The Disciple Dilemma Podcast

Apologetics Inc speaker Alycia Wood talks about how disciples are to relate, care for and offer the reason for the hope Christ gave all of us. Alycia's work for and with parents is especially useful in the latter part of our podcast: 00:00 - 03:48 Introduction 03:49 - 04:57 About Apologetics Inc 04:58 - 06:58 Different Identities & Worldviews, In Relationships 06:59 - 08:23 Getting to Kno...

Disciple, Husband, Dad, New York times Columnist and Constitutional lawyer David French joins Dennis, Carmen LaBerge and Raymond Monroe to talk about the underlying fear and animosity crippling discipleship in churches. 00:00 - 03:05 Intro 03:06 - 08:05 How It All Began 08:06 - 10:15 Not Everyone, But 10:16 - 15:20 The PCA "Cancel" #discipleship #disciplemaking #newyorktimes #christianle...

Sheluyang "Yang" Peng is a fourth generation "PK" (Pastors' kid) living in Brooklyn. He's been published in top Christian and secular thought periodicals (Comment, Unherd, Tablet, American Affairs, Plough). Oh, and he's in Seminary, a Chinese church translator and writing books.  (Wow) Today he's talking about discipleship, with Dennis and Carmen on The Disc...

Is discipleship a problem of defective knowledge? Poor preaching? Lazy Christians? Or have we been hacked? The Crosspolitic Gang talks to Dennis Allen from Moscow, Idaho. Join us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

Author, Activist and the Executive Director of The Center for Faith & Justice, Reverend Jim Wallis, in his office at Georgetown University talks deeply about discipleship and our lives as servants of Christ. 00:00 - 00:50 Chapter 1 : Opening  00:51 - 09:23 Chapter 2 : Economics and Theology  09:24 - 10:55 Chapter 3 : Male, Pale, Straight, Stale! 10:56 - 16:49 Chapter 4 : Jim's Story, Teen...

The Publisher and Owner of "Heat Treat Today" Magazine, Doug Glenn, joins Raymond and Dennis to discuss the life of a disciple in the regular workforce. What's that like and how to do it? 00:00 - 03:12: Introduction 03:13 - 06:49: People, Community & Disciples 06:50 - 10:40: Church Silos Stifling Disciples 10:41 - 20:55: Discipleship, Work, The Mission 20:56 - 23:36: Closing #di...

Dennis presents impacts and the deconstruction of The Disciple Dilemma on Western Christianity's Seminaries and Universities at The Bible Institute of Zagreb's International Discipleship Conference, April, 2024 Join us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, blogs and more conversation about the "hack" facing Western discipleship!

Writer, Author and Poet Aryana Petrosky joins us to talk about how silence is a missing essential of disciples. And the path toward unity in Christ and healing the rifts goes right through that silence! 00:00 - 02:44 Introduction 02:45 - 04:21 What is "The After Party"? 04:22 - 06:15 A Disciple as a Writer and Poet 06:16 - 09:58 Silence as Practice and History 09:59 - 15:33 The Rarity of...

Former Megachurch Pastor Matt Davis, now the President of Pastoral Transitions joins us to lay out the battles and challenges Pastors face every week - and how leadership ought to regard that! 00:00 - 01:52 Chapter 1: Meet Matt Davis 01:53 - 04:16 Chapter 2: Real Life, of a Pastor 04:17 - 06:27 Chapter 3: The Enigma of Being "Liked" 06:28 - 10:10 Chapter 4: Counsel for Young Pastors 10:1...

Dr. Doug Fagerstrom has been a CEO, a Seminary President, a Pastor, Author and now is the Senior Fellow for Discipleship at The CEO Forum. He's got some terrific insight into building "succession" and leadership around discipleship! 00:00 - 02:31 Chapter 1: Opening 02:32 - 05:41 Chapter 2: Credentials and Counsel 05:42 - 06:54 Chapter 3: The Ethos of Leaders 06:55 - 10:17 Chapter 4:...

How can a disciple help max-perform an organization? Well, it begins with the disciple! Dr. Greg Campbell, formerly the #2 Law Enforcement Office for the United States talks about his new book: "Developing You, Eleven Transformative Practices of Self-Development & Emotional Intelligence" 00:00 - 00:48 Chapter 1: Opening Clips 00:49 - 08:22 Chapter 2: Introduce Dr. Campbell 08:23 - 10...

When Jesus told us to go make disciples to all nationalities, some people decided to live it out by getting up and going! Dr. Josip "Joe" Debeljuh joins us to talk about being a disciple who happens to have Missionary as his day job. Joe understands the dilemma facing the Church in discipling, and he and his wife Kelly are doing something about that.  00:00 - 03:40 Chapter 1: Meet Joe 03...

