Is discipleship a problem of defective knowledge? Poor preaching? Lazy Christians? Or have we been hacked? The Crosspolitic Gang talks to Dennis Allen from Moscow, Idaho.Join us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

Author, Activist and the Executive Director of The Center for Faith & Justice, Reverend Jim Wallis, in his office at Georgetown University talks deeply about discipleship and our lives as servants of Christ.00:00 - 00:50 Chapter 1 : Opening 00:51 - 09:23 Chapter 2 : Economics and Theology 09:24 - 10:55 Chapter 3 : Male, Pale, Straight, Stale!10:56 - 16:49 Chapter 4 : Jim's Story, Teenager to Today16:50 - 19:21 Chapter 5 : The False White Gospel19:22 - 25:33 Chapter 6 : Proximity25:34 - 27:39 Chapter 7 : PUBLIC Discipleship27:40 - 29:59 Chapter 8 : A False Gospel: How Christians Got "There"30:00 - 32:24 Chapter 9 : Power32:25 - 35:40 Chapter 10: Writing This Book....Anger?35:41 - 42:02 Chapter 11: Missing: Public Discipleship42:03 - 46:58 Chapter 12: Who's Side Are You On?46:59 - 50:16 Chapter 13: The "Why"50:17 - 52:07 Chapter 14: What Do Nationalists Want?52:08 - 52:53 Chapter 15: Wrap up#discipleship #christianleadership #christianpodcast #disciples #justiceJoin us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

The Publisher and Owner of "Heat Treat Today" Magazine, Doug Glenn, joins Raymond and Dennis to discuss the life of a disciple in the regular workforce. What's that like and how to do it?00:00 - 03:12: Introduction03:13 - 06:49: People, Community & Disciples06:50 - 10:40: Church Silos Stifling Disciples10:41 - 20:55: Discipleship, Work, The Mission20:56 - 23:36: Closing#discipleship #disciples #christianleadershipJoin us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

Dennis presents impacts and the deconstruction of The Disciple Dilemma on Western Christianity's Seminaries and Universities at The Bible Institute of Zagreb's International Discipleship Conference, April, 2024Join us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

Writer, Author and Poet Aryana Petrosky joins us to talk about how silence is a missing essential of disciples. And the path toward unity in Christ and healing the rifts goes right through that silence!00:00 - 02:44 Introduction02:45 - 04:21 What is "The After Party"?04:22 - 06:15 A Disciple as a Writer and Poet06:16 - 09:58 Silence as Practice and History09:59 - 15:33 The Rarity of Silence15:34 - 20:00 What is Silence, Exactly?20:01 - 28:30 Millennials, Anglicans and Ex-vangelicals28:31 - 32:41 Advice to Males/Pales/Straight/Stales32:42 - 34:22 Wrap-up#discipleship #christianleadership #apologetics #disciplechurchJoin us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

Former Megachurch Pastor Matt Davis, now the President of Pastoral Transitions joins us to lay out the battles and challenges Pastors face every week - and how leadership ought to regard that!00:00 - 01:52 Chapter 1: Meet Matt Davis01:53 - 04:16 Chapter 2: Real Life, of a Pastor04:17 - 06:27 Chapter 3: The Enigma of Being "Liked"06:28 - 10:10 Chapter 4: Counsel for Young Pastors10:11 - 11:33 Chapter 5: "Metrics" among other insanities11:34 - 15:20 Chapter 6: The True Mission for Pastors15:21 - 17:48 Chapter 7: Leadership's Fixation Traps17:49 - 24:50 Chapter 8: Counsel for Church Leadership24:51 - 30:00 Chapter 9: How to contact Pastoral Transitions#discipleship #christianleadership #disciplemakingJoin us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

Dr. Doug Fagerstrom has been a CEO, a Seminary President, a Pastor, Author and now is the Senior Fellow for Discipleship at The CEO Forum. He's got some terrific insight into building "succession" and leadership around discipleship!00:00 - 02:31 Chapter 1: Opening02:32 - 05:41 Chapter 2: Credentials and Counsel05:42 - 06:54 Chapter 3: The Ethos of Leaders06:55 - 10:17 Chapter 4: Mentorship in the Local Church10:18 - 12:02 Chapter 5: "Modern" Western Discipleship12:03 - 14:28 Chapter 6: The CEO Forum & Discipling14:29 - 19:06 Chapter 7: My "Real" Identity19:07 - 29:43 Chapter 8: The Core of Discipleship29:44 - 32:39 Chapter 9: Wrap Up Join us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

