The Four-Fold Disciple
By Christian Barrett
The Four-Fold DiscipleMay 28, 2024
Live an Inspiring Life
Do you want to live a life that inspires others? This week, we talk about living a Christo-centric life and doing all for Jesus. For more resources, visit emetministry.org
Engaging Nominalism
One thing that plagues the American Church today is nominalism. In this episode, we discuss what nominal Christianity is, why it is so dangerous, and how to combat it. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Making the Most of Summer
How are you going to make the most of your summer? This week we talk about using the summer to grow as a four-fold disciple. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Are Mormons Christians?
This week, we discuss the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, the key differences between Christians and Mormons, and how to engage them with the gospel. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Our Cultural Moment Pt. 2
This week we revisit the ideology of the age, Expressive Individualism, and talk about how Christians should engage it, why they should, and the implications of engaging the culture with a biblical worldview. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Our Cultural Moment Pt. 1
Do you struggle to understand the current state of our culture? In this episode, we talk about Expressive Individualism, how it came to be, and what it is. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
What did Jesus Die For?
This week, we talk about what Jesus died for. We unpack what the church does, how you can participate, and why it all matters. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
What the Solar Eclipse Really Means
What does creation tell us about God? How should we respond to incredible feats within creation? This week, we talk about the glory of God displayed in creation. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Is the Holy Spirit just a force?
Who is the Holy Spirit? How does studying the Spirit aid us in our Christian walk? This week, Christian gives an overview of pneumatology and more. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Celebrating Easter
This weekend, we celebrate Easter, and on today's episode, we ask what is Easter? Why do we celebrate Easter when we do? And how do we practically celebrate the Resurrection each day? For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
What is Ramadan?
This week, Moussa Ibrahim joins Christian Barrett to discuss Ramadan, Islam, and Muslim outreach. For more resources on evangelism and discipleship, visit emetministry.org.
Living with Conviction and Compassion
As Christians, it can be challenging to be compassionate and walk with conviction concerning the gospel. This week, we discuss how the early Christians lived out their faith with both conviction and compassion. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Killing Sin
Do you want to be holy, but just can't seem to overcome certain sins? This week, Christian provides 8 tips for killing sin based on John Owen's The Mortification of Sin. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Godly Goals with Jeff Knight
Godliness doesn't just happen, but is the result of intentional preparation. This week, Christian and Jeff discuss setting Goals for Godliness.
"He Gets Us" and Gospel Conversations
Overcoming Doubt
As Christians, we often struggle with doubt. This week, we discuss the realities of doubt and how one can overcome doubt by wrestling with questions for the sake of resting in God as we grow as disciples of Christ in His, saints as we ask questions, and sources as we study the things that leave us with questions. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Nothing But Christ: The Core of Discipleship and Evangelism
Discipleship and evangelism are tethered together by Jesus' command to make disciples of all nations at the end of Matthew's Gospel. This week, Matt Cazee joins us to talk about evangelism and how we can be encouraged in sharing our faith. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Theological Triage
Jesus said to the disciples that the world would know them for their love for one another. Thus, unity is an essential part of the Christian community, but what do we do when we can't agree? Is there a time we should divide? This week we discuss how Christians should triage for the sake of unity. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Help! My Family Doesn't Believe
Do you have family members who don't know Christ? Do you struggle to share the gospel with them? You are not alone, and this week, we discuss how you can begin to engage your family with the gospel. For more resources, visit emetministry.org
Growing in Wisdom
How do you know if you're making the right decision? How do you know if you are acting out in wisdom or in foolishness? This week, we talk about how discipleship is a tool for growing in wisdom. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Justification, Sanctification, Glorification
As Christians, it is important that we understand what has happened to us, what is happening to us, and what will happen to us. This week we discuss exactly that by looking at justification, sanctification, and glorification. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Christmas
As we near Christmas, over the next four weeks, we will provide a weekly advent devotional as we rejoice in the first coming of our Lord, and long for His second coming. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
How to Set New Year Goals
Advent: Love
As we near Christmas, over the next four weeks, we will provide a weekly advent devotional as we rejoice in the first coming of our Lord, and long for His second coming. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
The Rule of Faith
Today's episode is a sermon from Christian Barrett. He explores the core standard for the Christian life by looking at Hebrews 2 and the great salvation we must not neglect. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Advent: Joy
As we near Christmas, over the next four weeks, we will provide a weekly advent devotional as we rejoice in the first coming of our Lord, and long for His second coming. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Advent: Peace
As we near Christmas, over the next four weeks, we will provide a weekly advent devotional as we rejoice in the first coming of our Lord, and long for His second coming. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Advent: Hope
As we near Christmas, over the next four weeks, we will provide a weekly advent devotional as we rejoice in the first coming of our Lord, and long for His second coming. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
Five Sources for You
This week, we present five sources we trust and recommend for growing as a four-fold disciple. For more sources we trust, visit emetministry.org.
