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Hearers and Doers: A Pastor’s Guide to Making Disciples through Scripture and Doctrine is unavailable, but you can change that!

The foundation of discipleship is sound, scriptural doctrine. The value of sound doctrine is often misunderstood by the modern church. While it can be dry and dull, when it flows from the story of Scripture, it can be full of life and love. This kind of doctrine, steeped in Scripture, is critical for disciple-making. And it’s often overlooked by modern pastors. In Hearers and Doers, Kevin...

Those who hear that they have been liberated but fail to act in freedom are simply fooling themselves. Belief without behavior is empty. Genuine discipleship, in contrast, is the sustainable practice of hearing and doing freedom in Christ. This was the heart of Paul’s gospel, as he reminded the Galatians (Gal 5:1). Peter says something similar: “Live as people who are free … as servants of God” (1 Pet 2:16). What is striking about James’s way of putting it, however, is his emphasis on seeing oneself
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