How can a disciple help max-perform an organization? Well, it begins with the disciple! Dr. Greg Campbell, formerly the #2 Law Enforcement Office for the United States talks about his new book: "Developing You, Eleven Transformative Practices of Self-Development & Emotional Intelligence"00:00 - 00:48 Chapter 1: Opening Clips00:49 - 08:22 Chapter 2: Introduce Dr. Campbell08:23 - 10:29 Chapter 3: The book "Developing You"10:30 - 12:37 Chapter 4: Making all this stuff practical12:38 - 17:15 Chapter 5: Emotional Intelligence17:16 - 21:07 Chapter 6: D.E.V.E.L.O.P.M.E.N.T. the acronym21:08 - 27:10 Chapter 7: Developing a disciple27:11 - 31:44 Chapter 8: Getting to understanding31:45 - 35:03 Chapter 9: The dirt on Greg Campbell...35:06 - 37:30 Chapter 10: Contact Greg / ConclusionJoin us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

When Jesus told us to go make disciples to all nationalities, some people decided to live it out by getting up and going! Dr. Josip "Joe" Debeljuh joins us to talk about being a disciple who happens to have Missionary as his day job. Joe understands the dilemma facing the Church in discipling, and he and his wife Kelly are doing something about that. 00:00 - 03:40 Chapter 1: Meet Joe03:41 - 06:39 Chapter 2: Is the dilemma in discipling just U.S.? Or is it Global?06:40 - 09:34 Chapter 3: "Identity" and Discipleship09:35 - 14:43 Chapter 4: Making Disciples. How do you do that?14:44 - 19:30 Chapter 5: "Hit Rates" in Discipling?19:31 - 23:26 Chapter 6: How Joe was discipled23:27 - 30:50 Chapter 7: Being a Disciple & Missionary30:51 - 32:52 Chapter 8: How to reach JoeJoin us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

NBA and NFL Sports Chaplain Dr. John Tolson joins us to talk about the core of it all: Making Disciples Who Make Disciples.Dr. Tolson is the Founder of The Tolson Group, the Author of "The 4 Priorities" a former Pastor, a Husband, Father/Grandfather and an Alumnus of L'Abrie under Dr. Francis Schaeffer. (Note from Dennis: "If I could drive two hours and get to this guy I would hang out at his feet and listen!") Bring a notepad to this podcast - this one is truly wonderful!00:00 - 03:57 Chapter 1:  Opening/Introduction03:58 - 06:09 Chapter 2:  Mass Produced Disciples (Not)06:10 - 07:39 Chapter 3:  The 4 Priorities07:40 - 09:56 Chapter 4:  You Need a Wingman!09:57 - 13:30 Chapter 5:  How Many Pastors Get Discipled?13:31 - 16:30 Chapter 6:  Should Pastors Risk Transparency in Their Church?16:31 - 19:02 Chapter 7:  Why So Many Ex-vangelicals?19:03 - 22:43 Chapter 8:  Discipleship - Starts With Leadership22:44 - 24:55 Chapter 9:  Is This Discipleship - or Evangelism?24:56 - 26:34 Chapter 10: What We Dump Onto Pastors26:35 - 30:30 Chapter 11: Chruch Hopping / Shopping30:31 - 33:28 Chapter 12: How To Start Discipling33:29 - 37:32 Chapter 13: I've Never Been Discipled (And I'm The Pastor)37:33 - 40:20 Chapter 14: Culturally Toxic to Discipleship40:21 - 42:43 Chapter 15: Contact Dr. Tolson#discipleship #evangelism #christianpodcast #christianleadershipJoin us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

