to heaven: go and make disciples (Matt. 28:19). The lives of these people, in other words, should be dedicated to helping others follow Jesus. That’s the working definition of discipling for this book: helping others to follow Jesus. You can see it in the subtitle. Another way we could define discipling might be: discipling is deliberately doing spiritual good to someone so that he or she will be more like Christ. Discipleship is the term I use to describe our own following Christ. Discipling is
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