One of the ways you know you’re making progress is that you stop having the same discussion over and over again.
If you’re discussing the same issues on your team or at home year after year, you’re probably stuck.
When it comes to much of the discussion around church discipleship, I believe we’re getting it wrong.
We’re stuck.
Discipleship is the refining process by which a Christian becomes more like Jesus in their day-to-day life. We “make disciples” by encouraging other people follow Jesus’s example set forth in Scripture. It’s not a formula or step-by-step plan. Eugene Peterson referred to discipleship as a “long obedience in the same direction.”
Discipleship has long been an essential component of the Christian walk. However, in recent years, “discipleship” has become an all-encompassing buzzword that’s lost a lot of its original meaning.
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