Now we come to Spiritstyle. A disciple must realize and hold firmly to the reality that being an image of God is first spiritual. Spiritstyle is letting faith in Jesus open your heart to live by the Spirit (Gal.5:16). We have toured mindstyle (belief---restoration of the mind), skirted the environs of heartstyle (trust---restoration of the heart). Now it’s time for spirit to come center stage (faith---restoration of the spirit).

The place to start is with Gen.1:1. “In the beginning…

“It’s absolutely beyond belief” is an expression we use to describe an extraordinary event we have witnessed. However it may mean something more when we talk about discipleship. A disciple of Jesus moves beyond belief to an openness in the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Jesus, the Holy Spirit. We move from belief, which is a mind organizer, to the level of trust, trusting what we believe. Trust is the essence of heartstyle. Trust is stepping out of the comfort of belief to the invisible…

The Disciple’s Lifestyle

The disciple's lifestyle is the way a Christian lives life. It is the daily pattern, the daily intention and daily attention we pay to being a follower of Jesus. It is a moving reality of personally shifting from thinking like the world thinks to think the way Jesus thinks in order to live like He calls us to live, to love Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. It is shifting from an unconscious self-centeredness to a conscious Jesus-centeredness,…

A Disciple’s ‘Need-to-Know’

(Biblical Context)

Disciple

Identity---an image and child of God, a follower of Jesus, a spiritually gifted brother or sister in the Body of Christ and a witness for Jesus in the world. Disciples are spiritual beings having a human experience.

Purpose---Be a witness in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and the ends of the earth, all nations, making disciples (Acts 1:8).  Living as a spiritual…

Discipleship---Introduction

Romans 12:1-2

"Therefore, I urge (beseech) you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."

This is what transformation is all about.…

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Walking in the Word

The Disciple’s Manual

As we go through Scripture we have to always keep in mind that Jesus the person, Jesus the Son of God, Jesus, God in the flesh, is the funnel, the tunnel, the narrowed middle of the hourglass, through which and through whom every word, phrase, paragraph and chapter is filtered. If we approach the Word with the need to grasp and understand it so that I can say ‘My mind has control of it’ you have missed its purpose. It…

Discipleship

For some time there has been a subtle shift in the meaning of being a Christian. It’s a shift from personal relationship to institutional identity. It is important to understand this shift because it determines what we mean and the approach we use when we say we are called to make disciples. After we look at the shift we will share the approach All Souls takes in its discipleship process.

First, being a disciple in early Christian communities.

Being a…