It is important to finish up your year of discipleship with thanksgiving, vulnerability, and a chance to look into the future together. See how Jani wraps up her year with her disciples in this final episode of our discipleship series. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

What brought about Israel’s division and God’s ultimate judgment upon His people? This episode helps us understand the Bible from Solomon to the birth of Christ. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

See how two women changed the course of the nation of Israel and helped usher in her glory days under the united monarchy of Saul, David, and Solomon. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Jani shares some ideas on training your young children to honor your desire and need to spend quiet time with Christ. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Jani is delighted to have her former co-host, Heidi Howerton, join her to wish you a Happy Easter! Find out what God is teaching Heidi during this stretching season in her life. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund / Heidi Howerton

Do you struggle with sharing Christ boldly with others, as Jani does? Listen in as she shares from Scripture to help us “walk in wisdom toward outsiders” (Col. 4:5). Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

What is worship? What does it look like? How can our public worship help others embrace the beauty of Jesus Christ? Jani teaches on our third priority—the work of Christ in the world—and how our worship services can help us live on mission. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Why does God tell us to treat His name differently from every other name imaginable? This is a review of the 3rd commandment and how God lovingly reveals Himself to us through it. Jani also shares why she encourages her discipleship groups to end their meetings with Numbers 6:24-27. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

The meaning of the Bible is not some big secret that God is daring you to discover. Jani’s son, Gavin, shares how God makes His Truth accessible to all His children. We also talk about helpful ways to read the Book of Judges. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

This short episode encourages you to revisit your goals and refresh them for the coming weeks. Jani also shows you a new way to pray for one another in your group. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Jani shares why her discipleship groups memorize larger portions of Scripture. How does this help Christ followers obey, enjoy, and share the Lord Jesus with others? You can also learn a tried-and-true method for storing up God’s Word in your heart (Psalm 119:11). Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Music is a powerful gift from God that complements, supports, and deepens the impact of God’s Word in the lives of His people. How can we use it in our discipleship groups each week? Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

What does our gospel doctrine teach us about forgiving those who have deeply hurt us? This episode dives into Paul’s admonition to overcome evil with good from Romans 12:17-21. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

We continue to talk through what gospel culture feels and looks like as Jani teaches on nurturing true humility in our gospel communities from Romans 12:14-16. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Jani helps us see how gospel doctrine can foster gospel culture in our churches through love, humility, and forgiveness. This episode looks at Romans 12:9-13 and the sincere love that honors and serves and meets the needs of other Christians. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Let your lifetime goals bring this new year into focus. Jani helps us plan for our year—month—week—even the day ahead of us by “making the best use of the time” (Eph. 5:16). Discover how to write short term goals that are “SMART.” Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

The wise woman “plans noble things” (Isaiah 32:8). Jani encourages us to live wisely as daughters of the King, developing noble plans through writing measurable and sustainable lifetime goals. Take a peek at Jani’s lifetime goals and try writing some for yourself. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

What are your dreams? What thrills you, motivates you, satisfies you? Why do you think God made you? Why now? Why here? Jani explains how writing lifetime goals can help us live with more purposeful devotion to Christ and His kingdom work. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Jani answers questions from listeners on writing a life mission statement and how to set goals for a specific decade of your life. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Jani sends her listeners a Merry Christmas from her home to yours! Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

As Jani encourages us to read through the Bible in the coming year, she wants her listeners to have a basic understanding of how God establishes His rule over this rebellious world. In this episode she teaches from genesis through Judges. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

What is the overriding theme of the Old Testament? Can you see Jesus there? Jani offers some helps for reading through the Old Testament. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Have you ever read through the whole Bible as a book? Jani shares some ways to approach this for the coming year. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

It is important as disciples of Christ to prize and treasure the written Word. Jani shares why she reveres the Bible so deeply. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Did you know the Bible shows us the three priorities by which Christ lived His earthly life? As His disciples, let’s follow His example. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Jani encourages her disciples to periodically plan a longer time for meeting with the Lord. What are the benefits and how do you get started? Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

What is biblical meditation? Join us for this next lesson in our discipleship series. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