The Founder of XP Gathering Network, Kevin Bugingo joins Raymond and Dennis to talk about the personal, strategic and discipling challenges facing Executive Pastors specifically, and Pastors in general. Kevin is also an Executive Pastor at Discovery Church in Moreno Valley, CA - and a business executive and husband, parent and podcaster!00:00 - 02:29 Chapter 1: Introduction02:30 - 13:30 Chapter 2: Life as an "XP" (Executive Pastor)13:31 - 16:40 Chapter 3: XP's and Church Community16:41 - 23:03 Chapter 4: Racism and Disciples - How Are We Doing?23:04 - 27:29 Chapter 5: Key Strategic Challenges for Churches27:30 - 30:34 Chapter 6: Techno-Disciples?30:35 - 34:01 Chapter 7: Humanness & Disciples34:02 - 38:42 Chapter 8: Metrics in Discipleship?38:43 - 42:40 Chapter 9: Kevin gets the last word42:41 - 44:13 Conclusion#discipleship  #christianleadership  #executivepastor  @XPGatheringNetwork Join us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

Pastor Thomas Ryden, with Apostles Anglican Church joins Dennis and Raymond to talk about discipleship, millennials and the lives of pastors today: 00:00-02:28 Chapter 1: Introduction (And Star Wars)02:29-04:16 Chapter 2: Discipled in high school and college04:17-05:25 Chapter 3: College friends now ex-vangelicals05:26-09:09 Chapter 4: Seminary graduates leaving their pastoral roles09:10-13:51 Chapter 5: Disciples - doing life together13:52-15:44 Chapter 6: Discipleship at Apostles Anglican15:45-22:10 Chapter 7: Liturgical sacraments and disciples22:11-23:25 Chapter 8: Contacting Thomas & Conclusion #pastorlife #discipleship #millennialsJoin us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

The Founder of XP Gathering, Kevin Bugingo joins Raymond and Dennis to talk about the personal, strategic and discipling challenges facing Executive Pastors specifically, and Pastors in general. Kevin is also an Executive Pastor at Discovery Church in Moreno Valley, CA - and a business executive and husband, parent and podcaster!00:00 - 02:29 Chapter 1: Introduction02:30 - 13:30 Chapter 2: Life as an "XP" (Executive Pastor)13:31 - 16:40 Chapter 3: XP's and Church Community16:41 - 23:03 Chapter 4: Racism and Disciples - How Are We Doing?23:04 - 27:29 Chapter 5: Key Strategic Challenges for Churches27:30 - 30:34 Chapter 6: Techno-Disciples?30:35 - 34:01 Chapter 7: Humanness & Disciples34:02 - 38:42 Chapter 8: Metrics in Discipleship?38:43 - 42:40 Chapter 9: Kevin gets the last word42:41 - 44:13 Conclusion#discipleship #christianleadership #executivepastorJoin us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

Dr. Dave Benson, of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity returns for Part 2 of "Whole Life Discipleship". Dave, along with co-host Carmen LaBerge join Dennis to talk about discipling leadership's roles, the state of discipleship in the West, and how to change the "game" of disciple-making. 00:00 - 01:18 Chapter 1: Introduction01:19 - 06:46 Chapter 2: Leadership's role in discipling06:47 - 09:03 Chapter 3: Is discipleship in the West OK?09:04 - 10:49 Chapter 4: Two Clergy & A Capitalist Walk Into a Podcast10:50 - 17:47 Chapter 5: Dave Benson interviews Carmen and Dennis17:48 - 19:20 Chapter 6: Changing the discipleship "game"19:21 - 21:03 Chapter 7: Contact Dave Benson21:04 - 23:17 Chapter 8: Conclusion#Leadership #Discipleship #Apologetics #EvangelismJoin us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

If you're looking for a couch potato session - RUN from this episode! David Bahnsen, a regular on  CNBC and Fox Financial, as well as the Founder and Managing Director of The Bahnsen Group brings his new book "Full Time: Work and the Meaning of Life" to The Disciple Dilemma. Do we really understand how God intended disciples to work?00:00 - 01.35 Chapter 1 Introduction01:36 - 02:49 Chapter 2 The Book: Full Time02:50 - 08:43 Chapter 3 Foreign Concept: Biblical Work08:44 - 12:06 Chapter 4 Christian Identity: Work12:07 - 19:19 Chapter 5 Theology - Justice - Poverty. Did you forget?19:20 - 22:10 Chapter 6 Work, From the Pulpit. Getting it Wrong?22:11 - 26:23 Chapter 7 "Male-Pale-Straight-Stale"26:24 - 29:52 Chapter 8 Conclusion#discipleship #workandfaith #wealth #justiceJoin us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

