<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:psc="http://podlove.org/simple-chapters" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Radically Obedient Disciples]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>What does it mean to be a radically obedient disciple of Jesus? On this podcast we share real stories happening today, miracles and transformed lives as people come to faith in Jesus in some of the most difficult regions in the world. Join the Biglife team as we explore simple ways to live in radical obedience every day.</p><p></p><p>Who are we? </p><p>Biglife is not a church and more than a ministry. Biglife is a way for believers all over the world to reach others for Christ, disciple them, and multiply their numbers until the whole world knows. We envision radically obedient disciples in every nation turning the world upside down for Jesus Christ by empowering believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people. Learn more at www.big.life</p>]]></description><link>www.big.life</link><generator>Riverside.fm (https://riverside.com)</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:50:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://api.riverside.com/hosting/0s4Yc6GB.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><author><![CDATA[Biglife]]></author><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:07:12 GMT</pubDate><copyright><![CDATA[2026 Biglife]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><ttl>60</ttl><category><![CDATA[Society & Culture]]></category><category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category><itunes:author>Biglife</itunes:author><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;What does it mean to be a radically obedient disciple of Jesus? On this podcast we share real stories happening today, miracles and transformed lives as people come to faith in Jesus in some of the most difficult regions in the world. Join the Biglife team as we explore simple ways to live in radical obedience every day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Who are we? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Biglife is not a church and more than a ministry. Biglife is a way for believers all over the world to reach others for Christ, disciple them, and multiply their numbers until the whole world knows. We envision radically obedient disciples in every nation turning the world upside down for Jesus Christ by empowering believers worldwide to reach and disciple their own people. Learn more at www.big.life&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Biglife</itunes:name><itunes:email>k.chapman@big.life</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:category text="Religion &amp; Spirituality"><itunes:category text="Christianity"/></itunes:category><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/7359c50d-17ed-4892-b58c-95fc006c890a/logos/7f26ce37-3d02-42ca-a664-a46bb0fdee8d.png"/><item><title><![CDATA[Episode 2: Not to Us, O Lord- John/Jeff/Jack]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>The Lord has a long habit of using the last person anyone would expect. In this episode of the Radically Obedient Disciples Podcast, John and Jeff each tell how they ended up in a life of disciple-making they never planned.</p><p> They look at examples of people the Lord used for his purpose in scripture and discuss the freedom of being a nobody who simply hears, obeys, and shares.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">c821d5dc-7e40-4e1e-80cf-406ecb0c99ea</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Biglife]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:45:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/cadda4abab9db3a7faac6eb02228c298c4420ae05aa9c5d18369bc36965b736a/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJjODIxZDVkYy03ZTQwLTRlMWUtODBjZi00MDZlY2IwYzk5ZWEiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI3MzU5YzUwZC0xN2VkLTQ4OTItYjU4Yy05NWZjMDA2Yzg5MGEiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2M2MwNWEzOTcwYzIyNThhNTY4OWE0Y2YiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmFjZjkwZjYxMmVmMTUzOGRhMjQwM2I5L3JhZGljYWxseS1vYmVkaWVudC1kaXNjaXBsZXMtcG9kY2FzdC0yMDI2LTEwLTE0X18xNC0yNS01OC5tcDMifQ==.mp3" length="39912220" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/7359c50d-17ed-4892-b58c-95fc006c890a/episodes/c821d5dc-7e40-4e1e-80cf-406ecb0c99ea/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;The Lord has a long habit of using the last person anyone would expect. In this episode of the Radically Obedient Disciples Podcast, John and Jeff each tell how they ended up in a life of disciple-making they never planned.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; They look at examples of people the Lord used for his purpose in scripture and discuss the freedom of being a nobody who simply hears, obeys, and shares.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:27:43</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/7359c50d-17ed-4892-b58c-95fc006c890a/logos/7f26ce37-3d02-42ca-a664-a46bb0fdee8d.png"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode><itunes:title>Episode 2: Not to Us, O Lord- John/Jeff/Jack</itunes:title><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title><![CDATA[Episode 1: Hear, Obey, Share- John/Jeff/Jack]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to the Radically Obedient Disciples Podcast! Here are the key takeaways from Episode 1:</p><ul><li><b><strong>Obedience before understanding</strong></b> — John and Jeff share a story from Central Asian leaders who taught them that full understanding of Scripture often comes <i><em>through</em></i> obedience, not before it. Delayed obedience is disobedience.</li><li><b><strong>Biglife's mission</strong></b> — Biglife exists to see "radically obedient disciples in every nation turning the world upside down for Jesus," empowering ordinary indigenous believers (not seminary-trained professionals) to reach and disciple their own people.