The captivating Church

One of my take aways from the Life shapes book on a captivating church. This book is a good tool for creating discipleship models. I liked the use of shapes to give life to principles of our follower ship with Jesus. The shape of a circle's is used to describe the process of repent and believe. The authors suggest that repentance is a process that all followers of Christ must go through in order to keep following. Repentance takes place by our ability to observe what we have done, reflect on it through the lens of scripture and discuss how we measure up. Believe is to make a plan that gives account of adjustments that need to be made in order for our actions to line up with the word so that our faith is an accurate portrayal of what a Christ follower is. This is the James model of show me your faith by your works. I love repentance. Maybe not always loving the process but the end results of a life lived in alignment with Jesus.