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Give today and double your donation! https://www.intotheharvest.org/give Thank you for supporting our work and helping us grow! ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ Season 7 is in the books. It’s been a great one! Over the next few weeks we’re highlighting our top episodes from 2024. So much wisdom and insight was shared that these guests and conversations deserve an encore. Full episodes from this week's highlights are available below. Jim Smith  Susie Walther Doug Cote Original Release Date: 12/12/2024 SUBSCRIBE to our free bi-weekly newsletter SUBSCRIBE to ITH: https://www.youtube.com/intotheharvest SUPPORT: https://www.intotheharvest.org/donate/ LET'S CONNECT! -- https://instagram.com/intotheharvest​ -- https://facebook.com/intotheharvest​ Want more great resources to help you be a disciple and make disciples? Visit us at https://intotheharvest.org​ ******************** Want to Help Us Grow? •  Subscribe and give us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify •  Share this episode on Facebook •  If you believe in what we’re

Please give to our year-end fundraiser! You can make a gift at our website: https://www.intotheharvest.org/donate/finish-strong-2024/ Thank you for supporting our work and helping us grow! ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ ◾ This episode was so good, we needed to post it twice! Welcome to the Christmas Season! People of faith should be thoughtful about what we believe and celebrate. Our convictions and practices should be guided by truth, not by what's familiar in our culture or comfortable in our traditions. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Shelton Markham and they have an extended conversation about Christmas. Need a framework for making disciples? Get your copy of The Pathway Series here: https://www.intotheharvest.org/pathway-series/ In this episode: • Introduction • Incarnation: what Christians celebrate at Christmas • 3 common objections to celebrating Christmas • Practical ways to keep Christ at the heart of Christmas RESOURCES MENTIONED • ITH Advent Series • Article: Is Christmas a Pagan Rip-off? • Article: The Date of

It has been almost two years since we’ve had Abigail Wilson on the show (which we cannot believe). We are thrilled to have her back to talk about her new book: An Invitation to Christmas. It seems like Christmas season is the busiest time of the year, every year. But it can also be a time of deep reflections, and refocusing our eyes on Jesus, as we get ready to celebrate His birth. In her book, Abigail invites us to see how specific promises in the Old Testament about Jesus’ coming, the people who pointed to Him, those who worshipped Him, and how we, today, can pause and still see Him working. Her book is available on Amazon now, so get it while you can! Abigail Wilson is a native Texan living in Europe with her husband and three children. She spends most of her days Moming her kids and her kid’s friends whenever needed, navigating her way down Europe’s stupidly small roads, folding endless laundry, and decorating her house for every possible holiday. However, teaching Bible studies and writing are her passio

If you're new to our channel, welcome. We are a channel dedicated to helping others make disciples of Jesus. This episode is about the top 5 threats to discipleship in America today. Andrew and John take a look at some deep-seeded issues that we have in the American church, and how to overcome them. Spoiler alert: the foundation is always keeping Jesus at the center. Need a framework for making disciples? Get your copy of The Pathway Series In this episode: • Out of focus Discipleship • Impractical and Impersonal • Human strategy rather than divine revelation • Not engaged in mandate or mission RESOURCES MENTIONED • Power Through Prayer by E.M. Bounds • The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert E. Coleman • The Master Plan of Evangelism Study Guide   Original Release Date: 11/21/24 SUBSCRIBE to our free weekly newsletter, Disciple Notes: https://jandrewstroud.substack.com/ SHOP the ITH Store: https://www.intotheharvest.org/shop/ ******************** Want to Help Us Grow? •  Subscribe and give us a 5-star revie

There is a reason that in Philippians 4:6, Paul tells us to present our requests to God, with thanksgiving. It is not because God is an ego-maniac who needs to be acknowledged for everything He does (although He really should be acknowledged for everything He does, because without Him, we wouldn't be breathing). God knows that gratitude changes everything. It changes us, and it changes the world around us. He does everything for our best interest, and telling us to practice gratitude is no different. We love having Shelton Markham on, and this episode can be filed under the "gems from Shelton" folder. At the end of the episode, he and Andrew give us some practical tools for being thankful, and you don't want to miss those. Need a framework for making disciples? Get your copy of The Pathway Series here: https://www.intotheharvest.org/pathway-series/ In this episode: • Why gratitude matters • The story of the 10 lepers • How gratitude changes us • Practical ways to be thankful RESOURCES MENTIONED • The Pathway

