Brandon Boyd

  “What do we study next?” is a question that every LifeGroup and every Sunday School class wrestles with.  The small group ministry staff at Eastview Christian Church has identified five questions they want leaders to ask when they are looking for a new study. Maybe these five questions will help you as you plan for your next study. What do our group members need to study in this season? Does our group tend to over-emphasize one topic while neglecting another? If a member of my group faithfully participates for the next 3 years, what will this person? What will be lacking from their learning? Do we see Scripture only with a microscope rather than occasionally with a telescope?

Dallas Willard is one of the most important writers on discipleship and the spiritual life.  I hate to say it, but he is one of the most difficult writers that I have read–I usually have to read each sentence twice to understand that he is saying.  But, I am glad that I took the time what he had written. Here is an excerpt from an article that he wrote featured on the discipleship.org web site. How Does the Disciple Live? by Dallas Willard As Jesus’ disciple, I am his apprentice in kingdom living. I am learning from him how to lead my life in the Kingdom of the Heavens as he would lead my life if he were I. It is my faith in him that led me to become his disciple. My confidence in him simply means that I believe that he is right about everything: that all that he is and says shows what life is at its best, what it was intended by God to be. “In him was life and the life was the light of men.” (John 1:4 NAS) Being his apprentice is, therefore, not a matter of special “religious...