Table of Contents
The Difficult Journey to Move beyond Shallow Discipleship ix
Part 1 The Current State of Discipleship
Chapter 1 The Four Failures that Undermine Deep Discipleship 3
Chapter 2 The Emotionally Healthy Discipleship Personal Assessment 26
Part 2 The Seven Marks of Healthy Discipleship
Chapter 3 Be Before You Do 37
Chapter 4 Follow the Crucified, Not the Americanized, Jesus 61
Chapter 5 Embrace God's Gift of Limits 87
Chapter 6 Discover the Treasures Buried in Grief and Loss 110
Chapter 7 Make Love the Measure of Maturity 134
Chapter 8 Break the Power of the Past 160
Chapter 9 Lead Out of Weakness and Vulnerability 187
Implementing Emotionally Healthy Discipleship 211
Appendix A Church Culture Revolution: A Six-Part Vision 225
Appendix B Nicene Creed (with Notations) 235
Acknowledgments 239
Notes 241