One young mom sends in a thoughtful question regarding teaching her daughters about true beauty, vanity, and make-up. Another young mom struggles with guilt over buying pretty things for herself. How can we think biblically about these issues? Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Why do we lose heart and give up on praying? Are there any tools that can help us? Jani shares two acrostics that help her when she doesn’t know how to pray. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Jani shares how to lead your discipleship group into regular individual prayer times. Listen for ways to develop a prayer notebook. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Jani and her guest, Abby Norris, teach on worship—what it is and how to incorporate it into your discipleship meetings. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund / Abby Norris

Jani and her guest, Abby Norris, talk about how to schedule your discipleship year around three Christian priorities. They also teach on developing daily, personal times with the Lord. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund / Abby Norris

Jani interviews a member of one of her discipleship groups about her experience in Jani's group, and then asks her to share advice regarding how she began discipling women herself. Listen in to the discipleship story of Abby Norris. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund / Abby Norris

Discipleship means going deep with other Christians. Jani shares a way your group members can get to know each other so they can grow in intimacy and vulnerability. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Jesus teaches His disciples a new way to love that goes beyond the Golden Rule. In discipling relationships you can experience this kind of love as you commit yourselves to each other. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

What are your goals as you meet for discipleship? Learn about the five elements of Jani’s discipleship group and what accountability can look like as you meet. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Who are you in Christ? Discipleship is more your identity in Christ than an activity you engage in. Jani helps us learn how to choose whom to meet with and what to do at that first connection. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Jani teaches about our attitudes, our actions, and our incentives in discipling relationships. What should we feel, what should we do, and why should we give ourselves to discipleship? Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund / Heidi Howerton

We begin a new series on being a disciple of Christ and then passing on to others what we love about knowing Him. What does the Bible teach us about discipleship? What is it? Why should we care? Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund / Heidi Howerton

Jani offers advice on how to build a bridge to your daughter-in-law’s heart, suggesting three tangible ways to strengthen your son’s marriage. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund

Author and musician Kevin Morris joins us to share about his new book, The Many Phases of Lily Andrews, a fascinating story written as a metaphor of faith. Jani and Heidi also answer questions about parenting little ones who consistently fight bedtime, along with a listener’s request from a mother who is having a hard time relationally with one of …

Jani and Heidi offer two more engaging stories of women who followed their King regardless of adversity and suffering. Susannah Spurgeon and Bilquis Sheikh were deeply spiritual women in very different settings, but with the same goal—to serve Christ wholeheartedly until they saw Him face to face. Support the show…

Jani shares from captivating biographies of two of her Christian heroines, Sarah Edwards and Mary Slessor. How did they deal with hindrances and hardships on their pathway to Heaven? Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund / Heidi Howerton

Jani and Ray answer a listener’s question about how to develop a deeper prayer life. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund / Ray Ortlund

Ray joins Jani to help answer listener questions about a husband’s desire to pursue his PhD and a wife needing counsel on how to deal with criticism against her pastor-husband. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund / Ray Ortlund

Jani and Heidi discuss more uplifting and challenging Christian biographies to read as they share the life stories of Darlene Deibler Rose and Amy Carmichael. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund // Heidi Howerton

What do you enjoy about summertime? Heidi and Jani want to encourage you to make time for reading. Jani shares a soul-restoring biography of Elisabeth Elliot’s early years. Support the showبقلم Jani Ortlund, Heidi Howerton

TOP EPISODE REWIND: What should a wife do when her husband, who professes Christ as his Savior, does not take the initiative to cultivate a solid spiritual environment in their home? Ray and Jani offer a biblical response from Romans 15:7. The "BEST OF" Series contains the Top Episodes from each Series so far. This is a rewind of Episode 63, "Spiri…

TOP EPISODE REWIND: What fears are pestering you, polluting your joy and peace? Jani helps us see how to develop a fear-shrinking faith in God that will match any fears you are dealing with these days. The "BEST OF" Series contains the Top Episodes from each Series so far. This is a rewind of Episode 78, "Flourishing Faith that Shrinks Our Fears" f…

TOP EPISODE REWIND: Jani invites Ray to share biblical ways to respond to the confusion and chaos engulfing us in the United States today. Ray answers two questions: “How can God help us?” and “What can we do?” The "BEST OF" Series contains the Top Episodes from each Series so far. This is a rewind of Episode 61, "How to be Christians in the Midst …