Podcast Episode #241
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Mike Harland returns to the podcast to discuss worship as discipleship.
Some highlights from today’s episode include:
- Discipleship is something that should be passed from generation to generation in our families.
- The most quoted book of the Bible is the book of Psalms.
- Every spiritual discipline you can think of is represented in at least one psalm.
- Music should be used as a tool to help us make disciples in the church.
- Music is the most powerful discipleship tool God has given us.
- In many churches, worship ministry is more performance-based than discipleship-based.
The four topics we cover related to worship as discipleship are:
- The Biblical Model of Discipleship
- The Bible without the Psalms
- Music and Memory
- Concentric Circles of DiscipleMaking in Worship Ministry
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Home Run Content! Dr. Rainer and Jonathan continue to crush it! Best leadership podcast going in my opinion!
Thank you, Charlie!
Dr. Rainer,
Thank you for all you do to speak into the lives of church leaders.
To share an experience with you. I was doing mission work around Nashville a couple of summers ago. We had kind of an off day so we went to visit the elderly in an adult daycare facility. Most had severe memory loss and some were almost catatonic; just sitting and staring into the distance. Most of the other people in my group started playing bingo and some other games with those who were able. This one lady just sitting off by herself staring blankly across the room caught my attention. I went over to try to talk with her. Almost as soon as I sat down with her a nurse came over to tell me that there was no need to try to talk to her because she never speaks or acknowledges anyone. I don’t know why, but for some reason I pulled up Louis Armstrong’s song “What a Wonderful World” on my cellphone. As soon as it started playing her eyes light up, she became alert, and started singing every word. I was blown away. She talked to me after the song for a couple of minutes telling me how much she loved music, and that was one of her favorites. I asked her if she liked Nat King Cole, and she said she did. So I played “Unforgettable” and got the same response. She sang every word and talked to me for a couple of minutes afterwards before the blank stare came back over her face. We left shortly after so I didn’t get to play her anymore songs. Two of the nurses who were nearby and witnessed all this were absolutely astonished. One of them said it was the first time she’d ever heard the lady speak. Even though these were secular songs, it was an amazing experience that I will never forget that proved to me the power of music.
Great story!
Is there by any chance a transcript of this podcast? I am working on a Bible study for discipling older single adults [one with early Alzheimers] and would love to be able to ruminate over the contents of the podcast. I remember more that I read rather than what I hear.