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This episode pushes into the tension many practitioners feel: should you aim at making disciples, starting churches, or both? Mark and Dave argue that what you aim for is usually what you reproduce, so vague language creates vague outcomes. They unpack why disciple-making without a church pathway often stalls before leadership, and why church planting without disciple-making DNA creates gatherings...

Most disciple-making training fails because people hear the content but never see it lived. In this episode, Mark and Dave unpack why information alone does not create competent disciple-makers, and why most people need reps, "withness," accountability, and temporary incompetence. The two-church model gives ordinary believers a way to learn church by participating in one gathering while...

Most of us don’t mean to read the New Testament backwards, but we often start with Paul’s conclusions before we understand the story he was living inside. In this episode, Mark and Dave show how the Gospels and Acts give the framework, while the letters make more sense when they are placed back into the movement story. You’ll hear why this changes how you read Galatians, Romans, disciple-making, c...

Most discipleship stalls because people only see the lesson, not the life behind it. In this episode, Mark, Dave, and Marcus unpack what happened when a group of young disciples joined a real ministry trip from New York City to Connecticut and the deepest formation happened in the car. You’ll learn why shared rhythms, relational margin, and doing ministry together reveal questions that scheduled m...

What if disciple-making is not mainly something you add to your calendar, but something you learn to do with people in the normal flow of life? In this episode, Mark and Dave unpack the rhythms of multiplying leaders by looking at Jesus, Levi, business deliveries, prayer at Topgolf, and the subtle power of “withness.” You’ll hear why classroom teaching alone can’t form disciple-makers and why real...

Most Bible studies teach people to understand a passage. Scripture deep dives train leaders to see patterns, solve problems, and follow the way of Jesus in real life. In this episode, Chuck Wood, Dave Miller, and Mark unpack why reading large chunks of Scripture together can shift paradigms faster than another polished teaching session. You’ll hear how deep dives help leaders move from passive lis...

Most discipleship conversations get stuck on tools, but this episode pushes deeper: what kind of person are you becoming? Mark and Dave walk through Acts 2:36–47 and show how the first church was formed by a simple pattern of identity, devotion, and overflow. The punch is clear: you do not build multiplying disciples by tacking spiritual tasks onto a busy life, you become the kind of person whose...

Most leaders want to see lost people become disciple-makers, but the gap between desire and action gets fuzzy fast. In this episode, Mark and Dave name the two biggest barriers: not knowing where to start and not knowing what to do next. They push back on the fear that a “lost to leader” pathway is too mechanical and show why clarity actually helps you stay steady when people get messy, distracted...

Most believers say Scripture is central, but in real life, experience often ends up calling the shots. In this episode, Dave and Mark unpack why disciple-making pathways are not invented from scratch, but discovered from the Word of God and lived out in real places like work, school pickup, business, and everyday relationships. They use the Wesleyan Quadrilateral, Scripture, tradition, reason, and...

What if your biggest disciple-making problem is not failure, but aiming at "success" and getting something different than how Jesus defines it? In this episode, Mark and Dave unpack why a production mindset can quietly turn people into projects and push us to “innovate our way out of success.” They show how Jesus defines success through time, transformation, relationship, and reproduced...

Your job is not in the way of your calling. In this episode, Mark and Dave unpack why work, business, family, neighborhood, and mission were never meant to live in separate compartments. They show how your workplace may not just fund ministry, but become one of the main places God has already given you access for the gospel. If you have ever felt torn between making a living and making disciples,...

Good tools matter. But tools alone rarely lead to real multiplication. In this episode, Mark and Dave unpack what often gets missed between solid training and lasting fruit: seeing disciple-making lived up close, inside real habits, real relationships, and real ministry rhythms. They debrief the recent New York Covo Immersion and show why people don’t just need better content. They need withness,...

Most disciple-making gets stuck because people hear a lot or train through tools but rarely see a life they can actually imitate. In this episode, Mark breaks down why Jesus didn’t mainly train through more explanation, but through withness, exposure, and real obedience in motion. He shows how immersion clears the fog, builds courage, and helps normal believers picture what following Jesus can act...

