Fruitful Discipleship
“Serious Christians know they need discipleship; they want to be faithful to make a difference. But the fact is, even Christians who understand their personal identity as followers of Christ will not make a widespread difference in the decline and decay around us—unless we have a high view of our corporate identity as the body of Christ… Many Christians have been infested with the most virulent virus of modern American life…They concentrate on personal obedience to Christ as if all that matters is ‘Jesus and me,’ but in so doing miss the point altogether…Christianity, as history demonstrates, depends on a reawakening and renewal of that which is the essence of the faith—that is, the people of God, the new society, the body of Christ, which is made manifest in the world—the Church…there is no such thing as Christianity apart from the church.” Chuck Colson, The Body, p. 32.
G. Mark Sumpter
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