Is there something we missed in the Great Commission?
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“Baptize them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and ??? teach them to obey all that I have commanded you.”
Matthew 28:19–20
Obey all He said?
Are we teaching what Jesus wants us to teach?
The church does a lot of teaching. And we should—Jesus commands us to teach. But are we teaching what He wants us to teach? Are we really making disciples of Jesus if we are not teaching people what He told us to teach them? Do we really think we can do better than Jesus’ approach?
- Your Goliath will fall —Modern sermons
- Your identity —Modern sermons
- Love your enemy —Jesus
- Leadership principles —Modern sermons
- Take up your cross —Jesus
- Pray in secret —Jesus
The Solution
We are developing a guide to study and obey the words of Jesus individually and in community.
We are doing this by making 300+ devotionals that go through the entire chronological life of Jesus. These readings reveal who Jesus is and how we can obey Him, empowered by the Holy Spirit.
We are here to help
Jesus First Discipleship is a framework that mobilizes disciples of Jesus who follow His teachings. Join us as we all learn from the teachings and way of Christ by setting Jesus and His words first.
The story behind it
My Story
I’ve been in student ministry for over 15 years, and there’s no shortage of good things to teach people. But as I began looking more deeply at the words of Jesus—and at discipleship movements around the world—I became convinced that following Jesus has to involve more than simply hearing His teaching.
I began taking students and young adults through the words of Christ and asking a simple question: What would it look like to actually follow this?
That question eventually became the beginning of Jesus First.
Join on the ground level
We are looking for a community to help test the new app, support in prayer, and meet up to journey with Jesus.
What we’re building right now
The Gospel of Mark
Our first goal is simple: create a practical discipleship resource for every command of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark.
Short devotionals that help people
- See Jesus in the passage
- Understand what He is teaching
- Identify what He is asking His followers to do
- Find practical ways to obey
- Put His words into practice personally and with others
The remaining funding will help complete the devotionals and publish the full Gospel of Mark discipleship resource online.
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$15,000 needed to finish
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The app
Everything here is coming to your phone.
The Jesus First app is being built now — the same devotionals, the same four questions, and a place to write down what happened when you obeyed. Leave your email and we’ll tell you the day it opens.
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