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dR. Doug Fagerstrom – Pastor, Professor and CEO talks about the culture surrounding Biblical discipleship

 

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How exactly DO you max-perform an organization? And what does discipleship have to do with that? Dr. Greg Campbell explains.

COMING IN APRIL

BEEN THERE – DONE THAT! Pastoral transitions coach Matt Davis talks about the rigors of being a Pastor

COMING IN April

Dennis is interviewed by US ARMY Ranger Hall-of-Famer, and pastor, Jeff StruEker on the “UNBEATABLE” podcast

COMING IN 2024

Dennis weighs in at “Crosspolitic” from Moscow, IDAHO on….politics, justice and discipleship!

COMING IN APRIL

Be Quiet And get yourselves together! What silence and unity means to discipleship

COMING IN APRIL

How do you live as a disciple in the manufacturing world? Doug Glenn, Editor of “Heat Treat Today” explains.

COMING IN May

How, exactly, do we disciple different people? The Nationalities, the Identities, the Politics. How?

COMING IN May

Membership and Mission trips – or a Higher Call? Gary Atchison unpacks his book

COMING IN May

DEBATE? OR DIALOG? The Founder of Sojourners, Reverend Jim Wallis confronts A fighter-pilot-turned- Capitalist about Wallis’ new book: “False White Gospel” 

COMING IN 2024

Life is tough! Despair is real. How do disciples deal with THAT? The host of “March or Die” has ideas…

COMING IN 2024

The “Unseminary” podcast: Rich Birch interviews Dennis about What Seminaries DON’T Teach about discipleship 

COMING IN 2024

Author, Pastor and Podcaster Dr. Barbara Brehon is a disciple-maker. We can learn a lot from her!

COMING IN 2024

Do disciples “arrive”? Or DOEs this climb KEEP going?

Dr. Gary Stratton explainS his new book “The Jesus Climb”

COMING March 28th: 
Dr. Doug Fagerstrom - Pastor, Professor and CEO 
talks about the culture surrounding 
Biblical discipleship

 

How exactly DO you max-perform 
an organization? And what does 
discipleship have to do with that? 
Dr. Greg Campbell explains.

Dr. Joe Debeljuh has a lot of experience 
with a lot of nationalities, in making 
disciples. He has ideas for us...

Dr. John Tolson, and the case for 
rethinking how the West does discipling!

It is tough to be a disciple. especially 
if you're an executive pastor! 
XP Gatherings Founder, Pastor Kevin Bugingo 
explains.

Pastor Thomas Ryder - Assistant Rector 
at Apostles Anglican in Knoxville, 
joins us to talk about the Discipling 
challenges facing Pastors

What's obstructing discipleship in the West? 
Twelve-time (wow) author of, recently, 
"Relationshift", Pastor Jim Putman explains

CNBC and Fox Financial commentator 
David Bahnsen talks about his 
new book: "Full Time" and the 
implications for discipleship

Part 2: Am I missing Something? 
Dr Dave Benson, with The London Institute 
for Contemporary Christianity can explain...

What's obstructing discipleship in the West? 
Twelve-time (wow) author of, recently, 
"Relationshift", Pastor Jim Putman explains

Is the job of Christian Education, well, 
education? Or perhaps...educated disciples? 
Dr. Mike Hardin, Provost of Samford University 
joins Dennis & Carmen LaBerge to scrimmage

Dennis briefs the Executive Pastor Network 
of Los Angeles - the "XP Gathering" - 
on the Disciple Dilemma facing the Church

Part 1: Am I missing Something? Dr Dave Benson, 
with the London Institute for 
Contemporary Christianity can explain...

Dr Warren Bird weighs in on 
his research and experience 
with Megachurches. Can we 
do discipleship that big?

Entrepreneur and disciple, 
Dave Hataj runs Edgerton gear. 

And makes disciples. Listen to this!

Lou Phillips, with the Center for Faith, 
Sexuality And Gender talks about 
discipleship and the tensions 
between faith & Modern sexuality

PART 2 of our interview with Faith Radio's 
Carmen Laberge..."With-ing", identity, and 
the intersection of Lordship and culture

Billy Hallowell, with The Washington Post 
talks with Dennis & Raymond about the cultural trends 
confronting discipleship in the West

Justin Gravitt Returns! 
A conversation about the rarity of 
discipleship in the west. Part 1 focuses 
on leadership and pastors.

Part 1: Radio Host, Theologian 
and Author Carmen Laberge Joins Us 
to talk about her book "Speak The Truth" 
and to explore the question 
"Is something Off with 
Western discipleship?"

Is there any connection between 
relationships and discipleship? Yes! 
BIOLA Professor and Psychologist 
Dr. Todd Hall explains.

