The Daily Discipleship Podcast

Lessons from Acts 18 - Work and Witness

Sometimes ministry support needs to be supplemented by work outside of ministry activities.  This is often called bi-vocation.  From time to time, the Apostle Paul even supplemented his ministry so that multiplication could happen resulting in a movement.  From ministry to multiplication to movement - that is our prayer, that is our goal. 

Lessons from Acts 18, part 2 - The Multiplication of Disciplemaking

In this episode we witness the multiplication of disciplemakers through the life of Priscilla and Aquila into the life of Apollos and the spread from there.  We will also discuss the role of women and our need to know how to reason, to provide a good apologia for the Gospel.
NOTE:  this broadcast ends abruptly at the end as a technical difficulty cut the mic.  Pick up in Chapter 18, part 3 for the conclusion. 

Lessons from Acts 18, part 3 - The Multiplication of Disciplemakers, continued

Acts 18, part 2 ended abruptly due to a technical crash, today's episode concludes the chapter, seeing the establishment of Apollos as another very capable communicator of the Gospel.  We also noted how Priscilla and Aquila instructed Apollos from their home...an example to us to open our homes for disciplemaking purposes.

Lessons from Acts 19 - Empowerment, Imposters, Problems

In this episode we cover the first 10 verses of Acts 19 and see how God sent His Holy Spirit to the believers in Ephesus, marking and verifying the power of the Gospel in what was then known as Asia - now modern day Turkiye (Turkey).  Verse 10 indicates that all the Jews and Greeks living in the Province of Asia heard the Gospel...powerful!  A key question we ask out of this is how we get along with believers whose theological positions may be somewhat different than ours?

Lessons from Acts19 - part 2, Pure Holy Spirit Power & The Problem with Phonies

Acts 19:11-20 records the unique Holy Spirit power given to the Apostle Paul.  While we might not have the same gifting given to us, we can certainly aspire to exercise the same faith - asking God to do great things.  We must be careful, though, of being phonies because sometimes terrible things happen to those who fake it in Jesus' name.  In the midst of it all, God can use the pure and God can use the phony for the spread of His own glory and fame.

Lessons from Acts 19 - part 3 - Capitalism & Christ

The concern for money generated by the production of idols guised in concern for the goddess Artemis led to a riot in Ephesus. The message of Christ was impacting their money and they didn't like it. We can't serve both God and money.

Lessons from Acts 20 - Disciplemakers Don’t Travel Alone

Paul had a large entourage who traveled with him.  They were people who wanted more of Gospel partnership.  A key to effective disciplemaking is that a disciplemaker doesn't travel alone.  Disciplemaking spreads to the those responsible for the care and nurture of the church - the elders. 

Lessons from Acts 21 - Disciplemaking Results in Deep Meaningful Relationships

Disciplemaking is relationship building.  When we invest our lives in others by helping them grow in Christ, deep meaningful relationships result.  Following Christ as a disciple can also be costly, as we will begin to see in this chapter.