We can have hope always, especially through loss and death, because Jesus is coming back for His people - both dead in the body, and still walking the earth. This is the end of our study of 1 Thessalonians, and Paul waits to the end to really bring home that Jesus IS returning, and that should give us hope, and also give us motivation and direction about living while we are on earth. Need a framework for making disciples? Get your copy of The Pathway Series here: https://www.intotheharvest.org/pathway-series/ In this episode: • Hope for the Future • Stay Woke • Motivation for the Present • How to Encourage and Build Up RESOURCES MENTIONED • The Pathway Series - A framework for making disciples • Free Bible Study Template • E-Sword - Free Bible Study software • Three Questions for Effective Bible Study • Three Reasons You Must Go Deep in God's Word • Studying, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible • The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era Original Release Date: 11/07/24 SUBSCRIBE to our free weekly newsl

1 Thessalonians 4.1-12 may be brief, but it is packed with useful information for anyone who wants to be a disciple maker. Paul explains the importance of not letting our own desires control our lives, and how, if we can control our bodies, we will be able to love others deeply. Andrew and John loved unpacking this passage, and we know you'll love it too! Need a framework for making disciples? Get your copy of The Pathway Series here: https://www.intotheharvest.org/pathway-series/ In this episode: • Listener Question • Pleasing God is Taught and Learned • Control Your Body • Lead a Quiet Life RESOURCES MENTIONED • The Pathway Series - A framework for making disciples • Text Map for 1 Ths 4.1-12 • Free Bible Study Template • E-Sword - Free Bible Study software • Three Questions for Effective Bible Study • Three Reasons You Must Go Deep in God's Word • Studying, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible • The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era Original Release Date: 10/31/24 SUBSCRIBE to our free weekly news

Justin Gravitt is back on the show, and we are thrilled to talk to him about how to change culture (specifically church culture) the way Jesus did. There are a lot of motivations that go into discipleship programs in a church, but only a few of them are biblical. Check out Justin's book The Foundation of a Disciple Making Culture for some great insight on this! Justin Gravitt is a disciple-making leader and writer whose primary passion is to help everyday believers repurpose their lives in light of God‘s plan for them as disciple-makers. Justin has served with The Navigators since 2000, and is the founder and executive Director of the Dayton Disciple Makers Network, host to the popular Practitioner’s Podcast, and author of The Foundation of a Disciplemaking Culture . He is an avid Reds fan, loves the beach, and dad-joking his kids. He lives in Dayton, Ohio with his wife, Kristen and their four children. In This Episode: Introduction The foundation of a disciple making culture Growth problem Vision problem Mo

We're in part 3 of our 1 Thessalonians series, and if you haven't caught up yet, you'll want to start in episode 215! Today, Andrew and John study the end of chapter 2 into chapter 3. Some big takeaways include the importance of being face-to-face, the need to have a heart for those you're discipling, and Paul's fear for the Thessalonians. In This Episode: Absent in person, not in heart Heart for those we disciple Importance of face-to-face discipleship Importance of being established Laboring in vain Timothy's first solo mission Increase and abound Final thoughts RESOURCES MENTIONED Free Bible Study E-Sword for Bible Study 3 Questions for Effective Bible Study 3 Reasons You Must Go Deep In God's Word Studying, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible The Greco Roman World of the New Testament Era Original Release Date: 10/17/24 SHOP the ITH Store - https://www.intotheharvest.org/shop/ SUBSCRIBE to our free weekly newsletter, Disciple Notes: https://jandrewstroud.substack.com/ SUBSCRIBE to ITH: youtube.com/

We're back this week with 1 Thessalonians 2! In chapter 2, Paul talks about not just what he said to the Thessalonians, but how he lived among them. There is a cost to making disciples, and Paul was very familiar with that cost. Does the way we make disciples today reflect the way Paul did? More importantly, does the way we make disciples today reflect Jesus? The Pathway Series is available now! Get it here: https://www.intotheharvest.org/pathway-series/ In This Episode: What would be missing without 1 Thessalonians? Intro to Chapter 2 How we live matters Making disciples is costly Church as a family Expectations of faith Verses 13-16 Final thoughts RESOURCES MENTIONED: The Rise of Christianity - https://a.co/d/0nInZLM Free Bible Study Template - https://docs.google.com/document/d/13BbDVJX4u-PBBkPLAHJwK3ih6cHCLOBe6AZrg3zYJyE/edit?usp=sharing E-Sword Free Bible Study Software - https://www.e-sword.net/ 3 Questions for Effective Bible Study - https://youtu.be/LH1K1sBCmN0 Original Release Date: 10/10/24 SHOP the

