Truth be told I am an ex-extremist, but I have an additional confession that I am also an ex-purist.  Extremism pushes you to the outer edges, but when you add purism to the mix it makes it hard to change.  Since it is such a public story in the Christian community right now I will use John MacArthur as an example of what I am saying.  I have actually been challenged over the years reading what I consider extreme positions that he takes concerning spiritual gifts.  He caused me to rethink what I believe the word of God teaches and it has benefited me.  I moved away from some extreme positions as a result.  I can’t say that he has been willing to make the same journey.    When you are a purist with extreme positions then your truth has to be defended and you have to attack anyone who disgrees with what you have concluded to be the purist path.

     We see the scenerio that I have just discussed play out in theology, politics, business and not to mention all types of church activities.  The subject that I have been discussing in this series of post is developing a discipleship culture.  You know this subject can bring out both the extremist and purist with them usually working hand in hand.  The point I am trying to make is that when it comes to discipleship lets not push things to an extreme or get stuck on purist ideas because as the old saying goes ‘there is more than one way to skin a cat’.  I could give you five steps to making a disciple or ten steps to a discpleship culture, but the reality of it is that you have to find your own way.  In the books I have written I try to focus more on the practices of discipleship and give each disciple and group of disciples the freedom to find their own pattern so they can develop what best fits what they are doing.

     The church in Jerusalem did not look like the church in Antioch.  The discples in Cornelius’s house that Peter preached to were much different than the ones Paul developed in Ephesus at the school of Tyrannus.  I am encouraging you to be a committed follower of Christ that produces other committed followers, but don’t fall into the traps of extermism and purist ideas.  Developing a discpleship culture takes time so don’t box yourself in and stunt your growth or the growth of those you are working with.  Change is fluid and discipleship is all about growth and change.  

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     In the last blog post I discussed how language and imagery are both powerful ways to transfer our ideas and pass them on to others so that they not only intellectualize them, but also implement them.   We must create a language for people to connect with, but we have to also create an atmosphere of acceptance and challenge if we want to build a discipleship culture.

      I find in the church that we fail to live within the tension of acceptance and challenge therefore our people either become complacent or we over burden them with a works mentality.  It seems to me that for lack of a better word the ‘secular world’ has done a better job of working within this tension and therefore gets better results.  I have seen the coaching process take someone who barely knew how to do a job and through the coaching process made an excellent employee out of them. Jesus expected results from his disciples and the terminology he used was fruit.   Fruit could be defined as both substance and function.  I like to say that the substance of fruit is called character and the function of fruit is learning to implement our gifting’s into daily life. 

      I matured in my Christian faith among groups who used the terminology of fathers and sons in their discipleship language.  I am not totally against the terminology, but if we look at Paul who is the one that used such terminology then he only had two individuals that he called sons, which were Timothy and Titus.   The misconception and potential spiritual abuse I have seen from those who use this terminology leads me to the conclusion that it should be used limited and sparingly.  I personally prefer to use the terminology of coaching especially within Western culture because the majority of people understand the concept.

     The goal of discipleship is developing spiritual maturity within those you are working with, which includes both growing in character and function.

 To effectively accomplish this in those we are coaching we have to accept them, but they also need to be challenged.  It is learning the rhythm of knowing which season they are in.  Spiritual growth does not happen overnight, but the word of God describes it as blade, ear, corn or good, acceptable, perfect or children, young men, fathers.  The renowned author Stephen Covey called the three phases of growth dependent, independent, interdependent and it is terminology I have adopted.

     I use the book of I John to help us understand coaching in a biblical context.  I John 1:12 talks about children knowing their sins are forgiven.  A child must know unconditional love and feel totally accepted for them to grow.  A child is totally dependent, but our goal is to coach them to their next phase, which is independence and to do that you must challenge them.  I have discovered that you can’t effectively challenge someone if they don’t truly know you care about them and they trust your judgment.  Each stage that you get someone too you will have to go through this tension of acceptance and challenge. 

