{"id":26,"date":"2025-08-15T02:57:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T02:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/866514\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-08-15T03:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T03:04:10","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/866514\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile border-img\" style=\"grid-template-columns:44% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/866514\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/author.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1212 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/866514\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/author.jpg 370w, https:\/\/authorwebservices-gem2.net\/WestBowPress\/866514\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/author-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two questions have profoundly shaped Pastor Neil DeSiato\u2019s life. First, at the age of 19, he asked God, \u201cGod, is the man Jesus Christ truly Your Son?\u201d In a display of mercy, God answered this question overnight in a way that transformed Neil\u2019s life, sparking his spiritual journey into Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second question focused on the church\u2019s mission of making disciples. Neil began by asking, \u201cGod, how do you make a disciple?\u201d The answer did not come through reading books or from any particular person. Instead, what emerged is a universal and transferable understanding of how each believer is being discipled by Christ, drawn from 2 Peter 1:1-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Optimal Discipleship<\/em> is Pastor Neil DeSiato\u2019s journey of discovering how Christ was and is uniquely discipling him and how Christ uniquely and personally disciples all God\u2019s children.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:316px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two questions have profoundly shaped Pastor Neil DeSiato\u2019s life. First, at the age of 19, he asked God, \u201cGod, is the man Jesus Christ truly Your Son?\u201d In a display of mercy, God answered this question overnight in a way that transformed Neil\u2019s life, sparking his spiritual journey into Christ. 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