We're back with another inductive book study! Come along as we take a deep dive into 1 Thessalonians. Did you know that 1 Thessalonians is (probably) the earliest book in the New Testament? So, as we study it, we can see what the earliest Church was facing, struggling with, and how Paul helped them walk through it. Stay tuned for the rest of 1 Thessalonians! Get your copy of The Pathway Series here: https://www.intotheharvest.org/pathway-series/ In this episode: • Why Study the Bible? • 1 Thessalonians - The Back Story • Why Paul Wrote this Letter • What Genuine Faith Looks Like RESOURCES MENTIONED • The Pathway Series - A framework for making disciples • Free Bible Study Template • E-Sword - Free Bible Study software • Three Questions for Effective Bible Study • Three Reasons You Must Go Deep in God's Word • Studying, Interpreting, and Applying the Bible • The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era Original Release Date: 09/05/24 SUBSCRIBE to our free weekly newsletter, Disciple Notes: https://jandrewstr

It's been a long time coming, and so much work has gone into it...and The Pathway Series is finally here! The Pathway Series is a series of three books that we created to help those who want to be disciples of Jesus, and make disciples of Jesus. Each book takes us through different stages of being a disciple, and they're all full of tried-and-true tools that we have found work for us. The Pathway Series is on Amazon, and we hope that you find it a useful tool as you work to obey Jesus in the call to make disciples! Get it here: https://www.intotheharvest.org/pathway-series/ In this episode: • Why we created the series • Discovering Jesus • Becoming a Disciple • Passing on the Faith RESOURCES MENTIONED • The Pathway Series - A framework for making disciples Original Release Date: 09/26/24 SUBSCRIBE to our free weekly newsletter, Disciple Notes: https://jandrewstroud.substack.com/ SHOP the ITH Store: https://www.intotheharvest.org/shop/ ******************** Want to Help Us Grow? •  Subscribe and give us a 5-sta

Discipleship is a term that is quite frequently thrown around in our church culture today. But how does Jesus view discipleship? And how did Jesus do discipleship when He was walking on earth? John interviews Justin Gravitt to talk about 7 tests of discipleship to determine if we are actually helping people become more like Jesus. Justin Gravitt is a disciple-making leader and writer whose primary passion is to help everyday believers repurpose their lives in light of God‘s plan for them as disciple-makers. Justin has served with The Navigators since 2000, and is the founder and executive Director of the Dayton Disciple Makers Network, host to the popular Practitioner’s Podcast, and author of The Foundation of a Disciplemaking Culture . He is an avid Reds fan, loves the beach, and dad-joking his kids. He lives in Dayton, Ohio with his wife, Kristen and their four children. Both Justin and John have a lot of wisdom that we can all glean from. Unfortunately, they both root for the wrong football team, and we're

How we think of ourselves matters more than we probably realize. Our view of ourselves shapes the way we see God, and others, and it affects our actions everyday. There is an enemy out to steal, kill, and destroy our view of ourselves because he knows that if he can lie to us about who we are, he can lie to us about a legion of other things. In this episode, John had the pleasure of interviewing his wife Jess about identity in Christ. Jess is a Bible teacher and a mom, and has created a great tool to help us understand the importance of our identity. In this Episode: Struggle with Identity Identity Acronym RESOURCES MENTIONED Identity Powerpoint - https://docs.google.com/presentation/... Identity PDF - https://drive.google.com/drive/folder... Original Release Date: 09/12/24 SHOP the ITH Store - https://www.intotheharvest.org/shop/ SUBSCRIBE to our free weekly newsletter, Disciple Notes: https://jandrewstroud.substack.com/ ******************** Want to Help Us Grow? • 

Being discipled and making disciples looks different in different seasons of life. In this episode, Andrew has a conversation with Renée Sproles about the different phases of a woman's life, how she can be seeking God, being discipled, and discipling others in each season. Renée was born and raised in middle Tennessee. She and her husband, David, have been married for over 30-years and have two adult children, Emma and Houston. As a homeschool mom of two grown children, it’s probably no surprise that she loves to teach. She and David have been co-teaching parenting classes for over 25 years. And they currently teach a weekly marriage and family class at their local church. In this episode: • Why gender matters in discipleship • Maiden, Mother, Matriarch • Barriers to lifelong disciple-making RESOURCES MENTIONED • The Pathway Series - A framework for making disciples • On Gender: What the Bible Says About Men and Women by Renée Sproles • Male and Female: A Biblical Look At Gender by Renée Sproles • Just Ask Yo

