About Jacob and about this blog

Jacob is the Senior Pastor at Willowbrook Christian Church in Victor, NY. He graduated from Boise Bible College in 2019 and moved to minister in NY in 2025. Jacob and his wife, Tristan, have one son named Ethan. Jacob likes to read, play games, grill, and do woodwork. You can read more of his writing at https://oldiscipleship.blogspot.com/ and at Renew.org.

Jacob likes to teach and preach the Bible; this blog is an outlet for that. There are many important questions about how God's way works in this world and if it is truly worth it. The goal of Online Discipleship is to have a space to answer questions and deepen our understanding of the way of Jesus.

If you have questions, I would love to hear them! Please feel free to leave a comment on one of the blogs about your question.

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The Bible: Who is it About and How Do We Read it?

The Bible: Who is it About and How Do We Read it? The Bible is a book that has made major impacts throughout history. This is true whether you believe it is more than just an old book or not. For those who believe that it is truly God's inspired word, we need to ensure we are reading it well. When it comes to reading the Bible, we can tend to run into some serious issues. We might try and make the Bible about us or we might use a verse to justify a decision that we are making (even if that verse has absolutely nothing to do with that decision), but if we do not approach the Bible in the way it was meant to be approached then we will be robbed of the beauty of God's story. Who is the Bible About? Here is the main thing we need to understand about the Bible, It is not about us! Yes, it is for us and because of this we can learn a lot from it, but once we try and put ourselves as the central point of scripture then we ...

How should we respond when a Christian leader has moral failure?

What do we do when we see moral failure in a Christian, especially a Christian leader? Maybe you have seen news come out recently about Philip Yancey, a Christian author and speaker who has influenced Christian thought and teaching through his writing that spans from 1982 to the last few years. Yancey recently confessed to a recent affair that lasted 8 years with a married woman. He stated that he has confessed before God and his wife that he has sinned and that he has withdrawn himself from further ministry. He has started counseling and is focusing the rest of his time on working on his marriage. His wife also made the statement of her hurt and her loss of trust in her husband and her commitment to working through this with Philip because of her vows to him that were made 55 years earlier. She said she knows that Christ's blood has made Philip's forgiveness possible and that she is praying for God to help her reach a place of forgiveness as well. I don't bri...

The Sound of Silence

1 Samuel 3:10 (NIV) 10The LORD came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “ Speak, for your servant is listening .” I am really bad at silence. Like, just awful at it. I grew up in a family that couldn't stand silence. Music had to be on constantly, or a movie had to be playing in the background, or someone had to be talking. For the most part, peace wasn't about being quiet as much as it was about not being in conflict. I didn't realize this about me until my wife, Tristan, and I started dating. A few weeks in, and I had talked about pretty much everything. I mean, EVERYTHING. I shared my embarrassing stories, my funny experiences, and discussed everything that was on my mind. I was desperate. I thought she was going to be bored with me if I couldn't come up with new material. Surely there was going to be someone more interesting who would come along if I didn't come up with something soon. Finally, as we drove back to ...

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