It is not our responsibility "to make people 'Christians' " and get them baptized into a particular denomination, but rather to help people decide to follow Jesus and his radical message. Maybe this is why the New Testament writers only use "Christian" three times but "disciple" on 269 occasions! —Tom Getman, World Vision International, quoted in Christianity Today magazine, "Reflections," March 6, 2000, Vol. 44, No. 3, p. 84.
John 8:31-32 (NLT) 31 Jesus said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. 32 And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "DISCIPLESHIP".
