Discipleship and the Evangelical Church
A Critical Assessment
- Discipleship & Christian Education
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2022
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Publisher's Description
The Evangelical Protestant church is in the midst of a crisis--but the causes might be different than we think. In this book, Jesse Hamilton argues that the reason for the church's growing disunity, moral and cultural confusion, and general lack of passion and power is its perpetual neglect of the fundamentals of discipleship--what it truly means to follow Jesus. Our only hope for change is to recalibrate our hearts and lives on the call of Christ and the New Testament distinctives of absolute surrender, deep and abiding holiness, the work of prayer, and engagement with the lost and needy of the world--all the things that the modern church has so often struggled to commit to. But first, the church must come to a biblical understanding of what these things actually are and how we must pursue them. Combining theological rigor with clarity of thought and simplicity of style, Discipleship and the Evangelical Church aims to reach modern Christians with the urgent message of the hour, which is nothing other than the timeless call of Christ to follow him.
Endorsements (2)
“Few questions are more important for the modern church than our understanding of the call of Jesus to self-denial. Is that call a slogan for our next missions conference, or is it an essential note to be sounded in our evangelism? Jesse Hamilton persuasively demonstrates that it is the latter. I especially commend the chapters on prayer, a perennial kingdom priority, and social justice, an issue needing the clear thinking this book provides.”
“Jesse Hamilton has written a detailed treatment of many biblical themes which are not considered as carefully as they should be in much of the Christian community, and not adequately treated among the best Christian thinkers of our day. He does so with considerable skill, utilizing firsthand knowledge and mixing in accounts of God’s providential working in his life.”
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