On Sunday, March 15th, our great layman Paul Schlieker said it well: "success is succession."

You probably need to do a lot of things. You need to pay your taxes, and pretty soon you will have to mow your grass as spring is upon us, but one thing that you HAVE TO DO is listen to this message on discipleship. Pull up a chair, a notebook, and a pen that won't run out of ink and give it a listen.

Week 4 / Paul Schlieker / 2 Timothy 2:2
http://www.cccomaha.org/media/messageMedia.php

In this message a lot of things jump off the audio, but here are a few statements made in this sermon that I might return to the blog about if there is any interest out there (ie: nobody seems to comment):
1. Following Jesus Doesn't Happen by default
2. There is a succession plan
3. Multiplying was never expected and always resisted, but from the beginning Jesus expected to multiply
4. Maturity requires time and practice

Wow! - now those will preach all by themselves! IF there are comments and interest the dialogue may continue here...stay tuned.

Shameless bragging here...I love it that Paul S. is a part of the discipleship team here at CCC on a volunteer and lay leadership level. He puts a lot of skin in the game for discipleship and leaves it on the field when he is done. I get to work with this guy! If you want to hear more of him and more thougths on discipleship you might have to dive deeper into the Journey Groups arena of CCC (another shameless plug).