Counting The Cost Of Discipleship

About this episode

The episode explores the demands of true discipleship as outlined in Luke 14, emphasizing humility, generosity, and loyalty to Christ over personal comfort and plans.

Jesus doesn’t recruit fans. He calls disciples and Luke 14 makes that painfully clear. I read Scripture straight, then slow down long enough to ask what it actually demands from us: humility instead of chasing the best seat, generosity that isn’t looking for payback, and a loyalty to Christ that outranks comfort, reputation, and even our own plans. We walk through the great banquet parable where the first invited guests make polite excuses, then we face the hard lines about counting the cost...

People in this episode

Host: Jesse

Topics covered

• discipleship
• humility
• generosity
• loyalty
• faith
• sacrifice

Keywords

• discipleship
• Jesus
• humility
• generosity
• loyalty
• Luke 14
• great banquet parable

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Luke 14, the great banquet parable

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