“Eugene Peterson has said, “American culture is stubbornly resistant to the way of Jesus.”5 The culture is strongly individualistic; the church is to be strongly communal. The culture is impatient; the church is to be persevering. The culture is celebrity-ridden;… — Bill Hull Copy Share Image
“Discipleship-the effort both to be a disciple and to make other disciples-is about the immense value of God at work in one individual's life… — Bill Hull Copy Share Image
“When we begin to live for others, we will begin to have the same effect on others as Jesus did.” — Bill Hull Copy Share Image
“The church best glorifies God by making disciples, simply because fruit-bearing believers glorify God.” — Bill Hull Copy Share Image
“First-century discipleship was expressed as a servant-master relationship (see Matthew 10:24). Once accepted as a disciple, a young man started as a talmidh, or… — Bill Hull Copy Share Image
“The Six-Fold Definition of Being Conformed to Christ's Image 130 1. Transformed Mind: Believe What Jesus Believed 130 2. Transformed Character: Live the Way… — Bill Hull Copy Share Image
“Eugene Peterson has said, “American culture is stubbornly resistant to the way of Jesus.”5 The culture is strongly individualistic; the church is to be… — Bill Hull Copy Share Image
“When discipleship takes a place alongside leadership, evangelism, preaching, worship, counseling, support groups, and other programs, it ceases to be what it was meant… — Bill Hull Copy Share Image
“The local-church thinker says, “We are building a great church.” The kingdom thinker says, “We are taking the rule of Christ to the world.” — Bill Hull Copy Share Image
“This is the real work of the pastor, and no secular methodologies will help him do it. That calls for the supernatural work of… — Bill Hull Copy Share Image
“PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DISCIPLES • A disciple abides in Christ through the Word and prayer (John 15:7). • A disciple bears much fruit (verse… — Bill Hull Copy Share Image
“The inclusion of the meaning "adherent" at the time of Christ and the early church made mathetes a convenient term to designate the followers… — Bill Hull Copy Share Image
“The Great Cloud of Witnesses The writer of Hebrews wrote about the active pursuit of a faith that embraces discipleship: Therefore, since we are… — Bill Hull Copy Share Image
“In the world of togas, sandals, the Parthenon, temples, and little white homes perched on hillsides overlooking the sea, discipleship permeated Greek life-from aristocrats… — Bill Hull Copy Share Image
“The uneducated Christian waits until he feels the prompting of the Spirit before he takes action. The Word-filled believer takes action based upon the… — Bill Hull Copy Share Image
