life in this world in union with Jesus Christ and growing in conformity to his image.”26 There are at least two ways that teaching interacts with discipleship. First, teaching informs discipleship. During an unusually intense teaching time, Jesus apparently felt the urgency to teach about discipleship as he contemplated the difficult road ahead of him. Luke 9:51 tells us that Jesus focused on Jerusalem where crucifixion, burial, and ascension would take place. Luke tells three consecutive stories