As we head into the Advent season, I’m excited to share that we’ve just launched Discovering Jesus. This is a new eight-session video series designed to engage and invite people to watch, covering who Jesus is, the Bible, and topics around faith, identity and culture. It’s particularly helpful for people of Asian heritage, and those of different faiths (or none!) to explore these topics.
The past few months have been busy, writing scripts for this series and speaking at several conferences. Over that time, I’ve been reflecting deeply on what it truly means to be a disciple of Jesus versus a cultural Christian. One of the sessions explores what it looks like to genuinely follow Jesus and why some Christians may not necessarily reflect His likeness. Interestingly, this very question arose during the first edition of Discovering Jesus from participants who were curious about what authentic discipleship looks like.
In my observations of the wider church, I’ve sometimes seen something reminding me of my former faith background, where we worshipped different gods yet the culture around us remained unchanged. We can attend church, preach or listen to sermons, and still see little transformation in our hearts or communities. While it’s wonderful to rest in the assurance that we are loved by our Lord, we must be careful not to selectively focus on certain sins or compromise truth for comfort. Instead, we’re called to speak the truth in love and allow the Holy Spirit to transform us from within – Ephesians 4 shows us this.
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