Going All In with the Head Coach

Why Half-Hearted Discipleship Doesn’t Work

In Chapter 10, Stirlen challenges us with a bold question: Are you all in? A great team doesn’t win by partial commitment. Victory comes when players give everything to the game plan—and the Coach. Christ demands the same.

Stirlen shares from personal experience and Scripture: being “all in” means radical loyalty. It means the pastor leads with courage, the staff supports with humility, and the people follow with obedience. But many churches fall apart when leaders are not empowered or respected. Unity disappears. Satan creeps in.

The biblical model is clear: follow your leaders as they follow Christ (Hebrews 13:17). And when churches do this—with one heart, one mission, one Spirit—God’s power flows freely.

Ask yourself: Are you “all in”? Write down three signs of full commitment in your life—and one area where your loyalty to Christ’s mission has wavered. Then take a concrete step forward.

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