... a life of service?" If we dare say yes, we must remember the road of discipleship is uphill all the way, and it leads to the foot of the cross. Whoever would follow Jesus must follow him there. He never promised anything else. 1. William H. Willimon, And the Laugh Shall Be First (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1986), p. 94. 2. David S. Belasic and Paul M. Schmidt, The Penguin Principles (Lima, Ohio: CSS Publishing, Inc., 1986), p. 17. 3. Richard Foster, Celebration of Discipline (San Francisco: Harper and Row ...
... and then, as we follow Jesus, this weary, old world is unmasked as an illusion, and we see beyond a shadow of a doubt that the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 1. As reported by Michael McManus, Scranton Times 24 January 1993. 2. Gavan Daws, Holy Man (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1984), p. 249. 3. William H. Willimon, On a Wild and Windy Mountain (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1984), p, 66. 4. I am indebted to Thomas G. Long for this insight, which comes from a sermon he preached to The Homiletical Feast ...
A seminary professor named Stanley Hauerwas has a novel idea about how churches should receive new members. A teacher of Christian ethics at Duke University, he has written about the church's need for honesty and has called us to tell the truth as a "community of character." To this end, he has a modest proposal. Whenever people join the church, Hauerwas thinks they should stand and answer four questions: Who is your Lord and Savior? The response: "Jesus Christ." Do you trust in him and seek to be his ...
