Tag: discipleship

  • Sign Up To Guest Star in Season 2; Beginning February 5, 2026

    Sign Up To Guest Star in Season 2; Beginning February 5, 2026

    I certainly have those friends I love to have theological conversations with. If you’d like to guest-star on the show, click the button below. My topics for the show are limited to issues in ministry, exposition, and theology. If you have a topic on your heart that falls in or overlaps those categories, I would…

  • Introducing The New Andrew Paul Cannon Podcast

    Introducing The New Andrew Paul Cannon Podcast

    It’s not about me. It’s about iron sharpening iron. It’s been a while since I’ve done any serious podcasting. I’ve been out of the game since I did Blacktop Pulpit and Unraveled with my good friend, Ken Duffy, in Southeast Arizona. Well, God’s done some serious work in me since then. I quit the ministry.God…

  • Introducing The New Andrew Paul Cannon Podcast

    Introducing The New Andrew Paul Cannon Podcast

    It’s not about me. It’s about iron sharpening iron. It’s been a while since I’ve done any serious podcasting. I’ve been out of the game since I did Blacktop Pulpit and Unraveled with my good friend, Ken Duffy, in Southeast Arizona. Well, God’s done some serious work in me since then. I quit the ministry.God…

  • Doubting Faith

    Doubting Faith

    Doubt is a part of life. Without doubt, we would never discover or learn. We would never think about the things we think. If it were not for doubt, we would never really be able to believe anything or be convinced of the veracity of any idea. Doubt is especially important when we think about…

  • Discipleship: The First-Fruit of the Kingdom

    Discipleship: The First-Fruit of the Kingdom

    What do you think the first-fruit of the kingdom is?  Discipleship is lacking in many churches today. The local church lacks discipleship because people, in large part, are afraid to be wrong. Many pastors don’t start the difficult conversations that Scripture insights because they fear people will lash out at them and/or leave their congregations.…

  • Christianity, More Than Belief in God or Church Attendance

    Christianity, More Than Belief in God or Church Attendance

    In the previous verse, we saw Jesus give authority to His disciples over unclean spirits and over every sickness. This authority was meant as a sign that they carried with them the authority of the Messiah. We also saw that God provides gifts to believers today, but not as signs of either salvation or authority.…

  • Didache- Reformed Doctrine 1,400 Years Before Luther or Calvin

    Didache- Reformed Doctrine 1,400 Years Before Luther or Calvin

    Didache 3-4 In chapter 2, the author(s), either the apostles or the apostolic fathers, gives a practical list of first things. These first things were actions or restrictions that summarize the Law. We saw that they were a proper representation of the Law as we compared them to the Biblical account. They are meant to…

  • New Resources and New Opportunities to Get Involved as We Grow in Our Ministry

    New Resources and New Opportunities to Get Involved as We Grow in Our Ministry

    A huge part of our ministry moving forward will be providing free resources to pastors and churches around the world. To help and to stir the hearts and minds of pastors and other church teachers, we’ve added a Bible Study Index. We are still compiling material and will be adding material at least once-a-week. As…

  • Dear Leader, part 20 (Be Fruitful When Most Are Merely Busy)

    Dear Leader, part 20 (Be Fruitful When Most Are Merely Busy)

    This exercise is the final installment of a series we started at Grace with our leadership while I served as interim there. For those who are not pastors or deacons, but who lead in some capacity in any arena of life, these books are a tremendous resource in Scripture. I encourage all of those who…

  • Dear Leader, part 19 (Christ On Display Through Sound Doctrine)

    Dear Leader, part 19 (Christ On Display Through Sound Doctrine)

    This exercise is a continuation of a series we started at Grace with our leadership while I served as interim there. For those who are not pastors or deacons, but who lead in some capacity in any arena of life, these books are a tremendous resource in Scripture. I encourage all of those who would…