Radical Discipleship
May 5, 2010
I cut my spiritual teeth on John Stott’s Basic Christianity. I preached with his tacit permission from his commentaries and others books. John Stott has lived well and is exiting this world well as well. His farewell book to his beloved church is called Radical Discipleship: Some Neglected Aspects of our Calling.
The book is brief but packed with gems and richness. It comes from the heart of our patriarch who lived radical discipleship, taught it, and makes it his swan song. He will write no more.
I am reading, to my delight, this gem of a book divided into 8 chapters with a preface, conclusion and postscript.
The titles of the chapters give what John has learned discipleship to be.
Preface: Disciples or Christians?
Chapter One: Nonconformity
Chapter Two: Christlikeness
Chapter Three: Maturity
Chapter Four: Creation Care
Chapter Five: Simplicity
Chapter Six: Balance
Chapter Seven: Dependence
Chapter Eight: Death
Conclusion: You Call Me Teacher and Lord
Postscript: Farewell!
Join me in reading this blog as I comment on this book in days to come. I can’t recommend the book too highly. But be ready to do some deep soul searching. It is crystallizing a lot of loose things for me. I hope it will do the same for you.
Have you read it? What do you think?
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