To be a disciple is to be a disciple-maker.
Colin Marshall & Tony Payne, The Trellis and the Vine (Kingsford NSW: Matthias Media, 2009), 154.
Category Archives: Colin Marshall
Where Do Disciples Come From?
Churches don’t make disciples; disciples make disciples.
Colin Marshall & Tony Payne, The Trellis and the Vine (Kingsford NSW: Matthias Media, 2009), 117.
Evangelism Is a Lifestyle, Not an Event
A Christian without a missionary heart is an anomaly. The missionary heart will be seen in all kinds of ways: in prayers for the lost, in making sure our behavior offends no-one, in gospel conversations with friends (at dinner parties!), and in making every effort to save some.
Discipleship Is Making Disciples Who Make Disciples
To be a disciple is to be called to make new disciples.
The Great Commission Is Normal for Every Disciple
The [great] commission is not fundamentally about mission out there somewhere else in another country. It’s a commission that makes disciple-making the normal agenda and priority of every church and every Christian disciple.
original emphasis, Colin Marshall and Tony Payne, The Trellis and the Vine (Kingsford NSW Australia: Matthias Media, 2009), 13.
Binding and Loosing in Heaven and on Earth
The Ministry of the word belongs to all. To bind and to loose clearly is nothing else then to proclaim and to apply the gospel. For what is it to loose, if not to announce the forgiveness of sins before God? What is it to bind, except to withdraw the gospel and to declare the retention of sins? Whether they [that is, the Roman Catholic Church] want to or not, they must concede that the keys are the exercise of the Ministry of the word and belong to all Christians.
Martin Luther in Colin Marshall and Tony Payne, The Trellis and the Vine (Kingsford NSW Australia: Matthias Media, 2009), 58.