Dr. Randy Newman, the C.S. Lewis Institute's 
Senior Fellow for Apologetics and Evangelism, 
talks about discipleship and the need to be 
able to question our faith

CHINA! WITH Dr. Tom Harvey: 
Author, Professor and the 
Dean of The Oxford Centre for 
Mission Studies talks about producing 
international PhD disciples, and the 
adventures of a missionary in China.

HEADWINDS IN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITIES? 
Dennis speaks to the Chief Academic Officers 
and Deans of Christian Schools and 
Seminaries...how the dilemma impacts 
higher education!

What's Jesus-Shaped Discipleship? 
What's a "Learning Community" and how 
does it promote discipling? 
3DM's Gina Mueller has an 
answer for that.

Narrow Gate is in the business of coaching 
pastors and leaders to be disciples.

Wait! Don't pastors already know how to do 
that? Let's talk with Founder Bill Lohnes 
and Reverend Mark Danzey to find out. 

Part One: Professor and Former Pastor John Marriott 
of Talbot School of Theology joins us to talk 
about deconversion and deconstruction! 
(What's that?)

WhY the decline in New England's churches? 
Dr. Jim Harrell, Founder of Overseed 
Ministries explains 

Strong Teams CEO Rodney Cox 
interviews Dennis about the challenges 
facing discipleship

Jim Kirkland, The Director of Christian 
Chaplains talkS about the roles of disciples 
as chaplains

With a focus on developing disciple 
makers, Dave Buehring explains the work 
of Lionshare

The Association for Biblical Higher 
Education has a Mission and the drive 
for discipleship! A conversation with 
their President, Dr. Philip Dearborn

Dietrich Bonhoeffer changed the way 
we think about leadership for disciples. 
Bill Hull made it a movement. 
Cindy Perkins, the COO of The Bonhoeffer 
Project explains.

The headlines and the deportment 
of a disciple: deny, despair or what? 
Attorney and apologist Max Jeganathan 
joins us from Australia to discuss.

Part 2 of our conversation with 
Professor and Author Rick Lints: 
What does THAT Mean: 
Unity in Diversity?

Can you actually plan for discipleship?
Yes.
Jarrod Spalding, of Vision Partners 
explains how.

For the love of God! How does that affect 
discipleship? Dr. Nathan Wagnon, of 
The Eden Project explains

This conversation is right up the centerline 
of The Disciple Dilemma! Crossroads 
Church founding pastor Ken Adams - 
who also founded Impact Discipleship 
Ministries wants to talk about the real 
mission of every church...DISCIPLES!

Leadership coach Adam Tarnow 
talks about the leverage of 
leaders in making disciples 
and making cultures supporting 
discipleship

 The Cecil B. Day Foundation has 
been supporting and accelerating the 
work of Christ, especially in 
discipleship in New England 
for many years. 

Introduced by Professor Tom 
Woodward, Dennis presented 
the Keynote on Discipleship 
at Trinity College 
Chapel on April 3rd.

Introduced by Professor Joe
Alotta, Dennis presented 
concluding remarks on 
Discipleship at Trinity 
College Chapel on April 6th.

 

Dr. Curtis Chang, of 
Redeeming Babel, and The 
Good Faith podcast joins 
Dennis & Raymond to talk 
about biblical discipling
...in his church

Professor Chuck Lawless 
From Southeastern Baptist 
Theological Seminary comes 
on The Dilemma to talk 
about the obstacles facing 
Western discipling

Cherie Harder, President of
 The Trinity Forum joins 
Dennis & Raymond to talk 
about disciples, 
statesmanship and civil 
discourse.

Author and Journalist Brandon 
Flanery Joins Dennis & Raymond to 
talk about his "Ex-vangelical" journey

Part 1: Raymond interviews his friend 
- Author, Apologist and Professor Rick 
Lints about disciples 
in a diverse culture

Professor, Podcaster, Apologist 
and Author Sean McDowell 
talks about the relationship 
between apologetics and a disciple, plus his latest books

Mike Sherrard, President of the 
C.S. Lewis Society is live with 
Dennis from Atlanta to talk about
 Society, discipleship 
and apologetics

If you want to hear a concise and 
practical explanation about being
 a disciple maker. Emergency Room
 Physician, Doctor Mike Shaffner,
 talks about becoming a disciple, 
teaming up with other disciples 
and making disciples. A terrific
 interview!

Nick Westbrook, Entrepreneur and 
Christ Follower talks with Dennis
 & Raymond about "Shepherd 
Leadership" in discipleship.

Dr. Roger Parrott, President of 
Belhaven University joins Dennis 
and Raymond to discuss the role
 of leadership in getting 
results and avoiding a planning 
morass - using the concepts in 
his new book "Opportunity 
Leadership". Then Dr. Parrott 
talks about leadership's role 
in discipling in Christian 
higher education.

