Most Christians never mature beyond spiritual infancy. Pastor Stephen Martin and Pastor Nate Brown expose the critical third value of Kingdom Culture that changes everything: Personal Discipleship.

Building on the foundation of Spiritual Family and Relational Unity, this episode reveals why taking personal responsibility for your faith is the hinge pin that determines whether you thrive or merely survive as a believer.

What You'll Discover:

✅ Why Paul compared faith to professional athletic training (and what that means for you)

✅ The shocking truth about 10 historic American churches that all lost their faith

✅ How to stop stumbling and start seeing what God is doing

✅ Why discipline is painful but produces a harvest of righteousness

✅ The difference between living by default vs. living by design

✅ How a 13-year-old's basketball training exposes our spiritual laziness

Featured Scripture Study:

📖 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 – Running the race and training like an athlete

📖 Isaiah 55:8-9 – God's ways are higher than our ways

📖 Proverbs 29:18 – If people can't see what God is doing, they stumble

📖 Psalm 90:12 – Teach us to number our days

📖 Hebrews 12:11 – No discipline is enjoyable, but it produces righteousness

Pastor Stephen Martin, founding pastor of Vintage Church in Central Texas, teams up with Pastor Nathan Brown to deliver practical biblical wisdom that equips Christians with the tools they need to mature in their faith and stand firm in today's cultural chaos.

Don't miss the next episode where they'll share practical frameworks for implementing personal discipleship in your daily life.

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