Discipleship Resources | FBC Boerne

The Gospel extends beyond a simple salvation message—it's a comprehensive story that should transform how we approach relationships, parenting, work, and every daily experience. Being Gospel fluent means understanding how God's narrative speaks directly to real-life struggles, whether someone is dealing with marriage difficulties, addiction, or feelings of worthlessness. Just as learning any language requires understandin...

Have you ever wondered if there's a difference between knowing about the Gospel and truly living it out? Many believers can recite the basic facts of salvation but struggle to apply Gospel truths to their everyday challenges. This is the difference between knowing the Gospel and becoming fluent in it.

Gospel fluency goes beyond memorizing a three-minute evangelism script. It means learning to think, feel, and speak in...

Every believer is God's masterpiece, uniquely created with specific spiritual gifts, passions, and purposes that contribute to His kingdom work. According to Ephesians 2:10, we are created anew in Christ Jesus to do the good things God planned for us long ago. Just as no two people have identical fingerprints, no one else can fulfill the specific assignment God has created you for. When you're not using your gifts and ser...

Every believer is God's unique masterpiece, created with intentional design for specific kingdom purposes. According to Ephesians 2:10, we are God's handiwork, created to do good works that He prepared in advance for us to accomplish. Just as no two fingerprints are identical, God has crafted each person with a distinct combination of spiritual gifts, passions, abilities, personality traits, and life experiences that work...

The Christian life is described as a race that requires intentional running toward a specific finish line. To run this spiritual race with endurance, we need two essential elements: community support from fellow believers who encourage our faith journey, and a fixed focus on Jesus as both our example and goal. However, we must also lay aside weights and sins that hinder our progress. These weights often include good things that hav...

Jesus challenged conventional wisdom when He taught that in God's kingdom, the path to greatness runs through service. Unlike worldly leadership that exercises control over others, kingdom leadership means becoming a servant to all. This radical concept is exemplified by Jesus Himself, who came not to be served but to serve and give His life as a ransom for many. Serving others requires genuine humility—counting others as more...

Throughout human history, God has been working toward bringing people from every nation, tribe, and language into His kingdom. This redemptive plan has moved through distinct phases - from the Patriarchs to Israel's captivity, through the periods of Judges and Kings, to Christ's coming and the early church, and finally to the ends of the earth where we are now. The spread of Christianity from a small movement in Jerusalem...

This week, we look into the biblical concept of 'koinonia'—the profound spiritual connection among believers fostered through the Holy Spirit, distinguishing it from mere social interactions. The early church's example in Acts 2 illustrates this fellowship, involving devotion to teaching, sharing meals, prayer, and meeting each other's needs as a spiritual family. Hebrews 10:24-25 underscores the necessity of ga...

Jesus strategically spread His message by investing deeply in twelve ordinary individuals. Over three years, He taught them and modeled ministry before sending them out in pairs to practice what they had learned. This approach established a divine pattern for spreading the Gospel, emphasizing the importance of discipleship—learning, following, and teaching others.

The early church exemplified this as the twelve disciples g...

In a world that celebrates busyness and consumption, Jesus teaches that fasting and rest are essential spiritual disciplines for deeper intimacy with God. True fasting isn't about public displays of piety but creating space for communion with God and developing compassion for others. Biblical rest goes beyond mere physical recuperation to spiritual renewal, with Jesus Himself being our ultimate Sabbath rest. Both disciplines r...

Jesus modeled God's heart for all nations throughout His ministry, fulfilling a plan that began with Abraham. He strategically based His ministry in Galilee of the Gentiles and regularly engaged with non-Jewish people, including the Roman centurion, the Samaritan woman, and Greeks seeking Him. The Great Commission wasn't an afterthought but the culmination of everything Jesus had been demonstrating. His pattern of ministr...

Pastor Chad Mason discusses God's heart for the nations and how He has called His people to be a light to the Gentiles. The message centers on the book of Jonah, exploring how God's mission extends beyond Israel to all peoples of the earth. Pastor Chad highlights how Jonah's prejudice against the Ninevites caused him to resist God's call to preach to them, even though God's plan from Abraham onward was to b...

Worship extends far beyond singing in church—it's a comprehensive lifestyle of glorifying God with our entire being. As Romans 12:1-2 teaches, true worship involves presenting ourselves as living sacrifices, being changed by the renewal of our minds through God's Word. We are called to worship in spirit and truth, engaging both our hearts and minds fully in devotion to God. This means loving God with all our heart, soul, ...

We were created for significance, but not for our own - we were made to bring glory to our Creator. From Genesis through Revelation, God's mission has always been to bless His people so they could be a blessing to all nations. True worship extends beyond singing to offering our entire lives as living sacrifices. God has blessed us with knowledge of Him, resources, and talents for a purpose: to call others to Him. Our true sign...

Developing a heart for prayer begins with understanding Jesus' teaching to approach God as 'Our Father' rather than praying for show or using empty phrases. The Lord's Prayer provides a powerful framework that prioritizes God's glory before our needs. Through the Holy Spirit's help, we can pray honestly even when we lack words, knowing Jesus sympathizes with our weaknesses. The early church demonstrate...

Scripture is God's divine tool for teaching, correcting, and equipping believers, as emphasized in 2 Timothy 3:16-17. When approached as a precious gift rather than an obligation, the Bible transforms our spiritual lives. God communicates through both general revelation (creation) and special revelation (Scripture and Jesus). Effective engagement with Scripture involves creating consistent habits, memorization techniques, medi...

God's plan from Genesis onward has always been global, calling all nations to Himself through His chosen people. Israel was established as a 'kingdom of priests' to represent God to other nations and draw them to worship Him. This priestly role continues with Christians today, who are called to represent God to the world, intercede through prayer, offer spiritual sacrifices, and live consecrated lives. God uses ordin...

What if the spiritual disciplines weren't burdens to bear but gifts of grace designed to transform your relationship with God? 

This weekly discussion, led by Pastor Daniel Justice and Kasie Musetti challenges the traditional understanding of spiritual practices by reframing them as channels through which we meet with God rather than religious obligations. Together, we explore how these practices aren't about ear...

What if your salvation was meant for more than just you? 

From the opening chapters of Genesis, God reveals a heart that beats for all nations. When He commands humanity to "be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth," He's establishing a vision of a world filled with people who love and worship Him. When sin shatters this vision, God doesn't abandon His plan—He refines it.

Enter Abraham, a nobod...