Jesus calls us to be his followers, not his fans. The fan can applaud and admire, but the follower is drawn into the way of Jesus and so is formed and continually re-formed by...
God calls leaders to give people a sense of direction and purpose. When the leaders are godly, they give sound direction; when they are disobedient or ambivalent, they lead people astray. Disciples provide a sense of direction and purpose through godly, obedient...
Being loyal followers of Jesus requires our being loyal to what he was loyal to – God’s reign. And that means believing persistently that God is indeed sovereign, and believing that means ordering our life so that it accords with God’s will even...
When God draws near, it seems as if someone has turned on a light in the dirty, dusty rooms of our hearts. In the dark we pretended we were clean. In the light our failures stand out boldly. That is why we try to hide from God, lest truth and pure love find us out. So...
Choices test our loyalty and form our character. Temptation is experiencing the lure of wrong choices. The disciple is no more exempt from choices than the Master was. Actually, becoming a disciple is choosing a life of choosings in order to be a...
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