Summary of Peter Scazzero's Emotionally Healthy Discipleship (eBook)

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The story of Madeleine, a woman who had been blind since birth, and who was treated as if she were a human being without hands, illustrates the same dynamic in churches. Too many people have been babied in their discipleship, to the point that they accept without question a faith that promises freedom and abundance in Jesus, and yet they never seem to notice how they remain imprisoned.#2 The problem with shallow discipleship is that it doesn t take discipleship seriously. It s not a recent problem, but it has worsened over the years. When I first came to faith forty-five years ago, a popular phrase was that we were one mile wide and one inch deep.#3 The root of a discipleship system that often results in people who are less whole, less human, and less like Jesus is the tolerance of emotional immaturity. We must address this failure if we want to implement a robust and in-depth discipleship system.#4 As time went on, our expectations of what it means to be spiritual have blurred to the point that we have grown blind to many glaring inconsistencies. We have learned to accept that: You can be a gifted speaker for God in public and be a detached spouse or angry parent at home. You can function as a leader and yet be unteachable, insecure, and defensive. You can quote the Bible with ease and still be unaware of your reactivity.