Rediscovering Discipleship is not a quick read book but is a
book I will add to my review yearly list. I have read other valuable books on
discipleship (Down to Earth Discipling by Scott Morton, Disciple by Bill Clem,
Follow Me by David Platt) but what really struck me in this book were three
things.
First, Robby Gallaty is not dispensing a formula for making
mature disciples of Christ, but carefully laying a foundation for an
understanding of the process that can be applied to situations in local
churches. Not until the last chapter does he really tell us what discipleship
looks like in his situation.
Second is the substantial amounts of material helping to
establish the context for a definition of discipleship. Not only is there a
chapter on thinking like a Hebrew, but several chapters that describe the
history of how the church has understood and practiced discipleship and how our
current culture and bible translations help and/or hinder this understanding.
Included in this discussion is a helpful discussion on the differences between
John Wesley and George Whitfield.
Third is the emphasis that spiritual growth happens more
solidly in groups than in one-on-one mentoring. He comes to this conclusion not
only by experience but by observing how Jesus discipled his disciples.
Robby Gallaty has done well what he set out to do: help us
gain an understanding of discipleship that has largely been lost in our
churches today.
I received this book free from Zondervon in exchange for an honest review
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