 Discipleship is More Than Sharing the Gospel
20:16 - 23:40 Joe's Story
23:41 - 25:25 Darin's Story
25:26 - 29:13 Spiritual Reflexes
29:14 - 30:42 Not My Job
30:43 - 32:27 "Moneyball"
32:28 - 34:38 Big Names / Big Data
34:39 - 36:12 AI & Sports
36:13 - 39:38 Contact Darin / Wrapup

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Pastor Oz Muwaniri, in Ireland, and Dr. Joe Debeljuh from Zagreb Croatia, join Dennis to talk about how challenges in international discipling is, actually, not so different from American discipling issues.

00:00 - 01:54 Intro
01:55 - 03:29 What is a Discipler?
03:30 - 04:15 Christian or Disciple...Difference?
04:16 - 06:33 When Did Church Member Come to Mean Disciple?
06:34 - 07:48 Irish Protestants & Catholics: How's That Going?
07:49 - 09:06 One Local Church; Many Tribes & Tongues
09:07 - 10:44 "I Need More Time!"
10:45 - 12:15 Is Discipleship Evangelism?
12:16 - 13:35 Is a Disciple a Street Preacher (Evangelist)?
13:36 - 19:19 How Do I Disciple? (Isn't it evangelism?)
19:20 - 21:14 What Does Discipleship Look Like?
21:15 - 22:07 "I can't do that !"
22:08 - 24:15 Share What You DO Know
24:16 - 32:51 Who Is responsible To Initiate Discipling?
32:52 - 36:53 Pastor Oz's Story
36:54 - 37:40 Wrap Up

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