Handbook for Discipleship

Leader's Guide

 

A One Year Discipleship Program For Your Church

A COMPLETE DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAM BEING USED BY THOUSANDS, WORTH THE INVESTMENT OF BOTH TIME AND MONEY

  “ Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little” (Isaiah 28:9-10).

Recommendations:

 "Fundamentalists sometimes tend to be aggressive in evangelism, but weak in discipleship. People not only need to be won to Christ, but they must learn to follow Christ as well. Pastor Lance Ketchum has done an admirable job of putting together materials which will be an invaluable aid in grounding believers in the Word of God. It will be used to strengthen others who perhaps have been saved for awhile, but have not grown.

I would hope that many pastors and churches will avail themselves of this book and use it as intended." 

by the late Earnest D. Pickering

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“This is probably the most comprehensive Discipleship book on the Christian market today. It is truly a remarkable study and a must for every preacher. Dr. Ketchum has done us a great service in producing this unique volume. I wish there would have been something like this when I started my ministry 50 years ago. It is like taking a mini course on the ministry of the Local Church at some Bible Institute. It's on 8½ by 11 paper and bound beautifully in a 231 pages long composition. It touches on every area of the Christian life and then some. The late Dr. Ernest Pickering recommends it highly and so do I.”

Dr. Lawrence Hufhand
State Rep. for the Indiana Fundamental Baptist Fellowship

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21 Chapters | 231 Pages | 8.5" x 11" Workbook

