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| Becoming a Healthy Disciple: Ten Traits of a Vital Christian | 
 enlarge | Author: Stephen A. Macchia
Publisher: Baker Books
Category: Book
List Price: $17.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 671237
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0801091411
Dewey Decimal Number: 248.4
EAN: 9780801091414
ASIN: 0801091411
Publication Date: March 1, 2004
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Product Description
In Becoming a Healthy Disciple, Macchia explores the ten traits of a healthy disciple, including a vital prayer life, evangelistic outreach, worship, servanthood, and stewardship. He applies to individual Christians the ten characteristics of a healthy church outlined in his previous book, Becoming a Healthy Church. Discipleship is a lifelong apprenticeship to Jesus Christ, the master teacher. Using the Book of John, Macchia looks to the beloved disciple as an example of a life lived close to Christ. Personal experiences as well as the experiences of others bring the traits of discipleship into modern context. Each chapter ends with a prayer and questions for reflection and renewal. Becoming a Healthy Disciple is excellent for laypeople who want to grow in discipleship, as well as pastors, church leaders, adult classes, and small groups.
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 could be better November 13, 2004
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Dr. Macchia has great credentials. I've been impressed by his speaking and teaching abilities at conferences. Perhaps my expectations of the book were too high. Perhaps I feel he is trying to hard to prove that the Healthy Church principles can be reduced to the level of an individual. This book lacks the energy he has in person. Examples are not personal enough and oversimplified. The interpretation of Bible passages is isogetical rather than exegetical. As a starting point it may be useful for discussion purposes but the legalistic tone in parts of the book may be detrimental.
 great spiritual guide April 24, 2004
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Highly recommend to anyone interested in Christian spiritual growth. Dr Macchia drives home the beauty and joy that is available to anyone willing to learn the power of prayer. Had a profound effect on me.
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