"The Discipleship Dare: Living Dangerously for God" is a challenging, worthwhile 40 day journey through the risks of discipling. Each day the reader has opportunity to analyze his or herself, apply the truths learned, and pray a prayer of intentionality.
Christian leaders are always looking for tools which can be used for their own personal journey but also which can be given to those whom they are mentoring in the faith. Jess Bousa’s The Discipleship Dare book is such a resources. Here you will find an extremely practicable, easily readable, well laid out and presented guide for growing in the faith. I will want many of them within reach for use in my own ministry. I commend this to you with highest recommendations.
Dietrich Bonhoffer in The Cost of Discipleship said, "When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die." The paradox of life springing from death is captured by Rev Bousa. Jess beckons all believers - cautious, careful, crazy - to dare to be God's person through a life of passionate, Christ-centered discipline. The reader will live in a new way as he dies again.
The Discipleship Dare is a great way to get a large or small group on the same page when it comes to discipleship. It will teach and challenge the seeker, the new believer, and the mature Christian alike to become a more fully committed follower of Jesus Christ. It’s daily bite-sized devotional morsels are Scriptural and relevant. Take the dare.
I recommend that everyone read Jess Bousa's book "The Discipleship Dare" to help them in their Christian walk. His book sets forth in clear terms 40 qualities of a disciple and awakens us to examine ourselves to discover where we fall short of true discipleship.
Bousa has developed an excellent resource for church planters across the country. The Discipleship Dare is a challenging devotional for new believers and mature Christians alike. The risk of discipleship is worth it. Take the Dare!
I really like how Jess is able to draw the reader in...practical and powerful. An excellent tool to re-fire Christians.
Few things are more needed in today's Church than true discipleship. In The Discipleship Dare Jess Bousa has produced a book that combines three qualities rarely found in the same book: It is scholarly, practical and readable! Everyone, whether you are completely new to the Christian journey or a longtime traveler, can stand to benefit from this easy to follow and richly insightful forty day devotional that brings the biblical text alive by demonstrating its everyday relevance.
Bousa’s devotional guide to taking on the daily risk of being a follower of Christ, fully engaged in mission, is an invaluable tool for every Christian. I highly recommend it as a powerful daily guide for your Christian walk.
Bousa's Discipleship Dare is an excellent introduction of what it means to be an authentic Christian within the church and in ministry to the larger community. Eminently practical, thoroughly biblical, and ideal for individuals or small groups.
The Discipleship Dare, by Jess Bousa, has been a tremendous blessing to our congregation and to me personally. Each devotional is thought-provoking, challenging and extremely practical. It is full of great insights and realistic truth that will help any follower of Christ know what it means to be a disciple. My suggestion: read it! I dare you.
I recommend that everyone read Jess Bousa's book "The Discipleship Dare" to help them in their Christian walk. His book sets forth in clear terms 40 qualities of a disciple and awakens us to examine ourselves to discover where we fall short of true discipleship.
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