Earlier this year I had the strangest and maybe most powerful experience of my life. The story actually starts 11 years ago. October 2006, A Dream On October 16, 2006, I had the most vivid dream of my life. The dream had three scenes. In the Scene 1, I was traveling through the countryside. It […]
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If You Want People to Grow Spiritually, Quit Telling them to Study the Bible
I love to study the Bible but recently my Bible study led me to a surprising conclusion: We should quit telling people to study the Bible, and start telling them to meditate on and delight in it. This is what happened. I was teaching a class on how to study the Bible and in preparation […]
3 Reasons Why You Should Stop Doing 1-On-1 Discipleship
I’ve quit doing one-on-one discipleship and so should you. Let me tell you why. First, let me explain that I used to love doing one-on-one discipleship and I did it for years. I’ve taught on how to do it across the United States and in other countries. I even co-authored a great one-on-one discipleship book […]
The Best Small Group Curriculum
By Jim Egli on February 22, 2013 in Discipleship, Pray, Small Group Leader Resources, Small Group Meetings, Small Group Pastor
Over the past 35 years I have used lots of great books and curriculum in leading small groups and discipleship groups—some of them written by me. Thinking of all of the good material I have used, my favorite small group curriculum now is The Good & Beautiful God, by James Bryan Smith. My friend small group […]
My Favorite Small Group Curriculum
By Jim Egli on September 22, 2012 in Discipleship, Pray, Small Group Leader Resources, Small Group Meetings, Small Groups
My favorite small group curriculum right now, the one I find myself recommending over and over to small group leaders, is Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Haley Barton. I love it. It’s a six-session DVD curriculum on how to connect with God through simple spiritual disciplines. There are two reasons I love it so much. First, the […]
Slow Down (and Accomplish More)
Last Sunday evening I visited our church’s School of Kingdom Ministry which is a weekly three-hour program that trains people in supernatural ministry like healing and prophecy. As usual, the first half of the class was teaching and the second half was practice. At the end of the teaching portion of the class I spoke […]
Discipleship thru Mini-Groups
How do you release spiritual growth in small groups? How do you help people move through barriers into the fullness that God has for them in Jesus? A big part of this is mini-groups. I love small groups and I also love mini-groups. What is a mini-group? It’s two to four guys or two to […]