The Humanity of Jesus (Free downloadable book from sonlife.com)
Dann Spader addresses the humanity of Jesus and it's implication for each of us. Guaranteed to make you think, this article will stimulate discussion and force a deeper understanding of what it means to "walk as Jesus walked". As Dann writes, "nothing has caused me to love Jesus more than to come to understand what He did for us when He took on humanity." This paper is an attempt to explain that understanding, simply.
Knowing Him 50-Day Study
Written by Mark Edwards, director of Sonlife Latin America, this 50-day chronological look at the Life of Christ is an excellent study for small groups, ministry teams, or individuals. This refreshing and unique 186-page study will walk you through the life of Christ. Each day there is a 'Digging Deeper' section to provide a fresh look at the Son's life, which will challenge and encourage you.
Price: $25.00
33 Things that Happen at the Moment of Salvation
Discover what God does in our lives at the moment we commit our lives to Him! This simple tool is a look at the 33 things that happen biblically at the moment of salvation and is a great devotional study or for use in follow up with new believers.
Price: $3.19
Walking as Jesus Walked
Walking as Jesus Walked is a resource for small groups or individuals who have a desire to study the life of Christ and go deeper in understanding what the Scriptures mean in 1 John 2:6 when it says, "Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did." This resource has been developed as a 10-12 week study, but can be adapted to a longer time frame, depending on the needs and interests of the group.
Designed primarily as a small group interactive study, this resource can also be used for personal study at your own pace. With interesting questions for individual preparation, group discussion and interaction will aid in going deeper in this material. Feel free to use it as best serves your needs or that of your group.
Price: $15.00
Knowing God Personally
This simple evangelistic tool will allow you to freely share the Gospel with your friends. Designed to be used after a church outreach event or in one on one conversations, this tool clearly and concisely walks through the Gospel with an emphasis upon the Bridge illustration.
Price: $7.50 (pack of 25)
RESOURCES & REGISTRATION
Church is a Team Sport
Church Is a Team Sport shows proven ways to push believers, new and mature, toward growth as both Christians-and leaders. Through this powerful, thought-provoking volume, ministers both in the congregation and on staff will discover how to expand the church one soul at a time. Making disciples is the crux of pastor Jim Putman's message. The plan works. Caring for people, following up on stray sheep, and teaching what it means to love God and obey him. That's how Church Is a Team Sport transforms Christians from Monday-morning quarterbacks into dynamic players.
Price: $10.65
DiscipleShift: Five Steps That Help Your Church to Make Disciples Who Make Disciples
Over the last thirty years, many influential church leaders and church planters in America have adopted various models for reaching unchurched people. An “attractional” model will seek to attract people to a local church. Younger leaders may advocate a more “missional” approach, in which believers live and work among unchurched people and intentionally seek to serve like Christ. While each of these approaches have merit, something is still missing, something even more fundamental to the mission of the church: discipleship.
Making disciples―helping people to trust and follow Jesus―is the church’s God-given mandate. Devoted disciples attract people outside the church because of the change others see in their Christ-like lives. And discipleship empowers Christians to be more like Christ as they intentionally develop relationship with non-believers.
DiscipleShift walks you through five key “shifts” that churches must make to refocus on the biblical mission of discipleship. These intentional changes will attract the world and empower your church members to be salt and light in their communities.
Book Price: $15.03
Leadership Manual Price: $16.88
The Story: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People
THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD - IS MORE THAN JUST A CLICHÉ. God goes to great lengths to rescue lost and hurting people. That is what The Story is all about: the story of the Bible, God's great love affair with humanity. Condensed into 31 accessible chapters, The Story sweeps you into the unfolding progression of Bible characters and events from Genesis to Revelation. Using the clear, accessible text of the NIV Bible, it allows the stories, poems, and teachings of the Bible to read like a novel. And like any good story, The Story is filled with intrigue, drama, conflict, romance, and redemption; and this story is true! ...
The Story, by Max Lucado and Randy Frazee, tells the grandest, most compelling story of all time: the story of a true God who loves his children, who established for them a way of salvation and provided a route to eternity. Each story in these 31 chapters reveals the God of grace the God who speaks; the God who acts; the God who listens; the God whose love for his people culminated in his sacrifice of Jesus, his only Son, to atone for the sins of humanity.
