Genuine Faith : How to Follow Jesus Today

by Reeves, Rodney

• ISBN13: 9780801065675
• ISBN10: 0801065674
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-07-21
• Publisher: Baker Books

Summary

Christians frequently hear that they are supposed to "follow Jesus"-but most are baffled by how to do so in a culture so different from the one in which Jesus lived. Rodney Reeves takes readers back to the original source of all discipleship teaching, the four Gospel accounts, to discover how each Gospel writer presents following Jesus differently-from Matthew's training manual for making disciples to John's stories of model disciples. This fresh, holistic, and scripturally based approach to discipleship will appeal to readers hungry for an authentic discipleship material. A Genuine Faith will also appeal to individuals looking for a spiritual growth resource and pastors and teachers in search of discipleship material for sermons, small groups, and discipleship classes.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(2)
Introduction: Strapping on Sandals	11	(12)
Quest for the Historical Christian
Models to Picture
The Gospel of Matthew: A Training Manual for Discipleship
1. Fit for Faith	23	(20)
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Test #1
Walking by Faith, Not by Sight: Test #2
2. Fitted for a Crown	43	(26)
Seeing but Not Hearing: Test #3
Hearing but Not Seeing: Test #4
The End of the Beginning
The Gospel of Mark: Farming the Gospel
3. Sowing the Seed	69	(22)
Risky Business
Following Twelve Disciples
4. Finding Good Soil	91	(24)
"And some fell along the way..."
"And some fell on the shallow..."
"And some fell among thorns..."
"They yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold"
The Gospel of Luke: Having Nothing, Giving Everything
5. The Reverse of the Curse	115	(22)
Good News for Shepherds and Lepers
Get Out of Jail Free
6. Blessed Are the Cursed	137	(22)
Sight for Sore Eyes
Women's Liberation
7. Jubilee!	159	(20)
The First Supper
Table of Forgiveness
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Remembering Jesus
The Gospel of John: The Ideal Disciple
8. The Ideal Evangelist	179	(20)
The Woman from Samaria
The Cynic
The Sower
9. The Ideal Believer	199	(14)
"Can anything good come out of Nazareth?
A Nobleman from Capernaum
10. The Ideal Teacher	213	(14)
The Light of the World
The Man Born Blind
11. The Beloved Disciple	227	(20)
The Honorable Guest at the Table
The Faithful Friend at the Cross
The First Believer at the Tomb
The Beloved Disciple by the Sea
Via Sanctus
Conclusion: Being Good News	247	(4)
Notes	251