By Louie Rudin Recently, there just seemed to be this “urging” inside of Tom to get to know the folks living right there in his neighborhood. He mentioned this to Tony, who suggested that Tom might simply try looking for ways to serve them. Months passed and it seemed that all the interactions that Tom…
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Tom and Cindy have been attending services at EPIC for several years now. They live in an old neighborhood that has an elementary school, a privately owned supermarket and small park. Tom grew up in a Christian home but “was rather bored with the whole Christian thing”. Cindy came from a Catholic family that didn’t…
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It’s becoming more and more evident to me that we need to begin to think differently about discipleship and even church. The first century church centered itself around Jesus and the Kingdom and then the community followed. We do it backwards. Today the community centers around the church and then Jesus. Let me explain with…
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Without question, the pure model of the first century church is far removed from our current culture. We have a consumerist mentality combined with a desire for independence that makes us difficult to please or know. We come home in our SUV’s and as we drive up the driveway the garage door opens and swallows…
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In light of all this I’m relatively confident that the following is what discipleship is not– it’s not a twelve week program of bible study and scripture memory that may be accessed online. It’s not a sermon series centered around Matthew 28. It’s not the latest book on “Five Ways to be a Better Disciple”.…
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By Louie Rudin One distinction that I believe should be made is the difference between conversion and transformation. For decades I have heard Christians talk about the number of conversions that they had seen within a certain church or organization or especially after some event that they had helped organize. But I believe that a…
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By Louie Rudin Since there is no step-by-step formula for disciple making in the scriptures, we can only go by what we see Jesus doing. I think that this is part of the beauty of the scriptures and of our relationship with Him. If there was a definitive formula for us to use then our…
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By Louie Rudin It is always best to define the terms of a given discussion prior to any sort of dialog. Let’s begin by looking in the scriptures for a working definition of “discipleship”. OK, so there doesn’t seem to be one. But wait, we do have the words and actions of Jesus who, after…
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The Church and Discipleship: a 1st Century Artifact By Louie Rudin (used with permission) The Church and discipleship: two of the most misunderstood and disassociated words in the American Christian culture today. In the midst of a consumerist driven mentality that has slowly infected the church, the role of disciple-making has all but left the…
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There’s a couple of questions that come up when it comes to this idea of Unity among Christian fellowships on this campus. These are questions that are very important to engage and discuss together so that we can move forward together on this campus as a body of Christ. I would also like to offer…
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William Poon is an MBA student at Cornell Tech. He’s also a VC Fund Manager with Big Red Ventures, Cornell’s MBA run VC fund. He’s looking for Strategy, Product, or VC roles after the MBA program.
Previously he’s started two companies and working in Impact Investing. He’s helped start a startup accelerator for education, healthcare, and finance.