Dallas Willard’s Most Important Article -- "Discipleship: For Super-Christians Only?"
Dallas Willard’s Most Important Article -- "Discipleship: For Super-Christians Only" *** This major article from 1980 on the late 20 th century Protestantism’s fatal neglect to foster practical Jesus-following, or “discipleship.” 2718 words (9 minutes) Dallas Willard, “Discipleship: For Super-Christians Only?” Christianity Today, Oct. 10, 1980; Reprinted in : Dallas Willard, The Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus's Essential Teachings on Discipleship , 2006, Harper, pp. 3-17. *** The word "disciple" occurs 269 times in the New Testament. "Christian" is found three times and was first introduced to refer precisely to the disciples – in a situation where it was no longer possible to regard them as a sect of the Jews (Acts 11:26). The New Testament is a book about disciples, by disciples, and for disciples of Jesus Christ. But the point is not merely verbal. What is more important is that the kind of life we see in the earli