The Gift of Discipleship (1)

The following article was originally written for the Newsletter which is being published by the Covenant Protestant Reformed Church of Northern Ireland. Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man I will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me,” Matthew 16:24. A reader, calling attention to this powerful verse in Matthew, asked: “Our discipleship: is it ‘conditional’ or ‘unconditional’? ‘offered’ or ‘demanded’? a matter of ‘decision’ or ‘election’?” I...