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Helping you grow into a fully devoted follower of Christ
Disciple Blueprint provides clear biblical teaching, practical resources, and tools to help believers grow in faith and understanding of Scripture.
I’m Raymond Smith — Bible teacher, author, and disciple-maker. I built Disciple Blueprint for believers who want more than Sunday morning.
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Sunday morning has a lot more competition than it used to.
Sports leagues schedule games. The weather is perfect for outdoor activities. We've had an exhausting week and would rather sleep in. And with church services available online, it's easy to tell ourselves we'll just watch later.
In this episode, Raymond starts with a real-life Sunday Pony Football game and asks a larger question: When church and something else compete for the same place on our calendar, how do we decide what wins?
Using Hebrews 10:24–25, we'll look at the difference between treating church as an elective and making gathering with other believers part of our normal rhythm. We'll also consider what our repeated Sunday choices are teaching our families.
But showing up isn't the finish line. Church was never intended to be about earning a weekly attendance sticker. Gathering should eventually lead us toward participation, relationships, encouragement and service.
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