Price: $10.57
Do you ever wish you understood the Bible better? Almost everyone does. Mature believers and new believers. Young and old. Those who have read the Bible for years and those just starting out. This book, How to Understand the Bible: A Simple Guide, will help you gain an overall perspective on the flow and meaning of Scripture. Knowing the Bible better is about knowing God better. And then we are better able to handle the hard realities of life and to realize the love and truth of God.
Price: $11.51
RESOURCES ON SUFFERING & PAIN
Don’t Waste Your Cancer by John Piper (pdf)
Adversity & Suffering in the Life of the Believer (pdf)
Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership:
Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
"I'm tired of helping others enjoy God." "I just want to enjoy God for myself." With this painful admission, Ruth Haley Barton invites us to an honest exploration of what happens when spiritual leaders lose track of their souls. Weaving together contemporary illustrations with penetrating insight from the life Each chapter includes a spiritual practice to ensure your soul gets the nourishment it needs. Forging and maintaining a life-giving connection with God is the best choice you can make for yourself and for those you lead.
Price: $16.15
Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus:
A Journey Through the Lands and Lessons of Christ
Imagine following Jesus along the road, listening in on his conversations, and gleaning from the lessons he taught in the holy places he traveled. Join author Wayne Stiles as he walks in the steps of Jesus: through Bethlehem, Samaria, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Galilee, and beyond. Experience the places where Jesus met a lonely woman in Samaria, a den of hypocrites in the Temple, a Jerusalem Pharisee still searching for truth, fishermen with a sea of false expectations, and a hometown ashamed of him. Entering the Holy land through the settings, sights, and sounds of Stiles's engaging travelogue, readers will not only discover more about these sacred places, but also learn practical lessons that will find their way into their hearts. And ultimately, prepare them for their own encounter with Christ.
Price: $9.99
Water from a Deep Well
Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries
Gerald Sittser opens to us the rich history of spirituality, letting us gaze at the practices and stories of believers from the past who had the same thirst for God that we do today. As we see their deep faith through his vibrant narratives, we may discover that old ways can bring new life to our own spirituality.
Price: $18.43
Register to attend one of our classes:
Cost of each class is $30.
Payment can be made online or checks can be mailed to:
Soul Thirst Disciplemaking
PO Box 7067
Bonney Lake, WA 98391
FOUNDATIONS Seminar Overview
Jesus built a Disciple-Making ministry in His 3 1⁄2 years that are recorded in the Gospels. During the first 18-21 months of Jesus’ ministry, He laid an important FOUNDATION that would allow disciples to be made and multiply. A careful study reveals six foundational priorities that became the building blocks for Jesus’ Disciple-Making ministry. As ministry leaders and churches implement these six foundational priorities, they will be on their way to building a healthy disciple-making ministry like Jesus!
During the Foundations seminar, we will explain and help implement Jesus’ foundational non-negotaialbe priorities which remain our's today in the 21st Century:
• Holy Spirit Dependence
• Prayerful Guidance
• Obedient Living
• Word-centered
• Exalting the Father
• Relationships of Love and Integrity
The seminar will take an extensive Scriptural look at each of these priorities, highlighting for each the:
• Pattern of Jesus
• Principles of Jesus
• Practices of Jesus
The seminar is interactive and will include information, instruction, and implementation, lending itself to be very practical for ministry leaders to bring their ministry team. Leaders and teams are given opportunities to plan and set goals for implementing the priorities of Jesus in their own life and in their ministry. A manual/book will be given to each person who attends. And is included in the seminar fee.
4 Chair Discipling: Growing a Movement of Disciple-Makers
Dann Spader is disciple-maker who has spent years exploring what it means to take someone from seeker to making disciples themselves. Over 750,000 people in 80 countries have been trained to make disciples through organizations he has led. Through studying the life of Christ and His disciple-making methods, Dann developed 4 Chair Discipling, a simple picture for others to follow. Jesus' last words here on earth had a few very specific instructions... We are to "Go... and Make Disciples... Baptize... and Teach."
But what does that mean for us today? Well, it's not easy. But it is simple. Teacher and leader Dann Spader explains disciple-making as a process of moving people through four chairs, from someone seeking to know more about Christ to someone who makes disciples themselves.
Chair 1: Come and See (John 1:39)
Chair 2: Follow Me (John 1:43)
Chair 3: Become a Fisher of Men (Matthew 4:19)
Chair 4: Go and Bear Fruit (John 15:16)
In the process of His four year ministry, Jesus realized that different people are at different stages of growth and development, and He works to challenge each of them to the next level. In 4 Chair Discipling you'll get a clear and simple picture of how to follow in Jesus' footsteps and do the same thing.