</li><li><b><strong>Disciple-Making Movements (DMM)</strong></b> — Since 1985, DMM/church-planting movements are described as the only strategy that has outpaced global population growth in reaching people for Christ, because they focus on generational multiplication rather than one-time evangelism events.</li><li><b><strong>The Mark 5 story as the model</strong></b> — They walk through the account of the demon-possessed man in Mark 5:1-20: he had no training or theological education, only a transformed encounter with Jesus, yet Jesus sent him immediately to tell his own community — and that obedience allegedly sparked generations of believers in that region.</li><li><b><strong>"Duck-duckling" discipleship</strong></b> — Training happens on the job, alongside a proven disciple-maker, rather than in a classroom — modeled on "model, assist, watch, launch" rather than curriculum-based teaching.</li><li><b><strong>Knowledge vs. obedience balance</strong></b> — They're careful to clarify: knowledge of Scripture isn't bad or unnecessary, but it's incomplete without action. The goal isn't obedience <i><em>instead of</em></i> depth, but immediate obedience <i><em>alongside </em></i>ongoing discipleship and community.</li><li><b><strong>Ordinary people, extraordinary impact</strong></b> — A recurring theme is that God uses "unlikely" or "unqualified" people, and that every believer already has the only "training" needed: their own transformation story.</li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12b3b9c3-11a7-41b8-8633-61169b3e1c3b</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Biglife]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:15:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/0347f8b99373b2cc8f33b6fd07e5916e77f5b69b5bb3878ede47ecaace7d952f/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIxMmIzYjljMy0xMWE3LTQxYjgtODYzMy02MTE2OWIzZTFjM2IiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI3MzU5YzUwZC0xN2VkLTQ4OTItYjU4Yy05NWZjMDA2Yzg5MGEiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2M2MwNWEzOTcwYzIyNThhNTY4OWE0Y2YiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmFiMmIyY2I3MDJhMDBhN2Y1YzRjN2M1L3JhZGljYWxseS1vYmVkaWVudC1kaXNjaXBsZXMtcG9kY2FzdC0yMDI2LTktMjJfXzE2LTU0LTM1Lm1wMyJ9.mp3" length="49494352" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/7359c50d-17ed-4892-b58c-95fc006c890a/episodes/12b3b9c3-11a7-41b8-8633-61169b3e1c3b/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the Radically Obedient Disciples Podcast! Here are the key takeaways from Episode 1:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Obedience before understanding&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/b&gt; — John and Jeff share a story from Central Asian leaders who taught them that full understanding of Scripture often comes &lt;i&gt;&lt;em&gt;through&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/i&gt; obedience, not before it. Delayed obedience is disobedience.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Biglife&apos;s mission&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/b&gt; — Biglife exists to see &quot;radically obedient disciples in every nation turning the world upside down for Jesus,&quot; empowering ordinary indigenous believers (not seminary-trained professionals) to reach and disciple their own people.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disciple-Making Movements (DMM)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/b&gt; — Since 1985, DMM/church-planting movements are described as the only strategy that has outpaced global population growth in reaching people for Christ, because they focus on generational multiplication rather than one-time evangelism events.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Mark 5 story as the model&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/b&gt; — They walk through the account of the demon-possessed man in Mark 5:1-20: he had no training or theological education, only a transformed encounter with Jesus, yet Jesus sent him immediately to tell his own community — and that obedience allegedly sparked generations of believers in that region.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Duck-duckling&quot; discipleship&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/b&gt; — Training happens on the job, alongside a proven disciple-maker, rather than in a classroom — modeled on &quot;model, assist, watch, launch&quot; rather than curriculum-based teaching.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Knowledge vs. obedience balance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/b&gt; — They&apos;re careful to clarify: knowledge of Scripture isn&apos;t bad or unnecessary, but it&apos;s incomplete without action. The goal isn&apos;t obedience &lt;i&gt;&lt;em&gt;instead of&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/i&gt; depth, but immediate obedience &lt;i&gt;&lt;em&gt;alongside &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/i&gt;ongoing discipleship and community.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ordinary people, extraordinary impact&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/b&gt; — A recurring theme is that God uses &quot;unlikely&quot; or &quot;unqualified&quot; people, and that every believer already has the only &quot;training&quot; needed: their own transformation story.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:34:22</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/7359c50d-17ed-4892-b58c-95fc006c890a/logos/7f26ce37-3d02-42ca-a664-a46bb0fdee8d.png"/><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:title>Episode 1: Hear, Obey, Share- John/Jeff/Jack</itunes:title><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>