How does discipleship differ in 
Eastern  Europe from its American 
counterpart? How do businesses 
and the academies regard 
Christianity in Poland and 
Croatia? Andrzej Zabolotny from
 Warsaw Poland, and Nolan Sharp 
from Zagreb, Croatia discuss 
culture, identity, technology, 
relationships and most 
importantly, making disciples.

Minority Report - Discipleship for
Protestants on the Balkan Peninsula 

Pastor Tash Edwards PART 1 - "An 
Aussie talks about discipling 
Brits with an American"

Tash Edwards PART 2 - "An Aussie 
talks about discipling Brits with 
an American"

Minority Report - Discipleship for
 Protestants on the Balkan Peninsula 

Os Guinness and "The Great Quest"

Culture - Capitalism - Christianity: 
Are They Compatible?

Justin Gravitt: Leadership's role in
effective discipleship

Discipling Our Kids! With Fortune 100 
Engineer & Mom Barbara Allyn

Jesus and Manufacturing. Wait...
What IS that? Dr. Tony Schmitz

Do we need a Do-Over in Discipleship?
A conversation with pastor, author and
educator Dr. Michael Easley, the
8th President of Moody Bible Institute

A Life Well Lived: The faith, service
 and humility of Queen Elizabeth II, 
Reflections of Os Guinness

Disciples - Distortions and 
Distractions: How Should We Live?
With Professor Phil Cary about 
his book 
"Good News For Anxious Christians"

Mike Henry, Sr. the Founder of 
"Follower of One" joins Raymond 
and Dennis to talk about being 
faithful to Christ in our workaday 
world. How do you do that? What 
does it look like? Follower of One is 
a marketplace discipling program 
worthy of a look - and a listen here!

From Pittsburgh - the national broadcast 
of HOPE TODAY hosts Dennis to talk 
about The Disciple Dilemma

A Pastor Confesses: "It is hard!"
Podcaster, pastor and author Tony 
Miltenberger joins Dennis to describe 
the life of a contemporary pastor

Dennis is interviewed about his new book
"The Disciple Dilemma" by Gary Lane 
on CBN's news show "The Global Lane"

What should we expect of leaders in
discipling? Who qualifies as a leader? 
For that matter, who's a disciple? 
A wonderful live conversation 
with Randy Robison on his Life 
Today broadcast from 
Fort Worth, Texas.

(Get out the popcorn,....)
Talking about the world of modern 
discipleship on Current FM 103.7 
with the Founder and CEO of 
Coming Soon Jesus,Mr. Duke White,
 Jr. A two-hour radio show! 

FrontStage/BackStage - Changing 
the discipleship culture in your
church. Jason Daye interviews Dennis
about the reason we need to rethink 
and reform the culture of discipling 
in most churches - and the challenges 
in doing just that!

Recession - Inflation - War?

Scott McLeod, President of Brown 
Financial Advisory joins Dennis to
 talk about how disciples should 
think - and live - in times of 
recessions, inflation, wars 
and turbulence. 

The Disciple Dilemma,
on the "Dare 2 Hear" podcast, 
with Debbie Kitterman. Let's talk 
about how the dilemma affects 
churches, and how leaders are 
called to get us back on track - 
to Jesus's version of discipling. 

Author, Attorney and Apologist Simon
Edwards Part 2: How can a Christian
possibly be a capitalist? What 
does Christ expect of his followers
in the marketplace? How does 
meaning and purpose apply to my work
 and my identity? 

Join the host of Focus Today - 
Perry Atkinson, CEO of Dove 
Networks as Dennis & Perry talk 
about the dilemma facing corporate
America - and Western discipleship

Part 1: A conversation with Simon 
Edwards, author of "The Sanity of 
Belief" and an Apologist with the 
Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics 
- about ethics, meaning - 
how leaders shape and develop 
disciples in vocations, worldviews
 and in discipleship itself

What's wrong with Christianity? 
What's a "NONE"? What's an "Un-done
None"? Leaders - you need to hear 
this! Get ready for an honest and 
frank download with someone who 
walked away from organized 
Christianity, and one who came 
back.

Join "Follower of One" hosts Mike
Henry and Roger Courville 
interviewing Dennis Allen, the 
author of The Disciple 
Dilemma

Let's talk to two missionary leaders
about discipleship and the challenges
leaders of disciples face "over there":
Melanie Rogers, with Campus 
Outreach SERVE - and Meredith 
Elder with SERGE - both discipling
 teams of missionaries globally. 

Meet Dr. Kateryna "S" - a follower
 of Christ - a political scholar 
- and a Ukrainian. 
What's it like being a disciple - in a war?

