When our staff at the church was developing an environment for life-on-life discipleship, conversations with Jonathan Dodson were critical in helping us shape what eventually became Fight Clubs. After beta-testing the groups this spring, we're rolling them out with a major push this fall.
Fortunately for us - and for you - Jonathan has put all of his thoughts in a book entitled Fight Clubs: Gospel-Centered Discipleship. You would do well to pick up a copy and seriously consider adopting this model. For us, it provides an organic process for people to follow Jesus together - using the Scriptures to find and fight sin by placing our faith daily in Christ.
I have a great deal of admiration for Jonathan and the work he's doing in Austin - this is a gift to the Church that you should enjoy.
Summary
If you’ve struggled to follow Jesus by veering away from the gospel into duty-bound legalism or moralistic indifference, then this book is for you! Fight Clubs is a radical call to fight the fight of faith in the strength of the gospel. Jonathan Dodson calls us to join the fight against sin, legalism, and license by looking to Christ and His gospel. Fight Clubs equips us to fight the fight of faith by exposing the fleeting promises of sin and drawing us into the grace-saturated promises of God. Displacing defective forms of discipleship, Dodson keeps the gospel central by tapping into various layers of biblical motivations that promote joyful obedience to Christ. The book also provides a strategy to fight sin as the church—small fighting communities called Fight Clubs. Read this book; form a fight club; and start fighting in the strength of the gospel.
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Why Fight?: The Call to Fight
2. Fighting for the Church: The Failure of Accountability
3. How to Fight: Motivations for Discipleship
4. Fighting with the Church: The Three Conversions of the Church
5. Fight Club: Practical Gospel-centered Discipleship
Appendix 1: Gospel-centered Questions to Ask
Appendix 2: Gospel-centered Resources
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