Everyday Disciple Podcast

"I'm too busy for all of that!" We hear this opposition to discipleship as a lifestyle more than any other. And as crazy as it sounds, Churches say the same thing. In this episode, Caesar asks the question: Are you too busy for discipleship? If you are honest, you may not be happy with your answer. Fear not! You'll get some help to get started, or re-started, regardless of where you're at today. In This Episode You’ll Learn: The true issue behind all of our perceived busyness. How discipleship is moving from "additional" to "intentional". The importance of growing in gospel-intentionality. Discipleship training that fits your life and schedule. Get started here… From this episode: "Sometimes we say we're too busy for discipleship or meaningful relationships in community, but then truth be known if we look at our calendar, we're spending way more time hanging out watching Netflix, watching sports, playing sports... Fill in the blank, all kinds of stuff. And we're not really that busy. It really is a motivational issue. It's a heart issue and a priority issue." Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please subscribe and leave an honest review for The Everyday Disciple Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them.   Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Free Download of the Big 3 For Episode #339 Discipleship training that fits your schedule  

Explore the history and relevance of missional living in the Church post-pandemic. Learn about challenges leaders face and the importance of integrating mission into daily life. Reflect on discipleship, making authentic connections, and actively engaging in disciple-making

Once upon a time, we had a wide world of socializing opportunities. But the COVID pandemic made many of our common social interactions dangerous, or legally impossible, shrinking our relational connections significantly. And some people enjoyed that change. In this episode, Caesar discusses how introverts and extroverts are engaging discipleship and mission differently as social restrictions have started to loosen up. In This Episode You’ll Learn: The true difference between introversion and extroversion. How spouses on opposite ends of this can better serve each other. How the culture has taught us to hide our self-love behind these distinctions. Practical ways to begin to re-engage in social life as restrictions lift. Get started here… From this episode: “It’s important to understand there are times when all of us feel more introverted and need to be alone or seek a quiet place. I seem to remember Jesus doing this from time to time. There are also times when even the most introverted among us go to parties, function socially, and have a good time. Again, Jesus did this pretty often as well. We all possess elements of both introversion and extroversion.” Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please subscribe and leave an honest review for The Everyday Disciple Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Free Download of the Big 3 For Episode #337 Coaching with Caesar and Tina in discipleship and missional living. Discipleship and Missional Resources  

How do we motivate people to develop a lifestyle of discipleship and mission beyond a weekly meeting? Learning how the Gospel changes our motivation is key! In this episode, Caesar continues his talk on Gospel Motivation and why what we truly believe will become evident by the work of our hands and the patterns of our lives. In This Episode You’ll Learn: Jesus’ commands to his potential disciples may surprise you. How to look at a leader’s life to see if they are motivated by the gospel. 3 crucial things you absolutely cannot make mature disciples without. Where we get the power to live with gospel motivation. Get started here… From this episode: “Jesus was serious about the cost of discipleship. But he was also clear about the benefits and results of living in light of the gospel of the Kingdom. Be aware of the subtle ways that disobedience, self-preference, and complacency creep into your heart and replace a gospel-motivation with a self-motivation.” I want to invite you to a powerful, free training and webinar… The Gospel in Everyday Life. Reserve your spot now! Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please subscribe and leave an honest review for The Everyday Disciple Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Free Training Seminar Caesar Offered: Gospel In Everyday Life Coaching with Caesar and Tina in discipleship and missional living. Discipleship and Missional Resources  

Life in a community on God's mission is messy. It just is. Lots of relational dynamics come into play… hopes, fears, preferences, etc. Things will get complicated when you have humans working together! In this episode, Caesar gives you 7 community relationship killers that you'll want to watch for and avoid. You're going to need this! In This Episode You’ll Learn: Why confidentiality is critical for a healthy community. How unspoken expectations undermine unity. How to deal with the "fixer" in your group. Ways that leaders set the tone and ethos for the community. Get started here… From this episode:` “If expectations stay unspoken, and probably everyone has their own... you’ll start to–or continue to–have conflicts and hurt feelings that go unaddressed. Without vision, values, and expectations about who we are, what we’re doing together, and WHY being discussed and agreed upon, you’re open to a lot of conflicts and unspoken hard feelings” Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please subscribe and leave an honest review for The Everyday Disciple Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Free Download of the Big 3 For Episode #334 Coaching with Caesar and Tina in discipleship and missional living. Free Discipleship and Missional Resources  

Are we hearing impaired when it comes to the voice of God? Could it be that what we believe and have labeled as relational, emotional, and spiritual problems are actually 'hearing' problems?  In this episode, Caesar shows us how to turn down the negative voices in our heads, dial in the authentic divine Voice, and listen intently. The voices you believe will determine the life you experience! In This Episode You’ll Learn: Ways to sort out all of the chatter coming your way each day. Why the voices you listen to shape your own voice in the world. How to apply the "Jesus filter" to everything you're hearing. Why listening prayer is so different from the ways we usually pray. Get started here… From this episode: “If you are listening to the Voice of love, hospitality, generosity, justice, and compassion, and hope – NOTHING in this whole world will be able to snatch you away – nothing will be able to knock you down, tear you up, turn you around – it simply can’t be done – because nothing can separate you from the grace and love of God through Jesus Christ who is Lord.” Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please subscribe and leave an honest review for The Everyday Disciple Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Free Download of the Big 3 For Episode #333 Coaching with Caesar and Tina in discipleship and missional living. Free Discipleship and Missional Resources  

