Tag: Making Disciples

Two Words for One Biblical Term: How dissection obscures understanding.

June 24, 2010

Thursday is for Discipleship Earlier this week, Michael Fast visited the blog and asked this question:  “Isn’t evangelism part of discipleship? It seems like your definition of discipleship is dealing with people who are already evangelized hence the move away from interacting with people farther from God and focussing on people who are already fully … More Two Words for One Biblical Term: How dissection obscures understanding.

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Why Spiritual Formation is a Bad Substitute for Discipleship

June 3, 2010

Monday is for Discipleship Here’s my take on why the substitution of the term “spiritual formation” for “discipleship” is not an improvement and actually exacerbates a problem the Church in America already had with the term discipleship. If we were to survey most American Churches and ask what we mean by discipleship or spiritual formation, … More Why Spiritual Formation is a Bad Substitute for Discipleship

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If We Aren’t Fishing for Men, We Aren’t Following Jesus

May 27, 2010

Thursday is for Discipleship “Discipleship is evangelistic before it is formative.” I’ve written about this before (see here). When we fail to understand this we truncate the process of real spiritual formation that is truly biblical and Christ-like. Even as I write that sentence I become aware of another aspect of the problem. Words have changed … More If We Aren’t Fishing for Men, We Aren’t Following Jesus

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Home Additions are Popular but You Can’t Add Jesus to Your Life

May 9, 2010

Tuesday Discussion You have a house and you think of a way to improve it. You will make a comfortable new addition that will expand your living space and give you a new area to explore “the good life.” The house above has added an interior additon as well as an exterior living space to … More Home Additions are Popular but You Can’t Add Jesus to Your Life

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Most Christians Have a Warped and Unfulfilling View of God

May 6, 2010

Friday is for Heart Songs The Joy of Slavery to God comes from knowing Jesus as  the Messiah. (Cf. Phil. 1:1) “Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Christ Jesus, …” Paul and Timothy describe themselves as Slaves of Christ Jesus.  The name “Christ Jesus” inverts the typical way of talking about Jesus.  Instead of Jesus Christ, … More Most Christians Have a Warped and Unfulfilling View of God

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