Following God // S12E05

Join us in todays episode as we welcome Pastor Renaldo Brown, a friend and teacher of Shea’s at MCBS as he shares his experience as a discipler and the wisdom he has gained from it. What should our relationships with the other member of our discipleship relationships even look life? When we are the discipler or the disciplee… How do we effectively orient these relationships on honoring God instead of man and loving our brothers and sisters in the Church?

Guest Info:

Pastor Renaldo Brown is the GGWO (Greater Grace World Outreach) Missions Pastor and Shea’s Discipleship Professor at MBCS

Verses from Discipleship: When It Works and When It Doesn’t:

Matthew 16:23, Mark 3:12-14, John 1:14, 2 Corinthians 3:2, John 15:15, Luke 2, Psalm 17:3, Galatians 6:1, Philippians 4:8

Quotes from today’s episode:

“That’s the definition I give for discipleship, it’s a divine appointment… God bringing two people together in a divine appointment, a cataclysmic connection… a divine intervention that is personal. We have to get our hands dirty and be with people!”

Pastor Renaldo Brown, The Pantry Podcast, Discipleship: When It Works and When It Doesn’t

“I have kind of a continuum for how you lead into a discipleship relationship: The first step is love. If you lay a foundation of love, you can say anything to anybody. If there is no love, you can tell them the absolute truth and they will burn you down to the ground. …You’re not gonna just go in there and wave your magic bible around and fix them… but if you demonstrate that you really love them… you can say the hard words”

Pastor Renaldo Brown, The Pantry Podcast, Discipleship: When It Works and When It Doesn’t

Topical Timeline:

00:15 – Intro

01:38 – Pastor Renaldo

04:27 – When did it start?

10:01 – Getting our hands dirty

11:05 – Bringing others along

13:35 – Best Practices

17:17 – Organic & Natural

24:05 – Correct Vision and Tension

28:04 – The Right Perspective

36:17 – Focusing on the wrong…

38:34 – Professors

40:20 – Poking the Bear

43:15 – The encourager, not the corrector

47:12 – The Discipler can’t fix everything

49:01 – Conclusion

50:08 – Outro