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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I really loved this video. It really sums up a lot of what I’ve been learning in college and what I have been trying to live out in my life. Love God. Love People. Make Disciples.
I finished this book, Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot this past week. It’s basically a book on the topic of relationships, including everything from dating to marriage, in the light of the gospel of Christ and how it should look like when Christ leads the relationship. It was an okay read, but I do…
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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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I’ve been a reading beast since I got back from Cornell, kind of ironic huh? I’ve blazed through two books, on my third, and reading bible and devotions everyday. And it’s only the third week since i’ve been back. if only i was this studious during the school year with my own textbooks. lol So…
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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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The Inter Fellowship Prayer Meetings on Sunday nights this past semester have been awesome. I must say these meetings have been a great highlight and blessing to me every week. I hope that it was the same for many others. You can check out some of the pictures here in my friend Edgar’s album. He’s…
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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.