Resources by Bobby Harrington:
Introduction to Disciple Making: The Core Mission of the Church, by Bobby Harrington & Scott Sager
Bobby and Scott discuss their book Disciple Making: The Core Mission of the Church and give an overview of why they wrote it.
Are We Eternally Secure or Must We Have Faithful Faith? (Part 1)
Central to the teachings of Jesus is that God forgives our sins. In conversion, among the greatest joys is the realization that through the gospel, all of our sins are forgiven. It is a time of great happiness. Yet what happens when a person no longer possesses a repentant faith—when they live in deliberately sinful...
Bobby Harrington
Eternal Security or Faithful Faith?
Central to the teachings of Jesus is that God forgives our sins. In conversion, among the greatest joys is the realization that through the gospel, all of our sins are forgiven. It is a time of great happiness. Yet what…
Bobby Harrington
Trust and Follow Jesus: The Leaders Guide
WHAT IF TRUSTING AND FOLLOWING JESUS BECAME THE DNA OF YOUR CHURCH? The short companion to this book—Trust and Follow Jesus—has proven to be an effective model for disciple making. The content is simple, effective, and reproducible for all disciples.…
Bobby Harrington
Trust and Follow Jesus: Conversations to Fuel Discipleship
This short guide brings you back to the basics in a cut-to-the-chase style. Author Bobby Harrington presents short and succinct points with Scripture references to answer bottom-line questions about following Jesus. Designed with discipleship groups in mind, this book will…
Bobby Harrington
The Historical Evidence for the Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus – Evidence for Easter (Part 3)
*Editor’s Note: “The Historical Evidence for the Death, Burial and Resurrection of Jesus” was originally released in 2019 and we’re bringing it back to everyone’s attention at an opportune moment. Well received when first published, it’s especially timely at Easter and although it’s part 3 in its original series, it stands alone as well worth...
Bobby Harrington
Top Ten Forward-Thinking Trends for Disciple Makers
*Editor’s Note: Each year, Discipleship.org publishes a list of the top 10 trends they see that year on disciple making. They pool insights from all the leaders, practitioners, and organizations they can find and compile the trends of what they see God doing through disciple makers in North America. The following is their annual report. ...
Bobby Harrington
A Resilient Church in a Cancel Culture
There’s a joke that’s told about a couple of hunting buddies who are walking along outside when one of them collapses to the ground and goes motionless. When his friend discovers that he’s stopped breathing, he calls 911 and says, “My friend just died! What do I do?” The operator answers, “Calm down. First, what...
The Long March through the Institutions of Society
On an almost daily basis, I talk to friends who lead churches around the USA who are trying to understand what is happening in our culture and how to help the people in their churches to be faithful to Jesus in light of what is happening. It seems like the basic framework and foundations of...
Bobby Harrington
End Times: Five Essentials and Five Views
We at RENEW.org believe that Jesus is coming back to earth in order to bring this age to an end. Jesus will reward the saved and punish the wicked, and finally destroy God’s last enemy, death (1 Cor. 15:26). He will put all things under the Father, so that God may be all in all...
Bobby Harrington
On Gender and the Bible: Where Does Egalitarianism Lead? (Part 9)
Books which propose a “third way,” whether Christian or secular, can easily come across with a bit of arrogance. Many of you are too liberal and the rest of you are too conservative, but I’ve figured out the perfect balance between the two, they seem to say. However, with secular philosophies like Critical Theory and...
The Stages of Disciple Making: Go and Make Disciples (Part 5)
(Here is Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 in this series on the stages of disciple making.) The fifth phase is the replication phase. Disciples need to be sent out to become disciple makers themselves. They have been trained to be like their teacher (Luke 6:40). Note, the multiplication phase continues to require growth—we...
Bobby Harrington
The Stages of Disciple Making: “Come Take Up Your Cross” (Part 4)
(Here is Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 in this series on the stages of disciple making.) The fourth phase is often a make-it or break-it phase. Scholars of the Gospel of Mark teach us that when Jesus took his disciples to the district of Caesarea Philippi it was a fundamentally important turning point in...
Bobby Harrington
The Stages of Disciple Making: “Come and Be with Me” (Part 3)
(Here is Part 1 and Part 2 in this series.) The third phase in which Jesus raised up disciple makers is punctuated by a night of prayer. Luke 6:12-13 shows this inflection point—in a ministry that began with forty days of fasting and prayer and regularly showed a daily focus on prayer—as Jesus seeks the...
Bobby Harrington
The Stages of Disciple Making: “Come and Follow Me” (Part 2)
(For Part 1, “Come and See,” click here.) The next phase in Jesus’ strategy to develop disciple makers occurred when he moved from Nazareth to Capernaum. This town becomes the home base of his public ministry. It was a town of two to three thousand people in the first century, on the shores of the...
Bobby Harrington
The Stages of Disciple Making: “Come and See” (Part 1)
Jesus took three and a half years before commissioning his disciples as disciple makers. His disciple making combined grace + truth + time and can be understood in five phases. His disciples started as non-believers and ended as disciple makers and church leaders. So, what were the phases of Jesus’ disciple making master plan? A...
Bobby Harrington