The Disciple Dilemma Podcast
We've been hacked! Western Christian discipleship has been infiltrated by an 1,800 year-old virus - a hacking that's eroding our ability to do what Christians are destined to do. Conversational podcasts with thought leaders of all types and stripes in business, the arts, the media, the academies, the churches - about the dilemma.
Episodes
Has fear replaced God as the animating force of many Evangelicals in the West? How should a disciple make sense of the partisanship, paranoia and turmoil in our politics, society and increasingly, in our churches? And what if that anger came at you and your family for what you've said and what you believe - coming at you from BOTH the Left and the Right? New York Times columnist and Constitutional litigator David French joins ...
Commercial Real Estate Executive David Atchison is a disciple on a Mission, an Author and Ministry Founder. You might even say he's on a Higher Call, which is the title of his book and ministry about disciples, in the workplace.
00:00 - 04:05 Chapter 1: Intro
04:06 - 07:42 Chapter 2: Business Nerdout
07:43 - 09:59 Chapter 3: Higher Call, the book
10:00 - 12:54 Chapter 4: A theology of business?
12:5...
Apologetics Inc speaker Alycia Wood talks about how disciples are to relate, care for and offer the reason for the hope Christ gave all of us. Alycia's work for and with parents is especially useful in the latter part of our podcast:
00:00 - 03:48 Introduction
03:49 - 04:57 About Apologetics Inc
04:58 - 06:58 Different Identities & Worldviews, In Relationships
06:59 - 08:23 Getting to Know You
08:2...
Disciple, Husband, Dad, New York times Columnist and Constitutional lawyer David French joins Dennis, Carmen LaBerge and Raymond Monroe to talk about the underlying fear and animosity crippling discipleship in churches.
00:00 - 03:05 Intro
03:06 - 08:05 How It All Began
08:06 - 10:15 Not Everyone, But
10:16 - 15:20 The PCA "Cancel"
#discipleship #disciplemaking #newyorktimes #christianleaders...
Sheluyang "Yang" Peng is a fourth generation "PK" (Pastors' kid) living in Brooklyn. He's been published in top Christian and secular thought periodicals (Comment, Unherd, Tablet, American Affairs, Plough). Oh, and he's in Seminary, a Chinese church translator and writing books. (Wow)
Today he's talking about discipleship, with Dennis and Carmen on The Disciple Dilemma.
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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 Today<...
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: Introduction
03:13 - 06:49: People, Community & Disciples
06:50 - 10:40: Church Silos Stifling Disciples
10:41 - 20:55: Discipleship, Work, The Mission
20:56 - 23:36: Closing
#dis...
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, 2024
Join 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 Introduction
02:45 - 04:21 What is "The After Party"?
04:22 - 06:15 A Disciple as a Writer and Poet
06:16 - 09:58 Silence as Practice and History
09:59 - 15:33 The Rarity of Silence
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 Davis
01:53 - 04:16 Chapter 2: Real Life, of a Pastor
04:17 - 06:27 Chapter 3: The Enigma of Being "Liked"
06:28 - 10:10 Chapter 4: Counsel for Young Pastors
10:11 - 11:33 ...
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: Opening
02:32 - 05:41 Chapter 2: Credentials and Counsel
05:42 - 06:54 Chapter 3: The Ethos of Leaders
06:55 - 10:17 Chapter 4: Mentorship in...
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 Clips
00:49 - 08:22 Chapter 2: Introduce Dr. Campbell
08:23 - 10:29 Chapter 3: The...
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 Joe
03:41 - 06:39 Chapter 2:...
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...
Kevin Bugingo: Millennial Disciple...and Executive Pastor. What's That Like? On The Disciple Dilemma
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: Introduction
02:30 - 13:30 Chapter 2: Life as an "XP...
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 college
04:17-05:25 Chapter 3: College friends now ex-vangelicals
05:26-09:09 Chapter 4: Seminary graduates leaving their pastoral roles
09:10-13:51 Chapter 5: Di...
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: Introduction
02:30 - 13:30 Chapter 2: Life as an "XP" (...
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: Introduction
01:19 - 06:46 Chapter 2: Leadership's role in discipl...
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 Introduction
01:36 - 02:49 Chapter 2 The Book: ...
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