Mere Discipleship: Radical Christianity in a Rebellious World, 2nd ed.
Digital Verbum Edition
Overview
In the clear and compelling fashion of C.S. Lewis’ classic Mere Christianity, Lee Camp here sets forth his vision of what it means to truly follow Christ in the twenty-first century. Drawing on a sound biblical framework of what disciples believe and therefore what they should do, Camp challenges Christians to put obedience to Jesus as Lord ahead of allegiances to all earthly authorities—be they nationalistic, political, economic, or cultural. To Camp, that means loving one’s enemies, not killing them; evangelizing by showing Jesus, not just talking about him; and allowing God’s grace to transform one’s notions of wealth. This substantially revised and expanded second edition updates examples, adds chapter introductions and summaries, and includes an extensive study guide and a reading guide.
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- Explores discipleship for the modern church
- Challenges Christians to revise their definition of discipleship
- Includes extensive study and reading guides
- Reenvisioning Discipleship
- “Radical” Discipleship
- God’s Way of Working
- Pledging Allegiance to the Kingdom of God
- What Disciples Believe
- The Gospel: Repent, for the Kingdom Is at Hand
- The Savior: The Slaughtered Lamb
- The Church: The Body of Christ
- What Disciples Do
- Worship: Why Disciples Love Their Enemies
- Baptism: Why Disciples Don’t Make Good Americans (or Germans, or Frenchmen)
- Prayer: Why Disciples Trust God rather than Their Own Calculations
- Communion: Why Disciples Share Their Wealth
- Evangelism: How Disciples “Make a Difference”
Camp’s words are timeless, and timely. And the crazy thing is this: the church is actually ready to hear them. In post-Religious Right America, there is an entire generation that is not willing to settle for the dream of America over the dream of God. There is a hunger for a Christianity that is not just something we believe but something we live and embody, a church filled not just with believers and worshippers but with disciples. Lee Camp points us towards a Christianity that is worth believing in.
—Shane Claiborne, author of The Irresistible Revolution, coauthor of Jesus for President
This book is for those who might dare to believe in a Messiah who conquers not by the sword of war, but by a towel of service. A savior who makes holy not by exclusion, but by embrace. A church which is a sign of not what went wrong, but what God wills the world to be. A cross whose offensive is not a divine demand for blood, but the divine foolishness of God's unarmed love conquering death. A gospel not fire insurance for the afterlife, but of God’s reign coming ‘on earth as in heaven.’ In short this book is for those who long for a Christianity that looks like Christ and seeks to witness to God’s dream for creation—the kingdom of God.
—Jarrod McKenna, cofounder of The Peace Tree Community, founder of Empowering Peacemakers in Your Community [EPYC]
Mere Discipleship is the best single book on Christian discipleship I've ever read. Lee Camp insightfully dismantles the Christendom paradigm of Christian living to disclose what being an authentic disciple of Jesus looks like.
—Gregory A. Boyd, author of The Myth of a Christian Nation
Lee C. Camp is professor of theology and ethics at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the host of Tokens, a popular radio show based in Nashville. Camp speaks regularly to university and church audiences and has served in various ministry roles in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, and Nairobi, Kenya.