What are the challenges for disciples 
- who are also pastors?  There are a lot! 
Reverend Chris Bear, Pastor of Reston 
Presbyterian Church, and Dr. Larry 
Thompson, Pastor Emeritus of 1st 
Baptist Fort Lauderdale talk about the 
dilemma with Dennis and Raymond

Part 1: What is art, and why does it
have anything to do with discipleship? 
A conversation with Cory Bonnet of 
New Vision Studio.

Part 2: What is art, and why does it
have anything to do with discipleship? 
A conversation with Cory Bonnet of 
New Vision Studio. 
See examples of the work of 
Cory Bonnet and hear his ideas 
about discipleship and the art 
that resulted from his 
understanding and obedience.

Part 1 - What does it look like and
live like, to be a disciple in the
Christian music industry? 
A conversation with Songwriter 
and Performer Jeremy Casella.

Part 2: What are the trends in 
Christian music that affect 
disciples, in the pews and in 
the studio? Who are your mentors?
Join Jeremy Casella in Part 2 as 
we explore "What's it like in 
there?".

Part 1: Air Force Major General
Jack Catton (Retired) joins
Dennis and Raymond to talk
about leadership: who leaders
are, what makes them leaders
and interestingly, how all
this fits into discipleship.

Part 2: Air Force Major General Jack Catton
(Retired) talks about the cost of being a 
disciple - and the role Christian leaders 

must play no matter that cost.

Part 1: What's It Like Over There?
Is discipleship on the mission 
field a cakewalk, or a costly thing?
And where is the mission field 
anyway? Listen as "Lynn" and "Dr. 
Kate" talk about life as a disciple
on the mission field - overseas 
and in the academies.

Part 2: What’s It Like
Over There? What happened
to the men that used to
be on the mission field?
What’s it like to be a
disciple in the academies?

Part 1: Women - Discipleship & 
Sexual Brokenness: Listen as 
Ashley Chesnut, Author of "It's 
Not Just You" - talks about a 
disciple's hope in Christ 
confronting and breaking free 
from sexual brokenness....and 
particularly, how Christian 
leaders MUST be "trauma informed" 
to listen, understand and engage 
in the fight supporting our 
sisters - disciples.

Part 2: Women - Discipleship & 
Sexual Brokenness: Ashley Chesnut,
Author of "It's Not Just You" 
continues her talk about a 
disciple's hope in Christ....
and particularly, how Christian 
leaders MUST be "trauma informed" 
to listen, understand and engage 
in the fight supporting our 
sisters - disciples.

Part 1: Greg & Stacey's story. 
What is sexual brokenness? 
How does sexual brokenness affect 
discipleship? What can 
discipleship do to free men from 
sexual brokenness? How are wives 
and friends affected?

Part 2: Am I a sexual addict? 
Why is Christian community 
important in this fight? 
What should Christians do to 
combat our own brokenness, fight
urges to look at porn or to help 
others in this fight?

The Disciple Dilemma Live: "You 
can't stay in the locker room! 
Modern discipleship, holed up 
inside the walls of the church - 
not Christ's way. Get out there 
- with the hope. Live at Reston 
Presbyterian Church 

The Disciple Dilemma Live: Where 
to from here? What can we learn 
(and unlearn) about discipleship 
in examining Christ's directives? 
Live at Reston Presbyterian Church

What's it like over there? A disciple, 
in the entertainment industry? 
What are the challenges for a 
disciple who works as a musician 
in the entertainment industry?

The pressures of a Pastor - what's 
that like?  Listen to two tentmaker
 Pastors - John & Debbie Kitterman
 tell about the challenges, 
pressures and opportunities in 
discipling people today 
from the perspective of a Pastor. 

Discipling Stories from a Fortune 100 
Executive in his new book "Discipled Leader". 
Preston Poore talks with us from Atlanta.

The Disciple Dilemma Live: 
Is there a problem with modern 
discipleship? A look at the 
symptoms and issues surrounding 
The Disciple Dilemma.  
Live at Reston Presbyterian Church

The Disciple Dilemma Live: When 
they tried to "upgrade" 
discipleship Jesus taught.... 
Not good. The subtle shift in 
discipling - from V1.0 
(Jesus's way) to a hacked V2.0 
amping up the dilemma today. 
Live at Reston Presbyterian Church

What is discipleship? 
And what do disciples do? Melanie 
Rogers, Director of International 
Mission Strategy at Campus 
Outreach SERVE explains..

The symptoms of The Disciple Dilemma

A Two-Minute Depiction

Highlights: Leadership is 
responsible for discipling....
but probably not the way you may 
think it is...listen as 
Dr. Raymond Monroe explains... 

What is discipleship? 
And what do disciples do? Melanie 
Rogers, Director of International 
Mission Strategy at Campus 
Outreach SERVE explains..