James Poch

'When we call people in our congregations to engage in intentional discipleship, we must ensure they haven’t made a ‘false start’. Have they genuinely …

Matt McChlery interviews author James Poch about his book, Holy Grit: Gaining Traction on Life's Journey with Jesus.

Are you a Christian? Or are you a disciple?

’Gives us a crystal-clear portrait of what it means to be a disciple.’
Phil Knox, Missiologist and evangelist at the Evangelical Alliance, author of The Best of Friends

Did you know that the word ‘Christian’ only appears three times in the Bible? But the word ‘disciple’ occurs more than 260 times? Today we tend to call ourselves Christians, rather than disciples – and of course there is nothing wrong with this. But do we miss something important when we think of ourselves in this way?

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Learners and Doers

Two young men who came to our church for a while were talking to one of our leaders about the high value we place on discipleship at regen. One erroneously offered, ‘It’s not about us having to change; Jesus didn’t ask us to do that – He did it all on the cross.’ The other said he didn’t think discipleship was for him. It is tragic that these two guys viewed discipleship in such a warped way. Discipleship is for every Christian – no exceptions...