Jim Putman on The Disciple Dilemma:Much of western discipleship has migrated into learning facts, doing activities, and checking off membership in a church. Is that all there is to discipleship?  Is it possible we have our priorities backward from the way we do church, to the way we train our pastors and seminaries? Who might be qualified to talk to those kinds of questions? If you wanted the ideal resume to talk about what it means to be a disciple, a disciple maker, a pastor, author of over a dozen books - a dozen books! and somebody who is recognized around the world as a disciple maker personally? Well, you'd be describing Jim Putman.  Along with all that, Jim Putman is a trophied wrestler, a wrestling coach, a husband, parent, and the founding pastor of Real Life Ministries in Post Falls, ID.This episode with Jim Putman is offered humbly to pastors and leaders in churches everywhere. But we've got to warn you we aren't pulling any punches on this episode! Chapter 1 - Introductions                                                  00:00 - 03:00Chapter 2 - The book "Relationshift"                          03:00 - 04:17Chapter 3 - The Mission of every church                  04:18 - 06:24Chapter 4 - What seminaries often miss                   06:25 - 07:25Chapter 5 - What's the "30 second fix for this?"  07:26 - 10:10Chapter 6 - You first! Leaders have to disciple      10:11 - 11:30Chapter 7 - Pastors rarely get this gift                        11:31 - 13:06Chapter 8 - Conclusion                                                         13:07 - 13:36Join us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

Is the Academy first and foremost fact infusion? Or is it the development of the whole-life of a person? Join the Provost of Samford University, Dr. Mike Hardin as he, Dennis & Carmen LaBerge probe the most foundational of questions in Christian Higher Education:INTRODUCTION: Dennis introduces Dr. Mike Hardin CHAPTER 1: See Dennis forget to tape the show! (Thanks for the assist Carmen)CHAPTER 2: "By All Means Possible" - A look ahead, challenges in Christian EducationCHAPTER 3: Dennis gets to talk business strategy...and capitalism...CHAPTER 4: How should we discern Christian schools that "Get-It" versus the "Nots"?CHAPTER 5: The Mission of Christian Higher EducationCHAPTER 6: Culture change for academics and AcademiesCONCLUSIONJoin us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

XP Gatherings - the Executive Pastor Gathering Network, in Los Angeles hosts Dennis on a virtual coffee break to talk about the challenges of Western Christianity, and how Pastors are the key....but NOT the sole "doer" for reforming discipleship:- What the symptoms are- Is NOT the cause- What now?#discipleship #executivepastor #leadershipJoin us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

For a lot of Western Christians, discipleship equals church. Is that Jesus's discipleship? Not exactly. Dr. Dave Benson, of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity wants to talk about what's missing in modern discipling, and offer real-world examples of what IS a disciple's life and community.Dave Benson is a pastor, professor and church planting discipler. He joins Dennis along with faith radio's Carmen LaBerge to wrangle through the misconceptions and the orthodoxy of discipleship.INTRO: Dennis "prequels" the episodeChapter 1: What is the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity?Chapter 2: What do you mean - "Whole Life Disciples" (What are you trying to sell us?) Chapter 3: The day-to-day practicum of a discipleChapter 4: Bet Sefer - Bet Midrash - Bet Talmud....What??Chapter 5: A real life discipling community's day, and week, and livesChapter 6: Does this way of discipling endure? Make disciples? Thrive?Chapter 7: OK: Surely non-believers would feel weird in one of these, yes?CONCLUSIONJoin us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

Dr. Warren Bird, a Pastor, a Church Planter, [prolific!] Author and recognized megachurch researcher joins Dennis and Faith Radio's Carmen LaBerge to talk about the key challenges facing large churches in the years ahead. Spoiler alert: the challenges are in discipleship.- Why do we need an ECFA? (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability)- How could Warren Bird possibly have written 34 books? And what about the latest one?- What are the pre-eminent challenges for large Western churches in the coming years?- Can discipleship be done digitally? #leadership #discipleship #evangelismJoin us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!