By The Way: Getting Serious About Following Jesus - 9781513805870

What if asking Jesus into our hearts is not the heart of the gospel? What if salvation looks different than we thought? In By the Way, pastor and author Derek Vreeland reframes everything we've been told about Christianity and what it means to follow Jesus. Discipleship isn't an add-on. Jesus didn't say, "Go into all the world and get people saved" or "Get people to ask me into their hearts." Jesus said, "Go therefore and make disciples." Reclaiming discipleship as the heart of the Christian faith means seeing anew the gospel, the cross, the resurrection, transformation, and the community of faith. We learn the ways of Jesus by practicing them, Vreeland says, and in By the Way, he introduces us to the ways of Christ. Discipleship means joining God's joyful mission of reconciliation, not just saving souls. Following Jesus is more like taking a long walk in the woods than sitting in a classroom. Living by the Way takes practice--and that's the point.

• | Author: Derek Vreeland
• | Publisher: Herald Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 18, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 232 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1513805878
• | ISBN-13: 9781513805870