The DiscipleMakers Journey
This is the weekly encouragement from DiscipleMaking Mission in your journey as a disciplemaker.
Scripture as the Curriculum
Paul pointed Timothy back to the Scriptures he had known since childhood. The disciplemaker’s task is to take his Timothy to the source, not to be the source.
The Gospel Is Not the Diving Board
Paul answered a church hungry for something more by sending them back to Christ. Growing up in him means going deeper into grace, not past it.
A Life Close Enough to Imitate
Paul urges the Corinthians to imitate him, then sends Timothy to remind them of his ways in Christ. Teaching and life were meant to travel together.
Guard the Good Deposit
Paul tells Timothy to guard the gospel, and first tells him who supplies the strength to do it.
Sound Words as a Pattern
Paul calls doctrine a health issue, and he gave Timothy the pattern for staying well.
The Great Commission Has One Imperative
Go, baptize, and teach all serve a single command: make disciples.
Disciple Is a Noun Before It Is a Verb
Jesus did not say the disciple would know what his teacher knows.
The Verse Behind Everything We Do
Paul wrote 2 Timothy from a Roman prison, near the end of his life. Instead of defending his record, he gave Timothy a sentence about handing things off — and hid four generations inside it.