Discipleship: What It Truly Means to Be a Christian
Overview
Discipleship lies at the center of Christian life and practice. It is a beautiful journey, in which each of us simultaneously attempt to become more like Christ and to help others do the same. It is our most important task on earth, but often it is neglected or misunderstood. A. W. Tozer, on the other hand, knew exactly what it meant to disciple and to be discipled. Discipleship: What It Truly Means to Be a Christian is a collection of Tozer's powerful and passionate writings on discipleship.
Whether you are a new believer or have known Christ for a lifetime, Tozer's words will encourage and inspire you to love Jesus more. Come and be discipled by this beloved spiritual writer.
Key Features
- Learn about calling, the requires of discipleship
- Gain a new understanding of devotional practices
- Understand the essential importance of making new disciples
Contents
- Marks of Discipleship
- True and False Disciples
- “Accepting” Christ
- To All Who Received Him
- Obedience Is Not an Option
- You Cannot Face Two Directions
- Crucified with Christ
- Take Up Your Cross
- Loving Righteousness, Hating Evil
- Be Holy!
- The Importance of Deeds
- Preparing for Heaven
- Go and Tell
Top Highlights
“Again before a man can be saved he must feel a consuming spiritual hunger” (Page 15)
“Our Lord gave us a rule by which we can test our love for Him: ‘He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.… If a man love me, he will keep my words.… He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings’ (John 14:21, 23–24).” (Page 11)
“Pietism. By this I mean an enjoyable feeling of affection for the person of our Lord that is valued for itself and is wholly unrelated to cross-bearing or the keeping of the commandments of Christ. It is entirely possible to feel for Jesus an ardent love that is not of the Holy Spirit.” (Page 10)
“In the New Testament salvation and discipleship are so closely related as to be indivisible. They are not identical, but as with Siamese twins they are joined by a tie which can be severed only at the price of death.” (Page 9)
“I believe in Christian charity, but I do not believe at all in Christian tolerance.” (Page 19)
Product Details
- Title: Discipleship: What It Truly Means to Be a Christian
- Author: A. W. Tozer
- Publisher: Moody
- Publication Date: 2018
- Pages: 308
- Christian Group: Evangelicals
- Resource Type: Anthology
- Topic: Christian Living
A. W. Tozer (1897–1963) was a dynamic preacher, prolific writer, and a no-nonsense man of God. Aiden Wilson Tozer responded to the call of Christ at the age of 17. After becoming an active witness of Jesus as a lay preacher, he joined The Christian and Missionary Alliance and was soon serving as the pastor of West Virginia’s Alliance Church.
In 1928, he transferred to the Southside Alliance Church in Chicago where he served for 31 years. During that time he preached on the Moody Bible Institute’s radio station and was often invited to speak at Wheaton College in Pierce Chapel. Tozer spent the final years of his life as the pastor of Avenue Road Church in Toronto and the editor of The Alliance Life magazine.
Tozer authored over 40 books, including The Attributes of God, Volume One, Tozer on Christian Leadership, We Travel an Appointed Way, The Pursuit of God, and God’s Pursuit of Man.