Experiencing a diverse group of believers walking with and worshiping God together as a family is a beautiful thing. However, there will be obstacles to overcome for this to become a common reality. In this episode, Caesar walks through 7 challenges to greater cultural diversity that are facing the Church. Some of these are age-old; some of them are unique based on society today. In This Episode You’ll Learn: Diversity is not just about skin color or race. God has a diverse family–and not just on Sunday! Why the restoration of relationships is key to diversity in the Church. Steps to living a more diverse cultural experience together. Get started here… From this episode: “The Bible teaches that we've been given the ministry of reconciliation. Reconciliation is meant to repair relationships that are broken. It's about restoration. So when we talk about cultural diversity in the church and as the church–as God's family–that's what we're talking about. We're talking about a restoration to the way God created us to be and hopes for us to be together.” Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please subscribe and leave an honest review for The Everyday Disciple Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Free Download of the Big 3 For Episode #332 Coaching with Caesar and Tina in discipleship and missional living. Free Discipleship and Missional Resources  

With more Christians and churches doing home-based micro churches and neighborhood-focused expressions, it's fair to ask: how are we making people feel when they’re in our homes or anywhere with us? In this episode, Caesar and his wife, Tina, let you in on a recent coaching call where they discuss treating people like family–not like guests—and the powerful heart change that happens for us and others when we do. In This Episode You’ll Learn: How our language reveals our true hearts in this. God's desire is that we treat everyone like part of his family. Missional living is a beautiful, glorious mess! Examples of what this looks like in your home and elsewhere. Get started here… From this episode: “Life and community on mission are messy. But it's a beautiful mess. And just like we see people in messy situations differently when they're our family members than when they're not, once we start to see and treat everyone like part of the family, our heart response to this glorious mess shifts too. This is not the way we live because we're supposed to. We live this way and treat others this way because we get to.” Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please subscribe and leave an honest review for The Everyday Disciple Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Free Download of the Big 3 For Episode #331 Coaching with Caesar and Tina in discipleship and missional living. Free Discipleship and Missional Resources    

Most churches have a vision statement with values listed out that they've put a lot of work into creating. They might even have their people regularly stand and recite them. But is your vision compelling enough that people will give their lives to it? In this episode, Caesar gives you a radical understanding of how your vision and values can shape the mission of your church, community, or family. And he'll share a process for crafting a vision statement that will transform your ministry. In This Episode You’ll Learn: The way language creates culture within your church. How a compelling vision statement brings unity and movement. How your values and vision clarify your ministry model. A proven process and tool for creating a powerful vision statement. Get started here…   From this episode: “So often both values and vision statements within the church just sound like a doctrinal thesis. They're super uninspiring. Most people really don't understand what they mean and the not-yet believer would have no clue. "What's this about? Oh, weird, thick religiosity... or something with a lot of rules that sounds heavy to me.” Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started. Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others… Thanks for Listening! Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please subscribe and leave an honest review for The Everyday Disciple Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Free Download of the Big 3 For Episode #330 Coaching with Caesar and Tina in discipleship and missional living. Free Discipleship and Missional Resources    

It is becoming increasingly popular for churches to pioneer new models of "micro church". You may know them by various names, but these intentionally simple, streamlined expressions of the church are often small, volunteer-led, and casual. Could this be the answer for post-congregational Christians?In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar is joined by Gino Curcuruto, as they discuss these new micro church experiences. Are they all the same thing with different names, or are there real, important differences and goals behind each?In This Episode You’ll Learn:Not all of these newer expressions of the church are the same.Is a Missional Community a micro church?Why existing churches need to check their motives when beginning.The Top 3 priorities when starting a new "micro church".Get started here…From this episode:“A lot of the churches are saying, ‘Well our people aren't coming back… so we're going to start micro churches.’ And what they're doing is just basically their church service in their house. In fact, they're not really developing anybody. They're just, ‘Hey, turn on the live stream... And then maybe hang out afterward and have some food.’ I kind of like that aspect better, that's an upgrade from just sitting in pews in silence. And yet it still leaves people, unfortunately, just doing a church service in their homes.” Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started.Download today’s BIG 3 right now. Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others…Thanks for Listening!Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Join us on Facebook and take part in the discussion!If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below.Also, please subscribe and leave an honest review for The Everyday Disciple Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode:Free Download of the Big 3 For Episode #329The Table PhilidelphiaCoaching with Caesar and Tina in discipleship and missional living.Free Discipleship and Missional Resources