List of Resources

pdf’s to download and/or print.

A Bible study Guide (to accompany the book “The Essential Call”)

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A Socratic leader’s Guide.

- Helps to facilitate Chapter Eight and practice it.
- Covers the six habits from “Working the Method at a Kitchen Table,” the stock follow-ups (“Where do you see that in the text?” “Say that in your own words”), and the closing obedience question.
- Contains worked examples that turn a statement into a question, like your Ephesians 2:9 example.

A first-meeting kit and a standard session agenda.

- The covenant tells people what they’ve agreed to, but not what the hour looks like.
- A simple repeatable outline that fill that gap: opening with “what happened when you tried?”, then the text, then questions, then landing on obedience, then prayer. Including the Chapter Ten question (“where did you fall short, where did you see God at work?”).
- This answers the most common question a new triad will have.

A recommended study pathway.

- The covenant’s “What” box is the hardest one for new groups to fill.
- A suggested 6-, 12-, and 24-month sequence of passages to set a good foundation.
- This gives facilitators and teachers a ready answer and keeps groups from stalling after the first few meetings.

A “Four Questions” self-examination worksheet.

- This turns Chapter Ten’s questions into a page meant to be revisited every six months.
- It makes the relational aspect of discipleship more concrete.

A family worship and catechesis guide.

- Chapters Three, Five, and Seven all lean on Deuteronomy 6, the Puritan Directory, and Luther’s household rubric.
- This is a simple weekly pattern to serve your family and loved ones: read, ask, pray, and one catechism question.
- Ideas for “question-provoking” practices.

“So you’ve been asked to disciple someone.”

- This addresses the fear of inadequacy most people feel.
- It covers the practical guardrails :
  - confidentiality and its limits,
  - when to refer to an elder or a counselor,
  - Titus 2 pairing norms,
  - and safeguarding when the person being discipled is a minor.
- This is worth having for liability reasons alone.

Historic accountability questions.

- Wesley’s “How is it with your soul?”, the band-meeting questions, and similar sets are public domain.
- Tying directly to Chapter Five, and groups for using them weekly.

A spiritual-generations tracker. This would be a simple paper chart for 2 Timothy 2:2: who is discipling whom, and when each group multiplied. It’s useful to a church tracking its own growth without buying software.

A sermon-series launch kit.

- Five sermon outlines for a pastor to introduce the vision from the pulpit before rolling out groups.
- It pairs naturally with the Church Leaders Guide.

Church Leaders Guide.