John has a conversation with Tom about what his life was like before Jesus, the amazing transformation came from following Jesus, and the way that God uses Tom, despite his difficult past. We hope this episode is as inspirational to you all as it is to us, and that it highlights for you the fact that God isn't intimidated by your past, or by your struggles with sin. He can (and wants to) use you for His glory, and your own fulfillment. In this episode: Getting to know the Lord God's plans vs. our plans God's plan influences others Redemption cycle Embracing what you've been created to do Original Release Date: 08/29/24 SUBSCRIBE to our free weekly newsletter, Disciple Notes: https://jandrewstroud.substack.com/ SHOP the ITH Store: https://www.intotheharvest.org/shop/ ******************** Want to Help Us Grow? •  Subscribe and give us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify •  Share this episode on Facebook •  If you believe in what we’re doing and want to help us reach a wider audience, become a monthl

John and Andrew have an off the cuff conversation to give our listeners a behind the scenes look at what is happening at Into the Harvest. In this episode: • The Pathway Series: https://www.intotheharvest.org/pathway-resources/ • Support our work: https://www.intotheharvest.org/donate/ RESOURCES MENTIONED • Discovering Jesus - Book 1 of The Pathway Series Original Release Date: 07/25/24 SUBSCRIBE to our free weekly newsletter, Disciple Notes: https://jandrewstroud.substack.com/ SHOP the ITH Store: https://www.intotheharvest.org/shop/ ******************** Want to Help Us Grow? •  Subscribe and give us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify •  Share this episode with your friends •  If you believe in what we’re doing and want to help us reach a wider audience, become a monthly supporter The post Summer Update with Andrew and John appeared first on Into the Harvest

JT Wax is a Chaplain at Fort Liberty. Recently, their chapel finished a study on Colossians, and in this episode John got to have a conversation with JT about why we struggle to focus on Jesus. There are so many "shiny things" that the enemy puts before us - both bad things and good things - that distract us from looking at Jesus. JT and John explore what some of those are, why we are so prone to get distracted, and how we can combat the enemy in this area. IN THIS EPISODE Introduction Why is it so hard to focus on Jesus? Behavior modification vs. heart transformation The heart of the gospel is the supremacy of Jesus Jesus is the real thing Joining the Great Raid Keeping the Word personal RESOURCES MENTIONED Book 1 of the Pathway Series - https://a.co/d/9V9xSOl Original Release Date: 07/18/24 SHOP the ITH Store - https://www.intotheharvest.org/shop/ SUBSCRIBE to our free weekly newsletter, Disciple Notes: https://jandrewstroud.substack.com/ SUBSCRIBE to ITH: youtube.com/intotheharvest LET'S CONNECT! -- facebo

Doug Cote joins us for a discussion on 3 reasons people stop making disciples. If you are feeling discouraged while trying to make disciples, or simply entering a new phase of life and wondering what making disciples will look like now, this conversation is for you. In this episode: • Jesus's parable of the vineyard workers • Following Jesus is hard • The numbers game • Staying in the fight for the long haul RESOURCES MENTIONED • Discovering Jesus - Book 1 of The Pathway Series Original Release Date: 07/11/24 SUBSCRIBE to our free weekly newsletter, Disciple Notes: https://jandrewstroud.substack.com/ SHOP the ITH Store: https://www.intotheharvest.org/shop/ ******************** Want to Help Us Grow? •  Subscribe and give us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify •  Share this episode on Facebook •  If you believe in what we’re doing and want to help us reach a wider audience, become a monthly supporter The post #207 – Doug Cote: Why Do We Stop Making Disciples? appeared first on Into the Harvest

Andrew and John welcome Lakeith Jones back on the podcast to talk about his new book Best Barber Ever: Stories from the Chair. Lakeith shares stories about how God uses simple acts of kindness to change lives of those we encounter in everyday life, and how he changes us in the process. In this episode: • Lakeith's story of faith • Lessons learned in California • How to follow God's purpose and plan • How simple kindness changes people RESOURCES MENTIONED • Best Barber Ever: Stories from the Chair by Lakeith Jones • Discovering Jesus - Book 1 of The Pathway Series Original Release Date: 07/04/24 SUBSCRIBE to our free weekly newsletter, Disciple Notes: https://jandrewstroud.substack.com/ SHOP the ITH Store: https://www.intotheharvest.org/shop/ ******************** Want to Help Us Grow? •  Subscribe and give us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify •  Share this episode on Facebook •  If you believe in what we’re doing and want to help us reach a wider audience, become a monthly supporter The post #206 –