Making Disciples Through Real Relationships with Leonard Tanks Jr. & Every Disciple is a Disciple Maker with Dr. David Nelms

About this episode

The episode discusses the importance of discipleship through real relationships and obedience to Jesus, featuring insights from Dr. David Nelms and Leonard Tanks Jr.

Today, on Karl and Crew, we continued our weekly theme, “Discipleship.” Dr. David Nelms joined us to explain why discipleship is more than listening to the Bible—it means obeying Jesus out of love and helping others grow as we go. David serves as Founder of The Timothy Initiative , a global movement that makes and multiplies disciples, churches, and leaders. We also had Leonard Tanks Jr. join us to share his story of radical transformation and explain how discipleship happens through real-life relationships, surrender, and walking alongside others as they grow in Christ. Leonard is an apologist and emerging theologian based in Cleveland, Ohio, where he serves as the pastor and church planter of Reach City Church . You can hear the highlights of today’s program on the Karl and Crew Showcast. If you're looking to hear a particular segment from the show, look at the following time stamps: Dr. David Nelms [ 23:24 ] Leonard Tanks Jr. [ 36:00 ] Donate to Moody Radio: http://moodyradio.org/donateto/morningshow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Karl

Guests: Dr. David Nelms, Leonard Tanks Jr.

Topics covered

• discipleship
• relationships
• spiritual growth
• Christianity
• transformation

Keywords

• discipleship
• Christianity
• spiritual growth
• real relationships
• transformation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Timothy Initiative, Reach City Church

Places: Cleveland, Ohio

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