# The Difference Between Teaching People About Jesus and Training Them to Follow Him

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Podcast: [The Dare to Multiply Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dare-to-multiply-podcast-6465185)
Published: 2026-04-21T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://daretomultiply.podbean.com/e/the-difference-between-teaching-people-about-jesus-and-training-them-to-follow-him/
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Duration seconds: 1450

## Resource

In this episode, we explore a critical but often overlooked difference at the heart of disciple‑making. Jesus didn’t command us to simply transfer information. In the Great Commission, He tells us to teach people to obey everything He commanded—not just to know it. Using Matthew 28:20, a key Greek word study, and practical disciple‑making insight, we unpack why information‑based teaching often fails to produce transformation—and what it looks like to train people for obedience, practice, and replication. This conversation is especially for pastors, leaders, missionaries, and disciple‑makers who sense that content alone isn’t producing the fruit we long to see.

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