     The ultimate goal is to get people to the interdependent stage where they no longer need you, but you can work together in seeing the process of discipleship evolve into others lives.  Building relationships with those you are coaching is the only way to navigate the process of acceptance and challenge.  You have to be clear about the objectives you want to reach and agree upon the process.  It takes time to develop this kind of trust, but in the end it is both fruitful and rewarding to all who commit to the challenge.  Discipleship is not about being a spectator, but an active participant in building the church. 

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   In continuing this series on ‘developing a discipleship culture’ let’s look at the correct framework for discipleship.  In the last post I talked about needing to embrace discipleship centered in Christ including both character transformation and missional outreach.  I have found also as a foundational teacher that it is important to create a framework for understanding the process of discipleship.  It is by creating a common set of values and expectations that we can move forward together. 

     Language and imagery are both powerful ways to transfer our ideas and pass them on to others so that they not only intellectualize them, but also implement them.  Jesus said,  “If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.”  Jesus used words and images in a powerful way so that his disciples would not only get knowledge, but bear fruit.

      Mike Breen says, “this language should be the DNA of Jesus’ teachings, Scripture, leadership, mission and discipleship.  The language should be shared by you and the people you are discipling, and eventually, by everyone in your church community. If we want to create a culture of discipleship, we need a language to support it.” 

      A number of groups have used various images to help them communicate the process of discipleship and I developed my own that have helped me in understanding the scriptures and the process of discipleship.

     I have developed a three-fold process in discipleship centered on three images. Prophet – Priest – King, which Jesus ministry exemplified.  One thing I have discovered is that we try to be so culturally relevant that we no longer have a bridge to bring people into a biblical understanding.  Discipleship is about challenging people’s worldview with the worldview of Christ and his kingdom.      

     The reason I have adopted these three images is two-fold: First it helps a biblically illiterate culture attach imagery to understanding the Bible.  Second it helps in leading others through the steps of spiritual maturity, which is what discipleship is all about.  You don’t have to follow my methodology, but let me explain it too you so that you can understand the need to develop an agreed upon language in the process of discipleship. 

        Prophet                                 Priest                                  King  

      Okay if you are a student of the word of God then you know that the three main characters in the Old Covenant are the prophet, priest and king.  We saw those three offices merge into one under the administration of King David and then under his descendant Jesus Christ the Son of God.  The prophet was not just a foreteller, but one of his main functions was to be a teacher.  The priest was one who sacrificed and worshiped while the king was a ruler and implementer.  How do these three images have anything to do with discipleship?  I see them as three phases of the discipleship process that we actually never leave, but we continually grow in each of these areas.

      I have developed my curriculum around these three images.  In my book ‘Building Your Spiritual House’ section one ‘The Established Foundation’ is centered on the teaching of Hebrews 6:1-2 grounding the believer in the foundations of the faith.  Just as the prophets in the Old Testament taught obedience to the law we must bring believers into a thorough understanding of the teachings of Christ.  

     The second section of my book ‘Created Unto Good Works’ brings the believer into developing their devotional life.  I take the image of the priest and the sacrifices that he offers in the tabernacle applying them to the New Covenant practices of our personal devotion to our heavenly Father. 

      The third section of my book ‘Kingdom Ministry Through The Church’ I challenge the believer to identify, pursue and put into practical application our God given gifts.  Our gifts are the aspect of the believer extending the kingdom of God through their kingly authority that Christ has given to each believer. 

     As I have said I don’t think I have all the answers and others have developed their own language and methods.  I have seen success in the approach I implement and I encourage you to find what works for you.   If you like what I have done please feel free to use it and anyway that I can help you in making disciples let me know I would love to aid you in anyway that I can. 

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     In continuing this series on ‘developing a discipleship culture’ let’s look at the correct framework for discipleship.  We must wrap our discipleship in the swaddling clothes of Christ redemptive work.  The focus of discipleship has to be within the continuation of Jesus original command.

