Pastoral Reflections on Life and Ministry

Real Life Discipleship–Part 3

A Crucial Question When talking about discipleship, a question that must be answered early on is “what is a disciple?”  Many different definitions have been offered, and most of them are not particularly right or wrong.  A disciple is a learner.  The Greek word for disciple, mathetes, at its base level means a learner.  A disciple […]

Real Life Discipleship–Part 2

Review Last week I wrote about some misconceptions relating to discipleship.  I noted how often believers focus on being a disciple without really making a disciple.  This is not God’s plan for the church!  God’s plan for every single believer is that we be actively involved in the process of making other followers of Jesus.  In fact, I would argue that […]