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Table of Contents
Chapter	Page
Chapter 1 Biblical Authority: The Bible Is the Word of God	9
How to Get Spiritual Nourishment from the Word	14
Praying for Spiritual Understanding	15
Truth Is Greater Than Love	17
The Chain of the Transference of Truth	23
The Principles of a Biblical Mandate	24
The Mandate of Reconciliation	25
The Mandate of Evangelism	26
Defective Doctrines of Inspiration	28
God’s Checklist for Becoming a Faithful Disciple of Jesus	29
The Promises of God to Those Who Live by His Word	30
Chapter 2 Understanding God's Gift of Salvation	31
Questions for Your Understanding	32
Salvation and the Judgment of Sin	33
Questions for Your Understanding	35
Understanding in What We Are to Trust for Salvation	36
Establishing the Sufficiency of Christ When Sharing the Gospel	37
What We Must Believe to Be Saved	38
How Jesus Removes Our Sin	39
How Jesus Provides the Gift of God’s Righteousness	40
What Is Salvation?	41
Applying the Things We Learn	42
How to Receive God’s Gift of Salvation	43
Fallen from Grace	44
Questions for Your Understanding	46
Five Ministries of the Holy Spirit the Instant We Believe	48
Disciple’s Written Testimony Sheet	49
Chapter 3 Understanding Our Eternal Security in Christ and Getting Assurance	50
Does Eternal Mean Eternal and Everlasting Mean Everlasting?	53
Works of the Holy Spirit That Confirm Eternal Security	57
Chapter 4 Understanding God’s Teaching about Water Baptism	58
Water Baptism: The Beginning of Obedience	61
Water Baptism: A Public Testimony of Discipleship	61
God’s Expectations of a Baptized Disciple	63
Application	64
Chapter 5 Understanding God’s Teaching about the Lord’s Supper	65
The Elements of the Lord’s Supper	65
The Purposes of the Lord’s Supper	66
Is the Lord’s Supper a Continuation of the Sacrifice of Christ for Sin?	67
The Lord’s Supper: Things to Think About	68
Chapter 6 Understanding God’s Teaching About the Pastor and His Ministry	70
The Threefold Responsibility of the Pastor to His Congregation	72
Obeying and Following Pastoral Leadership	74
Chapter 7 Understanding God’s Teaching About Deacons and Their Role	76
The Role of Deacons in the Church	77
The Deacon: Model of Ministry	79
Chapter 8 Understanding God’s Design for the Local Church	81
Why Did Jesus Found the Local Church?	82
Metaphorical Examples of the Local Church from the Scriptures	84
Types of Church Governments (Polity) Being Practiced	85
Questions for Discussion	86
What Should I Look for in a Local Church	87
Questions on the Responsibilities of Church Membership	90
Chapter 9 Understanding God’s Teaching about Individual Soul Liberty	92
Questions for Your Understanding	93
Chapter 10 Utilizing the Power of God’s Word for Living	94
Understanding the Purpose of God’s Word	95
Learning to Make Life’s Tough Choices Early in Life	97
Getting to the Heart of the Problem of Sin	98
Breaking the Shackles of Spiritual Bondage	99
Overcoming the Fallen Nature	102
Changing Our Running, Hiding and Covering	103
Desire Motivation	104
Hindrances to Obedience Motivated Living	105
Questions on Desire Motivation	106
Obedience Motivation	107
Becoming Obedience Motivated	109
Self-Confrontation	110
Self-Examination	111
Principles for Change: Principle One	113
Principles for Change: Principles Two and Three	114
Principles for Change: Principles Four and Five	115
Obedience Motivation and the Fatherhood of God	116
Measuring Our Growth in Biblical Change	118
The Fear of Man as a Hindrance to Obedience	119
Chapter 11 Learning to Worship God and Avoid the Worship of Self	122
The Spiritual Law of the Vow	123
The Foundational Errors of the Religion of Self	124
Correcting Man’s Errors Concerning Self-Worth	126
The Error of Man Concerning Self	127
The Error of Man Concerning Self-Love	128
The Overflowing Issues of the Malignant Heart	130
Four Spiritual Laws of Obedience in the Face of Questionable Things	132
Is There a Wrong Kind of Obedience?	134
Scriptural Examples of God-Centered and Man-Centered Obedience	136
Chapter 12 Growing Spiritually through Personal Daily Bible Study	138
Four Steps Involved in Growth through Daily Bible Study	139
Spiritual Growth through the Renewing of Our Minds	140
Searching for the Wisdom of God through Personal Bible Study	141
Five Principles of Spiritual Growth: Principle One	143
Five Principles of Spiritual Growth: Principle Two	144
Five Principles of Spiritual Growth: Principle Three	145
Five Principles of Spiritual Growth: Principle Four	147
Five Principles of Spiritual Growth: Principle Five	148
Chapter 13 Growing Spiritually by Understanding What the Christian Life Is	150
What Is the Christian Life?	150
What Is Abiding Life in Christ?	152
Why Is Abiding in Christ Important?	153
Abiding in Christ through Cleansing	154
Chapter 14 Growing Spiritually by Learning to Pray	156
Prayer and Waiting on the Lord	156
Why Should Christians Pray?	157
The Attitudes of Prayer	158
The Promises of Prayer	160
Prayer Promises and Provisions for Personal Needs	162
Chapter 15 Learning to Grow Spiritually by Ministering to Others	164
Opening the Doors of Ministry	164
Escaping the Prison of Selfishness through Ministering to Others	165
How to Minister to People	166
Ministering in the Spirit	1667
Obedience and Witnessing	168
Things to Think About	169
Breaking the Six Sound Barriers to Witnessing	170
Things to Think About	171
Learning to Appropriate the Power of the Word of God in Witnessing	173
Methods and Purposes for Scripture Memorization	175
Understanding the Holy Spirit in Witnessing	177
The Work of the Holy Spirit in Witnessing	178
Obedience and Stewardship	180
Spiritual Qualifications Necessary to Be Used of God to Witness	182
Chapter 16 Learning to Love God’s Way	184
Testing Our Efforts at Biblical Love	185
What Should I Do When I Have Wronged Someone?	186
How Important Is Repentance in Biblical Forgiveness and Reconciliation?	188
How Important Is Restitution in Biblical Forgiveness and Reconciliation?	189
What Happens When We Think, Speak or Act Un-Biblically?	190
Communicating Biblically	192
To Whom Should You Speak?	193
Obeying the Scriptural Command to Forgive	194
Learning to Forgive as God Has Forgiven You	195
Learning the Ministry of Encouragement	196
The Demolition of Hindrances to Spiritual Growth	200
Chapter 17 Understanding the Priesthood of the Believer	201
Questions for Your Understanding	202
Chapter 18 Learning to Practice Biblical Evangelism	204
Chapter 19 Understanding God’s Teaching about a Separated Life Style	208
Ecclesiastical and Personal Separation	209
Balaamism: Failure in Ecclesiastical Separation	210
Joshua’s Deathbed Warning	211
The Ecumenical Spirit: Three Progressive Steps to Apostasy	212
New Testament Commandments of Separation	214
Gangrene in the Body of Christ	215
The Scriptural Basis for Fellowship	217
Questions for Your Understanding	218
Touch Not the Unclean Thing	219
Ecclesiastical Separation	220
Questions for Your Understanding	222
The Characteristics of an Apostate	223
Recognizing Apostates by Their Beliefs and Practices	224
Chapter 20 Should Christians Drink Alcohol?	225
Chapter 21 Philosophies That Spoil Christians	229