      It is not hard to notice in the gospels and book of Acts the emphasis laid upon being disciples.  The word disciple and disciples is mentioned around 272 times while the word church is mentioned only around 21 times in these same books.  Let’s put the emphasis where the Bible puts the emphasis and rediscover the focus of being a devoted disciple of Christ.     

      If there is one thing that I want to stress about discipleship, it is that discipleship is fulfilling the Great Commission. 

The Great Commission is the focal point of the New Covenant and disciples are the vehicles by which this great task has been given to fulfill. 

  Jesus’ final words to His disciples included the command to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.”  Making disciples means more than just leading people to a conversion of faith in Christ, but includes “teaching them to observe all that Jesus commanded.”  We need to have a clear understanding that making disciples is one of the main tools God has given us to fulfill the Great Commission. 

Discipleship must include both Christ formation and Christ mission.

      I was delivered from drug addiction over 25 years ago in a large Assemblies of God church with over 2,000 members in the suburbs of Dallas Texas.  In just a few months I was leading one of the many buses that we had going into the south Dallas project of South Oak Cliff brining poor African American children to our Saturday children’s ministry.  

      It was a great mission and I saw children along with parents touched by our endeavors.  Yes I was only saved for a few months and even as a young babe in Christ I saw some big flaws of this type of church growth.  Lives were touched, but the leaders of this church and its volunteers became so works oriented that they lost sight of their true purpose.  The result was leaders who begin to live lives devoid of the character of Christ, which marred the mission and name of Christ in the community.

     I whole-heartedly agree with Mike Breen who has said,God did not design us “ To do kingdom mission outside of the scope of intentional, biblical discipleship.”  If we are not grounded in our identity in Christ then the mission itself can become our identity and when that happens we are in danger of being shipwrecked because mission can get messy.    

     If we don’t have a plan for making disciples then any missional thing you try to accomplish will eventually be completely unsustainable.  It does not take church history to prove this to be true if you just take a look at some of the shipwrecks over just the last few years.  Mission is about the church expanding outwardly and trust me if you are impacting lives then our mission will be met with resistance, warfare and at times outright hostility. 

If Christ has not been formed within those who do mission then they simply won’t be able to take the heat of the battle. 

You don’t send a soldier into battle who has not been trained and discipleship is training.  We also need restoration, repair and healing from time to time and discipleship is the avenue that this takes place.

      I spent years around those in the discipleship movement primarily focused on the formation of Christ within.  The problem was it ended centered on personal transformation of the individual and became very myopic in its view of mission.  The great commission is more than personal transformation, but it is about developing a community of Christ followers that impact those around them.  We have to stop going from one ditch to the other ditch.  Discipleship centered in Christ includes both character transformation and missional outreach.  We have to learn to live within the tension of these two inseparable ideas as part of the one commission given to us by Christ. 

     When all is said and done we can reduce discipleship down to two things: Christ formation (within) and Christ mission (outside).  We want to possess Christ character or nature, but we also want to do the things He did and fulfill His mission.  If we can learn to live within this tension throughout our lives then we can be those to whom He will say, “well done my good and faithful servant.”

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In continuing this series on ‘developing a discipleship culture’ let’s first of all look at what it’s not supposed to look like.  First of all:

1) Discipleship is not following a certain man, church or organization.

    The call to discipleship is first a call to follow Christ. It is a commitment to be in relationship with Him above all else. In what was popularly termed the ‘Discipleship Movement’ or ‘Shepherding Movement’ of the 70′s, there was a strong emphasis laid on being a disciple. However, within this system of teaching, being a disciple had an over emphasis of submitting your life to a certain man, church or organization. Many of the concepts of this movement are reinvented from time to time in the church. This lies in the fact that there is a fine balance between true submission and authoritarian control. If we are wise we will learn from history or else we will repeat history and make the same mistakes as those who have gone before us.

