Discipleship DEVELOPMENT

BSM desires to help Christians & Churches fulfill the Great Commission!

This area is meant to provide you with some things strictly from BSM that will help you grow as a disciple, a disciple-maker, and a disciple-shaper.

Rooting Your Faith

Here goes a couple of blog-articles and messages that will help you dig your spiritual roots deeper into what we believe, why we believe it, their importance, and their implications. 

• 11 Reasons Why to Study Theology/Doctrine

• The Holy Trinity...for those who don't know

• The Wonder of God (AUDIO)

• Christology: Jesus as God & Man

• The Face-off: Adam -v- Jesus (VIDEO)

• Who is the Holy Spirit?

• A Great Work & Great Revelation in the Church (AUDIO)

• Authority, Inspiration, & Inerrancy of Scripture

• The Need for Hermeneutics

• Sin Nature: Fact or Fiction

• The Terror of Sin (AUDIO)

• A Brief Commentary on the Doctrines of Eternal Security & Assurance

If you want to go beyond merely reading and/or listening and get more out of them, spend some time reflecting and answering these questions in a journal for each blog and message:

1. What did you learn that you didn't know before? If not learn, did you gain any new insight?

2. Has this blog-article/message spurred you in your faith and/or relationship with God? If so, how?

3. What are your takeaways from this blog-article/message?

4. Is there anything else in particular that stood out to you? Why?

Faith & Culture

Here goes a couple of blog-articles, messages, and a video that will help to biblically think through and rightly represent our faith in our hostile and sin-saturated culture.

Relationships

• Does God Approve of Shacking Up?

• Is Abuse Biblical Grounds for Divorce?

• Marriage, Divorce, & Remarriage

• The Underestimation of Sin, Men's Edition

• What is the big deal between men & women?

  • Pt1: How men and women are similar

  • Pt2: How men and women are different

  • Pt3: How things get complicated

  • Pt4: How we are to be regarding each other

Sexuality/Identity

• The "Idea of Love"

• Can there be a Gay Christian?

• Did Jesus Speak Out About Homosexuality?
  

Social Justice

• Ferguson: A Reflection, A Response, & A Charge to the Church

• My Snapshot Regarding the Church & Social Justice

• A Biblical Response: Social Justice & the Christian

• Jemel Roberson: Tragedy of a Citizen Hero & How the Church Must Respond

Politics

• Post Election: A Plea to the American Church

• Political MMA Among Christians, Say It Ain't So?

The Church’s Response to Social Issues

• The Supreme Court's Ruling & Our Ambassadorship

• A Message & A Prayer for the Church

• The Synagogue Shooter & the Church

• Our Communities Need the Church to be the Pillar of Peace

• Respond, But Don’t Forget What Matters Most

• A Pastoral Discussion: Becoming a Multi-Cultural Church, The Challenges, Clarifications & Action Steps (VIDEO)

• A Conversation Regarding Recent Events & What Believers Can Do (VIDEO)

• The Role of Christians with Politics & Injustices (VIDEO)

• The Role of Christians with Social Justice & LGBTQ+ (VIDEO)

• Assessing the “Woke” Worldview (VIDEO)

If you want to go beyond merely reading and/or listening and get more out of them, spend some time reflecting and answering these questions in a journal for each blog and video:

1. What did you learn that you didn't know before? If not learn, did you gain any new insight?

2. Did this blog-article/video challenge a view you held or reinforce a view you held? If so, explain.

3. According to this blog-article/video, what does it look like to be a disciple of Jesus with a biblical worldview facing this cultural issue?

4. What are your takeaways from this blog-article/video?

5. Is there anything else in particular that stood out to you? Why?

Growing in Your Faith

The “Discipleship State of Mind Workbook” is a great discipleship companion. 

• It will help you develop all-around as a disciple of Christ.

• It will help you put together your own plan of discipling others.

• It is designed for you to use it to disciple others, either individually or in a group setting.

• You can use it in church settings—for small groups, discipleship groups, discipleship classes.

There is no leader's guide or student guide. Everything you need is included in the workbook. Once you purchase it, you can use it for yourself and keep reusing it to disciple others. 

It truly is an all in one discipleship handbook.

The “Reclaiming Our Identity” book is another good discipleship tool. This book will walk through five particular aspects of our identity in Christ that will help believers live effectively in this ever-changing world.

• Who we are as beloved & begotten children of God and how that helps us live effectively in this world.

• Who we are as bondservants of the Lord and how that helps us live effectively in this world.

• Who we are as sojourners of God and how that helps us live effectively in this world.

• Who we are as ambassadors of Christ and how that helps us live effectively in this world.

• Who we are as missionaries for Jesus and how that helps us live effectively in this world.

There is a simple study guide at the end of the book. This guide can be used to take your personal study a little deeper or it can be used in a group for greater discussion. Everything you need is included in the book. Once you purchase it, you can use it for yourself and keep reusing it to disciple others.