I’m Baaaaack!

I’m back but not in a creepy Jack Nicholson The Shining kind of way.  I took a little blogging break but I promise I’ll try not to do it again.  I really do want to keep this updated, fresh, and insightful and taking a month off really doesn’t go to help that happen, does it?

Anyway, I picked up a little book by John Stott entitled The Radical Disciple and it’s got a lot of food for thought… I highly recommend getting it.  Basic premise, “what does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus?”  And it’s a good questions to ask.  It may seem a little elementary but the implications of honestly looking at what it means to follow Jesus and then looking at our own lives can be revealing to say the least.

Boiled down, we’re a disciple of 1 of 5 things:

  1. Relativism — what works best now for me
  2. Pluralism — I’ll take a little bit of what everyone suggest, bake it up, and that should do the trick
  3. Materialism — “All I need is this paddle game… and this lamp.”  See Steve Martin’s The Jerk  if you don’t know what I’m talking about, but I’m sure materialism is pretty self explanatory.
  4. Narcissism — Self love
  5. Jesus — see Romans 8:29

Being a disciple isn’t just bearing the title Christian but a doer, follower, and obedient to the leading of Jesus.  His grace is sufficient so take a hard look… what are you a disciple of?

walk on,

Pastor Andrew