Chuck Wood joins Mark and Dave for one of the more honest conversations the H3X podcast has had. Three movement guys sitting with a hard question: are we pursuing a movement of the gospel, or have we made movements the gospel? Chuck, Mark, and Dave each share their own burnout stories and what God had to do in their hearts before the work could become something sustainable. The conversation lands...

A viral story out of New York shows an NYPD chief in full dress uniform jumping a fence and running toward a suspected bomb threat. Most people see a heroic moment. But that moment didn’t start there. In this episode we unpack why leaders don’t magically rise to the occasion. They fall to the level of their habits. The instincts that show up under pressure are built long before the pressure arrive...

Everyone wants multiplication fast. But the people who last in disciple-making learn something different. In this episode, Mark and Dave talk about why most leaders burn out chasing one-year results and how long obedience through habits and rhythms actually produces multiplication. If you want to stay faithful in ministry for decades instead of flaming out in a few years, this conversation will re...

Most movements stall because they skip the tribe. We talk about personal faith and global mission. Private devotion and citywide impact. But the layer in between, the tribe, is where movements actually take root. Tribes are networks of households living the same way, reinforcing shared identity, and making obedience normal instead of exceptional. In this episode, we unpack the sociology and biblic...

Most disciple-makers don’t quit. They just scatter their energy. In this episode, we name the two hidden barriers that quietly stall multiplication and show you how to break through them in the places you already live, work, and play. You’ll learn how to stop chasing random opportunities and start stewarding real networks over time. If you’ve felt the tension between intention and traction, this c...

You want multiplication, but your calendar keeps producing events. Mark and Dave argue the issue is not vision, it is the daily patterns quietly shaping what people actually become. They show how Jesus built movements by embedding repeatable practices into ordinary life, not by running bigger gatherings. If you feel stuck between strong intention and weak follow through, this conversation will giv...

Gen Z will talk about Jesus all day and still disappear tomorrow. In this episode, we name the tension leaders keep running into: real spiritual openness paired with zero follow-through. We unpack what we’re seeing on the ground in New York and Oklahoma City, why ghosting isn’t just annoying but formative, and how digital-first relationships are warping discipleship. If you’re trying to move peopl...

Most disciples don’t struggle with belief. They struggle with starting the conversation. In this episode, Mark breaks down the Conversation Box, a simple, repeatable way to move from small talk to real gospel conversations without being awkward or needing to be a natural evangelist. If you’ve ever thought “I wouldn’t know what to say next,” this gives you handles you can actually use this week. Th...

Most leaders don’t fail because they’re lazy. They miss their goals because they’re unfocused. In this episode, we break down in 19 minutes how to choose the one or two activities that actually move the work forward, based on the phase you’re in right now. If 2026 already feels busy but not effective, this will snap things into focus fast. Join the Signal Group: To connect with others living the c...

Most leaders don’t need more content, they need a place to actually practice the way of Jesus with other people. In this episode, Dave breaks down how a weekly dinner-table “community of practice” is forming disciples through a year-long, chronological walk through the Gospels. You’ll hear the simple structure, why it’s working, and how shared practice (not polished teaching) is producing real own...

When culture feels chaotic and leadership decisions feel heavy, the church doesn’t need new strategies—it needs to recover an ancient precedent. In this episode, Mark and Dave call leaders back to the New Testament pattern of the Word of God, the Spirit of God, and the community of God working together to discern the way forward. Using Acts 15 as a case study, they show how the early church resist...

In this episode we unpack Nehemiah’s CFC—Commitment, Focus, and Consistency—and why it remains one of Scripture’s most practical leadership models. Through the story of rebuilding Jerusalem’s wall in just 52 days, they reveal how clarity is forged through prayer, responsibility attracts resources, and disciplined focus outpaces raw passion. This conversation challenges leaders who feel overwhelmed...