Friendships and Discipleship

This is an excerpt from my book from chapter 16 : “Friendships and Discipleship”

I grew up in a “Have you heard of the 4 Spiritual Laws” pamphlet culture where we learned about the Bible with the goal of TELLING people about Jesus and how they can be saved. It was an “ask Jesus into your heart and to forgive you, don’t sin anymore, go to church and read your Bible.” Sound familiar?

As Christians we’re not called to tell people “you’re not welcome here, maybe you should leave.”

Paying attention to HOW Jesus treated other people, WHO He chose to have close to Him and WHAT His relationship to the Father was wasn’t ingrained in me. In the last couple of decades I had come to learn about the awesomeness of a more intimate worship experience, of sensing His presence in worship – but discipleship, true discipleship as it meant in Jesus’ day had never found its way into me. Read more “Friendships and Discipleship” →