NBA and NFL Sports Chaplain Dr. John Tolson joins us to talk about the core of it all: Making Disciples Who Make Disciples. Dr. Tolson is the Founder of The Tolson Group, the Author of "The 4 Priorities" a former Pastor, a Husband, Father/Grandfather and an Alumnus of L'Abrie under Dr. Francis Schaeffer.  (Note from Dennis: "If I could drive two hours and get to this guy I woul...

The Founder of XP Gathering Network, Kevin Bugingo joins Raymond and Dennis to talk about the personal, strategic and discipling challenges facing Executive Pastors specifically, and Pastors in general. Kevin is also an Executive Pastor at Discovery Church in Moreno Valley, CA - and a business executive and husband, parent and podcaster! 00:00 - 02:29 Chapter 1: Introduction 02:30 - 13:30 Chapter...

Pastor Thomas Ryden, with Apostles Anglican Church joins Dennis and Raymond to talk about discipleship, millennials and the lives of pastors today:  00:00-02:28 Chapter 1: Introduction (And Star Wars) 02:29-04:16 Chapter 2: Discipled in high school and college 04:17-05:25 Chapter 3: College friends now ex-vangelicals 05:26-09:09 Chapter 4: Seminary graduates leaving their pastoral roles 09:10-13:5...

The Founder of XP Gathering, Kevin Bugingo joins Raymond and Dennis to talk about the personal, strategic and discipling challenges facing Executive Pastors specifically, and Pastors in general. Kevin is also an Executive Pastor at Discovery Church in Moreno Valley, CA - and a business executive and husband, parent and podcaster! 00:00 - 02:29 Chapter 1: Introduction 02:30 - 13:30 Chapter 2: Life...

Dr. Dave Benson, of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity returns for Part 2 of "Whole Life Discipleship". Dave, along with co-host Carmen LaBerge join Dennis to talk about discipling leadership's roles, the state of discipleship in the West, and how to change the "game" of disciple-making.  00:00 - 01:18 Chapter 1: Introduction 01:19 - 06:46 Chapter 2: Leader...

If you're looking for a couch potato session - RUN from this episode! David Bahnsen, a regular on  CNBC and Fox Financial, as well as the Founder and Managing Director of The Bahnsen Group brings his new book "Full Time: Work and the Meaning of Life" to The Disciple Dilemma. Do we really understand how God intended disciples to work? 00:00 - 01.35 Chapter 1 Introduction 01:36 - 02:4...

Jim Putman on The Disciple Dilemma: Much of western discipleship has migrated into learning facts, doing activities, and checking off membership in a church.  Is that all there is to discipleship?   Is it possible we have our priorities backward from the way we do church, to the way we train our pastors and seminaries?  Who might be qualified to talk to those kinds of questions?  If you wanted the...

Is the Academy first and foremost fact infusion? Or is it the development of the whole-life of a person? Join the Provost of Samford University, Dr. Mike Hardin as he, Dennis & Carmen LaBerge probe the most foundational of questions in Christian Higher Education: INTRODUCTION: Dennis introduces Dr. Mike Hardin  CHAPTER 1: See Dennis forget to tape the show! (Thanks for the assist Carmen) CHAPT...

XP Gatherings - the Executive Pastor Gathering Network, in Los Angeles hosts Dennis on a virtual coffee break to talk about the challenges of Western Christianity, and how Pastors are the key....but NOT the sole "doer" for reforming discipleship: - What the symptoms are - Is NOT the cause - What now? #discipleship #executivepastor #leadership Join us at The Disciple Dilemma for videos, b...

For a lot of Western Christians, discipleship equals church. Is that Jesus's discipleship? Not exactly. Dr. Dave Benson, of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity wants to talk about what's missing in modern discipling, and offer real-world examples of what IS a disciple's life and community. Dave Benson is a pastor, professor and church planting discipler. He joins Denn...

Dr. Warren Bird, a Pastor, a Church Planter, [prolific!] Author and recognized megachurch researcher joins Dennis and Faith Radio's Carmen LaBerge to talk about the key challenges facing large churches in the years ahead. Spoiler alert: the challenges are in discipleship. - Why do we need an ECFA? (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) - How could Warren Bird possibly have written...

How will America rebuild its domestic manufacturing power if work is derided and the tradecrafts are deemed "less worthy" pursuits? And what does all that have to do with discipleship? Dr. Dave Hataj, President of Edgerton Gear joins Raymond and Dennis to talk brilliantly about the disciple's calling in our duty of work. And Dave has a story to tell: His young adult life and struggl...

Radio Host, Author, Pastor & Theologian Carmen Laberge is back! Part 2 of her episode with us "Is Something Off in Western Discipleship?" Here's what we talked about: - What are the implications around "identity" in the life of a disciple?  - How should we think about our purpose - our days and moments as disciples? - What does Carmen mean by the term "WITH-ing&qu...