Disciple Making in a Culture of Power, Comfort, and Fear - Paperback

by Matthew T. Dickerson (Author)

Speaking in and to a culture that worships power and comfort while cultivating fear as a manipulative tool, Matthew Dickerson offers a transformative alternative: authentic discipleship and disciple making. What does it mean to live as disciples of Christ, what would it look like to be transformed by the Holy Spirit, and how can we be open to that transformation? How can a follower of Christ live as salt and light in the midst of a power-hungry fear-mongering society? And how can we both teach and model that disciple life as we obey Christ's command to make disciples? In the tradition of spiritual theology and formation, Disciple Making in a Culture of Power, Comfort, and Fear draws deeply from Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy--viewed as a reflection on Jesus' great disciple-making commission--as well as on Dickerson's own experiences in disciple-making ministry on college campuses and his local church. Dickerson's writing is deeply informed by Scriptures, by the works of such important Christian thinkers, theologians, and writers as Eugene Peterson, John Stott, and Richard Foster, and also by the literature of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien whose works he has been teaching and writing about for more than thirty years.

Author Biography

Matthew Dickerson is the author of several books including works of Christian apologetics, biography, studies of the writings of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, fiction (historical fiction as well as fantasy literature), and narrative non-fiction. He has also written devotional essays and works of spiritual theology for a variety of print and online publications including Christianity Today and Christian History Magazine. He is a member of the Chrysostom Society and a professor at Middlebury College in Vermont.