     As someone who has been a part of such a system I can tell you there are many hidden dangers. The most obvious is that if our allegiance to God is based upon a certain man, church or organization; what happens when they are not there? What do we do if the man dies, the church splits or the organization dissolves? What about if the leadership becomes immoral, starts to teach false doctrine or becomes spiritually abusive? The reason I am asking such questions is because they are real possibilities and I have experienced each one of them. I have also witnessed people who had no strong foundational understanding of their individual walk with Christ, fall away from Him because they were built into a man- centered gospel.

     A true disciple’s life will be built upon the solid foundation of Christ and a commitment to follow Him no matter what the cost or no matter what anyone else decides to do. If this foundation is laid down in each believer’s life, they will then understand how to properly relate with other people, churches and organizations, which are all used in the process of discipleship.

     It is of utmost importance that we keep our priorities in their proper order. Discipleship is first of all about being a faithful follower of Christ and we must keep this as our primary goal. Jesus is the cornerstone of the church and disciple’s lives are to be built and established around Him; not a man, church or organization.

2) Discipleship is not selling everything you have and going to preach in the entire world.

     The call to be a disciple will mean that you will be a witness for Christ; however every disciple will be uniquely gifted. In the church only certain people are called and gifted to minister in a country or culture not there own. We are each called to reach others in our sphere of influence with the good news. This will mean getting out of our comfort zone and being a missionary. The word missionary simply means ‘sent one’ and every disciple has been sent or commissioned to help in fulfilling the Great Commission.

     Disciples are called to forsake all and follow Christ, however the call to sell everything you have and give it to the poor is not a call given to everyone. Jesus instructed the young rich ruler (Matthew 16:21) to sell all his goods and give to the poor. He may instruct you by the Holy Spirit to do the same, but this does not make it a biblical command for all to qualify as Christ disciple.

     In Acts 3 and 4, we see similar activity taking place among the disciples. What we need to understand in this text is context.  This was a specific situation, at a specific time, in a specific place, which required such activity, so that the church in Jerusalem could survive. Many of the 3,000 in Acts 2 and then 5,000 in Acts 4 who had recently been saved in Jerusalem were visitors from other places without any jobs.  At the same time, the apostles were Galileans and outsiders to Jerusalem. The apostles and many of the believers were not only outsiders, but also considered rebels by the ruling authority and not accepted within Jerusalem culture. This put them into a situation where many were not able to work for a living, therefore those who had extra provisions like land or houses would sell them and they would distribute to each, as any had a need.

     The communal giving of the Jerusalem church in the book of Acts is not a rule or pattern for all church life nor is it a test for true discipleship. These disciples were moved by the Holy Spirit in a specific situation to help one another during a difficult time. As you read through the rest of the next 30 years of the book of Acts you never see this same type of activity happen again.

3) Discipleship is not being a church attendee.

     In areas of the world where Christianity has had a great influence, probably the greatest hindrance to true discipleship is what I call a ‘Sunday Morning Mindset’. In many people’s understanding being a consistent attendee of church is equivalent to being a disciple. This could not be further from the truth.

     A disciple is a faithful follower of Christ not a faithful follower of the church. It is estimated that the fastest church growth going on in the world is China right now. Do you think the Chinese Christian’s identity is the church or Christ? I can answer that for you because the church outside of government control (State sanctioned churches), is illegal in China. In 2001 it was estimated that the Communist government destroyed over 1,700 house churches. Prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics house church leaders were put into jail and house churches were destroyed. The Chinese Christians realize that their identity is Jesus and wherever they assemble together the church is present with Jesus as the head. The Western Church must get a hold of this same truth. I am not talking about a church without any leaders since an effective church must have some type of leadership structure. I am talking about a church, which understands, they are the vehicles by which Jesus is reaching the world, not a building.

    Christianity is not sitting in a church service each Sunday morning looking at the back of someone’s head. True Christianity is being joined to the Head of the church, Jesus Christ and following Him day by day wherever He leads. The Holy Spirit is not limited to Sunday Morning nor to one physical place.  Next post I will begin to discuss what a discipleship culture should be focused around.  The post was taken from the introduction of my book Running The Race To Win.

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    In this series of post I am going to examine the subject of ‘developing a discipleship culture’.  I have found that culture is a powerful force whether in the church or outside of the church.  MBarek A. says culture “is the acquired pair of glasses through which we see life.”  One of the first cultures we see developed was around the tower of Babel.  The unified strength of that culture around a common language, cause and purpose proved to be very effective.  We don’t want to emulate their independence of God in developing their culture, but their unified strength around a common language, cause and purpose is something to be investigated. Culture is something that unites people.  Moustafa H. defines culture as “a call to agree upon some common values that binds people together in harmony.”     

     I am not so naïve or arrogant as to think I have all the answers to such an important subject, but I do hope to find some common themes that we can rally around to fulfill the ultimate purpose of God. 

The church is called to be a nation among nations.  We are made of many different nationalities, political leanings, languages, traditions, along with so much more that has divided us over the years. 

The church is never going to unite around all things, but I do believe if we emphasize Christ as the centrality of our unity that we will see the fulfillment of Jesus prayer so that the church would be united (John 17:21).   

     As I am going to share in these next few posts I am going to describe first ‘what a discipleship culture is not’ then I am going to establish a few core areas that we can rally around.  The task is great and varied, but the message is simple and if we join together around some common values that bind us together we can actually accomplish the task of reaching the lost and building the church.  It is Mike Breen who has said,

“Effective discipleship builds the church, not the other way around.”

I hope to help us to ‘focus on the main thing’ since we so many times get distracted by many good things.  In these next series of post I hope to help us:

• Focus on the core message of Christ.
• Work towards common objectives based on common values.
• Develop a language of acceptance and challenge.
• A balanced focus on both character transformation and evangelism.
• Establish teamwork along with systems of accountability and coaching.

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     In this series of post I have looked at five worldviews that I do consider extreme.  I wrote this series of post from my own personal experience since I have found myself subject to these areas from time to time in my personal walk with God.  As I studied the scriptures and history I realized that Jesus himself faced these worldviews, which opposed his message, vision and true purpose.  

     As I have used the word extremism I am using it in the context of misdirected passion or zeal.  I have found that good people many times have misdirected zeal and it leads them to wrong ideas or to emphasize a point to the place where it becomes harmful to them and others. 

Heresy or extreme ideas are many times truth taken out of context and pushed into a place where the result is unsound living.

     The sad thing is that many times what the world sees coming from the church is anything, but model behavior.   The church is to be grounded in sound doctrine.  The word sound actually means healthy and our teaching should produce health, stability and soundness. 

Radical Christianity is the only way to bring sanity to the extreme worldviews that I have described in these posts, which result in un-sound conduct and behavior.

     Radical Christianity is really just biblical living centered in Christ.  The life of the believer is one that is to be solidly based on the foundation of Christ.  He is not just to be part of our life, but He is our new identity.  Galatians 2:20 is to be more than a scripture we memorize, but the life that we live or allow Christ to live through us.  If we have Christ as our center then we are going to have a sound mind along with sound living.  One of my first books Running The Race To Win  describes this life to be lived in Christ through the pathway of discipleship.

     If we want to see His life fully lived through our lives then we have to be willing to lay down our lives and agendas.  Jesus said it this way, “unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood you have no life in you.”  We have to be willing to do the great exchange, which is our life for His life.  It really is not that big of a deal when you think of it because none of us are as great as we think we are.  Stop fighting and simply surrender because what He has to offer you is much greater than anything you could ever achieve on your own.

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    When I use the word extremism you could think of extreme sports, body piercing or terrorism. I like the way the Merriam – Webster dictionary defines the word as, “advocacy of extreme measures or views.”  One way that I define extremism is simply recognizing it as misdirected passion.  We all have misdirected passion from time to time that leads us astray from the full purpose of God.

     The extremism of hedonism, which we find in the group the Bible called the Herodian’s is probably more prevalent today than it was in Jesus day.  The Herodian’s were a small group supporting Herod’s dynasty, who denied immorality and lived lives of luxury.  As we saw in my last post the Essenes shunned worldly pleasure, however the Herodian’s sought after pleasure.  It was Herod who had the head of John the Baptist cut off after his stepdaughter danced and pleased him.  Just as in the days of Christ hedonism will strip you from the will of God and leave you without vision or purpose.

     Hedonism is a school of thought that argues that pleasure is the only intrinsic good.   In very simple terms, a hedonist strives to maximize pleasure. 

Let’s look at a few of the traits associated with the extremism of hedonism:

• Focused on merely meeting physical needs and living for the moment.
• Pleasure is the central focus of life while personal responsibility; self-control and moral standards are disregarded.
• No conviction over immoral living since grace is seen as a substitute for righteous living.

     In my next post I am going to lay out a clear pathway to freedom from the extreme worldviews that I have expounded upon in this series of post.  It is only as we implement Christ as the center of our lives that we can truly find balance.  Balance can only be found as we radically implement the gospel, which is the only foundation that can establish us in sound living.

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     When I use the word extremism you could think of extreme sports, body piercing or terrorism. I like the way the Merriam – Webster dictionary defines the word as, “advocacy of extreme measures or views.”  As I said in my last post that, “there is nothing new under the sun.” 

     The Essenes are not mentioned in the Bible, but we know from the historical writings of Josephus and their own preserved writings that they had an impact on Israel’s culture.  The Essenes isolated themselves from Jerusalem, the temple and lived a communal life in the desert close to the Dead Sea protesting against the same corruption that Jesus addressed.  They believed the end of the present evil age was quickly coming to an end and judgment was imminent.  Even though they isolated themselves, their ideas were known well enough that it was thought that John the Baptist received his ideas of baptism, repentance and sacrificial living from them.

     The Essenes were extremely mystical following ritual purification, communal living, and submission to superiors along with strict adherence to the Law.   In addition they put a very mystical emphasis on interaction with angels and prophecy.

I see a lot of similarities between them and some popular groups we have today.  Here are a few traits of those who are extremely mystical:

• Over emphasis on separation from the world due to spiritual contamination, which produces exclusiveness, arrogance and sees themselves and their group as spiritually superior.
• Sees rituals (ex. fasting, submission to authority, adherence to rules) as a means to get to God and be approved by Him.
• Uses dreams, visions and angelic visitations as a means to gain control over others.

     Paul addressed these same issues in the book of Colossians. “Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. ¹⁷ These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. ¹⁸ Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, ¹⁹ and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.” Colossians 2:16-19.  Let’s keep it Christ centered by keeping the main thing the main thing.  Radical Christianity is the only solution to the extremes we face in both the world and the church today.

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      When I use the word extremism you could think of extreme sports, body piercing or terrorism. I like the way the Merriam – Webster dictionary defines the word as, “advocacy of extreme measures or views.”  As I said in my last post that, “there is nothing new under the sun.”  Anti-Governmental extremism is popular today finding itself in many forms of expression from extreme environmentalism to extreme Libertarian views both exuding their own forms of anti-government.

     In this series of post I have looked at the Pharisees, Sadducees, but now lets take a look at the Zealots.  The Zealots favored armed rebellion against Rome believing that God would deliver Israel with the sword.  They were militant patriots seeking to overthrow Roman domination and establish God’s kingdom on earth through Israel.

     I do hear a lot of this mentality within the American church.  I am not going to get into all of the reasons why.  Jesus disappointed the Zealots of His day and I am sure today’s Zealots by merely wanting to change the heart of man, not the political structure.  Let’s look at some of the traits of a modern day Zealot:

• The second amendment is more important to you than the first commandment to ‘love thy neighbor.’
• You are more concerned about changing the government than changing your heart.
• You disregard the unfortunate and disenfranchised because they deserve their lot for not trying hard enough.

     The kingdom of God is about the power and wisdom of God being manifested through the cross.  If we reduce the message of the kingdom to some type of temporal political structure that the church is supposed to oppose or that we are supposed to take over and rule for Christ then we have missed the radical message of Christ and fallen into extremism. 

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