Comments on: What Gets You Mad Enough to Punch Someone? Here’s Mine http://www.markhowelllive.com/what-gets-you-mad-enough-to-punch-someone-heres-mine/ Pushing Boundary-Free GroupLife Fri, 24 May 2013 16:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: markchowell http://www.markhowelllive.com/what-gets-you-mad-enough-to-punch-someone-heres-mine/#comment-5354 markchowell Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:41:00 +0000 http://www.markhowelllive.com/?p=9596#comment-5354 Yes! Thanks for jumping in here, Rick! It is absolutely possible with intentionality. And I detect a hint of “real life” in your lingo! Good stuff!

mark

P.S. and I did restrain myself!

]]> By: Rick Howerton http://www.markhowelllive.com/what-gets-you-mad-enough-to-punch-someone-heres-mine/#comment-5353 Rick Howerton Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:38:00 +0000 http://www.markhowelllive.com/?p=9596#comment-5353 Wow Mark. Great stuff! I do understand the confusion. Let’s face it, if all a group does is gather and, 1) aren’t led by a spiritually mature small group leader who is purposeful and proactive in teaching, training, and admonishing, or 2) all the group does is meet once a week to have discussions about the Bible or the sermon and get together once in a while to hang out, discipleship leading to the making of spiritual parents (as opposed to other levels of spiritual maturity including spiritual infants, spiritual teens, and spiritual young adults) will most likely not occur.

Discipleship that is “fellowship only” may make disciples but not mature disciples.

You and I are very much in agreement. Discipleship happens best in a small group of about 12. I would go one step further and say that a great leader will does as Jesus did and will, at times, purposefully get with a few of those who are part of the twelve or just one, and call them to higher levels of commitment or stretch their present paradigm so that they know His will or His perspective and let loose of their own.

GREAT AND IMPORTANT POST, MARK!

P.S. Don’t punch the guy. We need you around calling us to higher levels of commitment, stretching our present paradigms, and reminding us of God’s perspectives so we will let go of our own.

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