The first level of Christian discipleship is formation. Formation is defined as the act of giving shape to something. A good example is a potter who places a lump of clay on a wheel and forms it into a bowl. Peter identifies the process of Christian formation: Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all
Discipleship is the developmental process that leads a newborn follower of Jesus Christ from spiritual birth and infancy to the freedom of full maturity and completeness: So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may
In Luke 15, Jesus tells the story of a lost sheep, a lost coin, and two lost sons. The stories all have one thing in common: there is great rejoicing when the lost is found. The story about the lost sons is different than the other two stories in one significant way: the lost sons
Luke 15 is an amazing passage of Scripture. The first two verses set the context: Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” In response to the presence of broken sinners and
Do you ever find yourself worrying? Heather and I are reaching milestone birthdays this year. One of us will soon be 62, and the other just turned 65. Neither of us is sure how we got here. It’s like we blinked our eyes and life went by. Of course, that’s not the way it happened,
I don’t have much in the way of claims to fame, but I was chosen to pitch for a Little League All-Star team when I was 11 years old. I wish I could report that my performance was as awesome as this week’s World Series Little Leaguers’, but… My Little League career started in the
