FOUR
STARS
REVIEW: The
Invested Life: Making Disciples of All Nations One Person at a Time by
Joel C. Rosenberg and Dr. T.E. Koshy
As a pastor, I have a
heart for discipleship. So, I was
excited to get my hands on this book.
This is a practical manual on how to be a Christian disciple and
disciple others.
Authors Joel C. Rosenberg and Dr. T.E. Koshy point to
key figures throughout Scripture who had mentors who discipled them, and in
turn, they discipled others—for example Jethro who mentored Moses and Moses who
then mentored Joshua, Elisha who was discipled by Elijah, Jesus who mentored his
twelve disciples, and Paul who discipled Timothy who then discipled other
faithful followers and so on.
Discipleship is in the Christian tradition, in the Christian blood. It is something we are called to do. The authors sound that alert that today, though,
we seem more interested in spreading the Christian message far and wide (which indeed
is something we are called to do), but we lack in leading people into a deeper
walk with Christ and do not truly disciple and train followers. While we of course cannot disciple everyone, the
authors say we as Christians are each called to disciple a few (a small group around
us), just as Christ did.
The book walks through defining discipleship, how to be a disciple,
following Jesus’ discipleship model, how to prayerfully choose who will
disciple you, how to get started discipling others, and how to track your progress
with a discipleship checklist.
If you are a pastor, lay leader, or mature Christian who seeks to
disciple others, or if you are someone who seeks to be discipled by a mature
Christian, this is a useful, beginning, step-by-step book about how to go
through the process.
*Tyndale House
Publishers provided me with a complimentary copy of this book for an unbiased
review.
