The Goal of Discipleship: Christlikeness

From Josh Butler @The Gospel Coali

All-of-Life Discipleship

Josh Butler

God will draw in our neighbors through an all-of-life discipleship that rejects cultural dichotomies of sacred/spiritual, public/private, and spiritual/physical. These are false dichotomies because, to paraphrase Abraham Kuyper, there’s not one square inch in all creation that Christ doesn’t claim as Lord.

All-of-life discipleship will include:

integration of faith and work that pursues vocation in society as a holy calling,
critical appreciation for culture that resists both assimilation into culture and isolation from culture
civic engagement that works with our neighbors to build a flourishing society where common ground can be found, and
prophetic resistance to the idols of our day—such as totalizing political ideologies—and a refusal to bow to anything competing with ultimate allegiance to Jesus.

If the first theme of countercultural community speaks to the gathered church as an institution, this second theme of all-of-life discipleship speaks to the scattered church as an organism. Our church’s vision statement is “All of Life Is All for Jesus.”

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Reimagine Curator March 14, 2023 14:59
From Josh Butler @The Gospel Coali

All-of-Life Discipleship

Josh Butler
God will draw in our neighbors through an all-of-life discipleship that rejects cultural dichotomies of sacred/spiritual, public/private, and spiritual/physical. These are false dichotomies because, to paraphrase Abraham Kuyper, there’s not one square inch in all creation that Christ doesn’t claim as Lord.

All-of-life discipleship will include:

integration of faith and work that pursues vocation in society as a holy calling,

critical appreciation for culture that resists both assimilation into culture and isolation from culture

civic engagement that works with our neighbors to build a flourishing society where common ground can be found, and

prophetic resistance to the idols of our day—such as totalizing political ideologies—and a refusal to bow to anything competing with ultimate allegiance to Jesus.

If the first theme of countercultural community speaks to the gathered church as an institution, this second theme of all-of-life discipleship speaks to the scattered church as an organism. Our church’s vision statement is “All of Life Is All for Jesus.”

Red full article here>>>
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Churches least ashamed by the gospel’s 'offense' will be the ones most effective at reaching unbelievers in our secular age.

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