Real-Life Discipleship Quotes

“When we spend time with Jesus-when His Holy Spirit resides in us-we cannot help but care about what He cares about.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“Some believers are more interested in their rights as outlined in the Constitution than in giving up their rights as Jesus did so that people can be saved.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“Live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want." Galatians 5:16-17”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“Without leadership, a team fails. Without leadership, a country fails. But most critically of all, without leadership, the church fails.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“It’s the job and privilege of every Christian to be a disciple of Jesus, and it’s the responsibility of every church to make disciples.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“When I asked him where he was going to church, he answered, "Nowhere really."
When I asked him why not, he said he was tired of the organized church. He was unconnected, searching, disillusioned. Like many I have talked with, this believer loved Jesus and the Word, but he had lost faith in what he called organized religion. He longed for relationships and purpose inside of a local body of believers who valued biblical theology, but he had lost faith that such a church was possible to find. Oh, he had started his ministry journey as so many believers do: idealistic, full of zeal and confidence. God was going to change the world through him and through the church he would help to lead.
Then he accepted a leadership position in a church.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“We live and learn in a literate world, but much of the rest of the world lives and learns in an oral world. Do people have to become literate to become followers of Jesus?”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“The best evidence for our faith is the kind of love we give to others.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“A disciple is one who follows Jesus, is being changed by Jesus, and is committed to the mission of Jesus.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“Theology rarely causes church splits; breaks in relationships always play the biggest part in internal battles.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“It's the job and privilege of every Christian to be a disciple of Jesus, and it's the responsibility of every church to make disciples. I also believe that the Word tells us that it is the job of every pastor to develop a system that will equip and enable all of the people in the church to be in the relational process for discipleship. The simpler, more deliberate, and more intentional that process, the less time wasted.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“He was going to teach them and empower them to be like
Himself. Jesus was going to address their beliefs (head), their attitudes (heart or character), and actions (hands) as He shaped them into messengers who would deliver the good news to the world.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“our relationships are the evidence that what we preach is true.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“To be disciples, we too must recognize and accept who Jesus is, and we must place ourselves under His authority.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“The wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere" (3:17).”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“Humble people thrive in a team setting. A proud person will kill the team most every time.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“Christians who are always looking for a fight are not wise. Christians who are not full of mercy are not wise.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“Most people are not auditory learners and struggle to keep focused for any period of time, especially now in the era of the short attention span.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“Jesus knew exactly what He was doing with His disciples. He invested His life in the Twelve. He chose to be in relationship with His disciples because He understood that more is "caught" than taught.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

“As a group, Christians are known more for what we are against than for our love.”
― Jim Putman, Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples