One of those guys who reads the books others have written and then tells everyone why they’re wrong “reviewed” my latest book, Reborn to Be Wild.

Hey, I’ve been a pastor long enough to develop some pretty thick skin, so I’m okay with someone not disagreeing with me or even attacking me.

What I take issue with is this man’s warped view of recent church history.

He maintains that the simple New Testament truths I say explained our revival, the Jesus Movement of the 60s, have all been tried. “It’s just the same old tired recipe–faith in Christ, make disciples, preach the Word, equip the saints, ask in My name.”

I admit that this recipe of simple truths from the New Testament have been around since the First Century.

What I won’t admit is that they’ve been tried much.

In fact, the last time they were embraced by thousands was about forty years ago.

During the Jesus Movement.

It’s simply not true that New Testament Christianity is full of tried and failed truths. Our problem isn’t that we’ve worn out Jesus’ simple commands through overuse. It’s that we’ve worn out the church with our strategies and theories.

Could it be that in this age of frantically-seeking-leaders trying to start a movement of desperately-disappointed-followers that we all should take a deep breath and…

Try it Jesus’ way?

Question: Why do you feel most churches are not involved in disciplemaking?

About 7 months ago I promised to post the Discipleship Manual I wrote, Beginning In Grace: Six Lessons for Every Seeker. 

I finished that, but I failed to deliver on the 2nd promise to also post the Leader’s Guide.

Thanks to a fine young man I’ve been discipling over the years, Ashlin Hollinger, I realized that I just forgot to do that.

Discipleship is so close to my heart, I’m going to start a new series on the website, Discipleship 101.

Heres’s the fist installment, as promised, the introduction and first chapter of the Beginning In Grace Leader’s Guide:

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