Book Review: Gospel-Centered Discipleship by Jonathan Dodson

There are some Christians that have a misconception of what discipleship truly is. Some think that discipleship is a class you take, some think it is sharing your faith (that is evangelism), and some think it is older believers passing church traditions to younger believers. When studying the Bible in the area of disciple, you will see that discipleship is totally different than what some Christians believe.

Jonathan Dodson addresses the true nature of discipleship in his book, Gospel-Centered Discipleship. This book deals with defining discipleship along with talking about our motives toward discipleship and applying the Gospel in our discipleship. Dodson said, "Discipleship is not a code word for evangelism, nor is it a hierarchical system for spiritual growth, a way for professional Christians to pass on their best practices to novice Christians. Making disciples requires not only 'sharing our faith,' but also sharing our lives-failures and successes, disobedience and obedience".

Dodson writes about the role of the Holy Spirit in our discipleship, which some books, even the ones in a class setting, neglect the Holy Spirit. Dodson also writes about killing sin in our discipleship which seems to be another issue missed in a lot of material of discipleship. The book has two appendixes which contain gospel-centered questions one must ask themselves as they continue in their discipleship journey and recommendations for gospel-centered resources which is must in this rediscovery of the Gospel that has been going on in the last couple of years.

Dodson writes about his own journey of being a disciple which can leave room for criticism, but Dodson said that discipleship is about sharing our failures. This book is a must read for all disciples.

Thanks Crossway for letting me review this book.