There’s a dark side to Christian discipleship church members ignore to their peril. The New Testament has much to say about why and how Christ’s followers must deal with the devil. Learning to take the evil one seriously without obsessing over him is crucial to the spiritual endurance training we all need if we are to someday hear Jesus say to us: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant!’
Specifically, pastor/theologian Gary Tyra argues in this work that key to overcoming Satan is a balanced, Spirit-empowered engagement in what he refers to as the four cardinal components of Christian discipleship. Understanding the various ways the devil attempts to derail our experiences of worship, nurture, community, and mission can serve to motivate us with respect to them!
With the help of the Holy Spirit, church members can cultivate a ‘lifestyle spirituality’ that enables them to don the ‘full armor of God’ and engage in several critical ‘close-quarters combat tactics’ the New Testament encourages. In the end, The Dark Side of Discipleship is a no-nonsense yet inspirational New Testament theology of spiritual warfare that can serve Christ’s church as a powerful aid to the spiritual, moral, and ministry formation of contemporary Christians.
Over de auteur
Gary Tyra is Professor of Biblical and Practical Theology at Vanguard University of Southern California. He is the author of six previously published works, including The Holy Spirit in Mission (2011), A Missional Orthodoxy (2013), and Pursuing Moral Faithfulness (2015). In addition to his work in the academy, Gary has pastored three churches over a thirty-year period, one of which was a church plant.
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