Kingdom Disciples: Heaven's Representatives on Earth
Where have all the disciples gone?
There is a missing force in Christianity today. It’s a critical one, and its absence has led to weak believers, disintegrating families, ineffective churches, and a decaying culture. Without it, we lack what we need to fully live as heaven’s representatives on earth.
That missing force is discipleship. In Kingdom Disciples, Tony Evans outlines a simple, actionable definition of discipleship to help the church fulfill its calling. Readers will learn:
- What a disciple is
- What a disciple cares about
- How to be a disciple and make disciples
- What discipleship looks like in community
- What the impact of discipleship on the world can be
Kingdom disciples are in short supply, and the result is a legion of powerless Christians attending powerless churches, having a powerless presence in the world. The power, authority, abundance, victory, and impact God has promised will only come about when we understand and align ourselves with His definition of discipleship.
Kingdom Disciples calls believers and churches back to our primary, divinely ordained responsibility to be disciples and make disciples. Only when we take seriously this assignment will the world see heaven at work on earth.
Will you accept the assignment?
Kingdom Disciples isuseful as base material for a course on discipleship.
Top Highlights
“Evangelism can be defined as sharing the good news of Christ’s substitutionary death and resurrection and His free offer of forgiveness for sin and eternal life to all who come to Him by faith to receive it. Evangelism is done with the clear intent of bringing the hearer to faith in Jesus Christ for salvation. People must be born from above into the kingdom before they can be developed into disciples of the kingdom. The church, then, must challenge, encourage, and equip its members to effectively share their faith with unbelievers.” (source)
“Information must be combined with obedience in order for heavenly representation to be authorized” (source)
“The goal of discipleship is conformity to the Savior, being transformed into the image or likeness of Christ (Rom. 8:29; 2 Cor. 3:17–18) in our character, conduct, attitudes, and actions. Discipleship also results in the exercise of His authority through us in the world.” (source)
“They must repent and they can only do so when they hear, understand, and respond to the gospel. Notice that the nations are not told to come to Christians for the gospel. We need to go to the people of the nations.” (source)
“A disciple is a person who has decided that following Jesus Christ takes precedence over everything else. Or to express it another way, a disciple looks and acts like the one he or she follows.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : Kingdom Disciples: Heaven's Representatives on Earth
- Author: Evans, Tony
- Publisher: Moody Publishers
- Publication Date: 2017
- ISBN: 9780802491190