A Guide for Cultural Engagement: A Letter from the Early Church
This is a recording of an article from Emet Ministry. Visit emetminsitry.org for more resources.
How do I find sources?
This week, we discuss finding good theological sources for discipleship and for personal growth as a four-fold disciple. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
The Holy Spirit
This episode comes from a lecture on the Holy Spirit given at the Veritas Institute. To learn more, visit emetministry.org.
Order in the Chaos
How should we live in light of the chaos around us in the world? This week, we discuss the call to live and bring order to the world amid the world's chaos. For more resources, visit emetministry.org
The Purposes of God
This episode comes from a lecture from the Veritas Institute. To learn more about the Veritas Institute, visit emetministry.org.
What is the Reformation?
This week, we discuss the Reformation and why it matters for us today. For more resources, visit emetministry.org.
What Should We Know
As Christians, what are we committed to knowing? This week, we discuss the one thought that should captivate our lives as we grow as disciples of Christ. For more resources, visit emetministry.org
A Conversation on Prayer
This episode comes from an interview done with Jeff Knight, first premiering on "Think This Way." For more resources on discipleship visit emetministry.org.
Disciple of Sources
To be a Four-Fold Disciple of Christ, we must learn from sources. This week, we introduce three important sources from saints that have gone on before us. For more sources visit emetministry.org.
Evangelism and The Christian Life
We are called to make disciples of all nations in the Great Commission. This great imperative from Christ connects evangelism and discipleship, emphasizing that we can't have one without the other. So, why do we evangelize? For more resources, visit emetministry.org
How To Be A Bad Evangelist
The Creator is Greater
This week's episode comes from a sermon given on August 27 at Westwood Church by Christian Barrett. For more resources visit emetministry.org.
How We Worship
This week, we discuss how we worship and how worship and all of life intersect as we seek to reach the culture. For more resources visit emetministry.org
The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics
Jeff Knight, Abby Dill, and Christian Barrett have one final conversation about their time in Oxford as they discuss traveling, intercontinental relationships, apologetics, and more. For more resources on discipleship visit emetministry.org. For more information about OCCA visit theocca.org
Touching Ancient Texts
This week, Jeff Knight, Abby Dill, and Christian Barrett discuss historic Christianity and getting the privilege to examine fragment P64 while at The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics.
Engaging Culture with Max Jeganathan
This week Max Jeganathan joins us as we discuss how apologetics extends across all of life. For more resources visit Emetministry.org, to learn more about OCCA visit theOCCA.org, and to learn more about Max visit https://www.theocca.org/author/max-jeganathan/.
The Story of Hope with Sara Stevenson
This week Sara Stevenson joins us as we discuss how apologetics extends across all of life. For more resources visit Emetministry.org, to learn more about OCCA visit theOCCA.org, and to learn more about Sara visit https://www.theocca.org/author/sara-stevenson/.
Starting Emet Ministries with Jeff Knight
This week Emet Ministries founder Jeff Knight discusses why he started the ministry and how discipleship has been a part of his life. To find more resources for discipleship visit emetministry.org.
Apologetics for Life with Simon Edwards
This week Simon Edwards joins us as we discuss how apologetics extends across all of life. For more resources visit Emetministry.org, to learn more about OCCA visit theOCCA.org, and to learn more about Simon visit https://www.theocca.org/author/simon-edwards/.
The Veritas Institute
This week Emet Ministries founder Jeff Knight discusses with Christian Barrett the Veritas Institute. To learn more about the Veritas Institute visit emetministry.org/veritas-institute/.
How to answer Big Questions with Alanzo Paul
This week Alanzo Paul joins us as we discuss how to answer the big questions currently being asked about God, life, and all the inbetween. For more resources visit Emetministry.org, to learn more about OCCA visit theOCCA.org, and to learn more about Alanzo visit https://www.theocca.org/author/alanzopaul/.