Follow Me As I Follow Jesus – Episode 15
In this episode, Bud and Ray talk about the importance of discipleship in the Christian’s journey. Ray Hollenbach is a husband, a father, a writer, a (former) pastor, a businessman, and a student of Jesus. Ray has written about faith and culture for many publications, published books, and regularly publishes on his website studentsofjesus.com. The book Bud references in this episode is The Impossible Mentor. Here is a link to the episode of 200 Churches Bud referenced as well: Who Is Your Model For Ministry Leadership?
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Special thanks:
- This episode was edited and produced by Brian Jacob.
- The intro/outro tune “Never Enough” comes courtesy of Andrew Michael Meador. Go listen to his music on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube.
- The interlude music was created by Bud Winderweedle.
Bio: Ray Hollenbach
Ray Hollenbach is a husband, a father, a writer, a (former) pastor, a businessman, and a student of Jesus. Ray has written about faith and culture for many publications including the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, ChurchLeaders.com, SermonCentral.com, Relevant Magazine, My Faith Radio, and Collide Magazine. He currently lives among the irenic hills of central Kentucky, which are filled with faith and culture.
Ray helps people and organizations navigate change. After 15 years as a pastor he now helps church leaders focus upon spiritual formation and creating church-wide cultures of discipleship.
Ray has a Master’s degree in theology from Campbellsville University, and a degree in communications from Illinois State University. He works as a Lecturer in Theology at Campbellsville University. He is the author of Deeper Grace, a book designed to widen our understanding of grace from “salvation” to transformation, and The Impossible Mentor, a book on the foundations of discipleship. His other work includes smaller devotionals for various seasons, 50 Forgotten Days and 25 Days of Christmas and A Month of Thanksgiving. He also has a small collection of very short stories addressing spiritual themes, The Man with All the Answers (and other spiritual stories).