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Catholics and the D-Word: New Book Calls on Catholics to Start Thinking and Acting Like True Disciples
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Catholic Answers Press
Oct. 15, 2024
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 15, 2024 /Standard Newswire/ -- Evangelical Protestants talk about Christian discipleship so much that they even invented a new verb: with "discipling" being synonymous with guiding other people to live as a follower of Jesus Christ.
But Catholics? Not so much. In a new book from Catholic Answers Press, Fr. Jeffrey Kirby says it's time for this to change. In Real Discipleship, Fr. Kirby (author of Real Religion) argues that discipleship is not some specialized sectarian concept but the core duty of all Christians, including—and especially—Catholics.
And not just any kind of discipleship will do, he adds. For all around us there are self-professed Christian leaders pushing counterfeit forms: most of them soft, self-serving, and aimed not at the Lord and his saving truth but the comfortable worship of our personal gods and enthusiasms—and the wishing-away of our personal sins and vices.
"It's not a question of whether we will be disciples," says Todd Aglialoro, director of publishing for Catholic Answers, "but of who or what we will serve with our discipleship. Our modern therapeutic spiritualities and material distractions give us so, so many ways to direct elsewhere the time, energy, and devotion of heart and mind that is due to God alone."
But only Christ deserves a disciple's devotion. And although walking his way is not easy, Fr. Kirby is here to help, laying out a path of discipleship—which is nothing less than the road to Calvary—that involves recognizing and responding to the full truth of who Jesus is, what he teaches us, and how he wants us to live and worship in spirit and in truth.
About the Author:
Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, S.T.D., is a Catholic priest of the diocese of Charlotte.
SOURCE Catholic Answers Press
CONTACT: Kerry Beck, 619-387-7200, kbeck@catholic.com
Catholic Answers Press
Oct. 15, 2024
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 15, 2024 /Standard Newswire/ -- Evangelical Protestants talk about Christian discipleship so much that they even invented a new verb: with "discipling" being synonymous with guiding other people to live as a follower of Jesus Christ.
But Catholics? Not so much. In a new book from Catholic Answers Press, Fr. Jeffrey Kirby says it's time for this to change. In Real Discipleship, Fr. Kirby (author of Real Religion) argues that discipleship is not some specialized sectarian concept but the core duty of all Christians, including—and especially—Catholics.
And not just any kind of discipleship will do, he adds. For all around us there are self-professed Christian leaders pushing counterfeit forms: most of them soft, self-serving, and aimed not at the Lord and his saving truth but the comfortable worship of our personal gods and enthusiasms—and the wishing-away of our personal sins and vices.
"It's not a question of whether we will be disciples," says Todd Aglialoro, director of publishing for Catholic Answers, "but of who or what we will serve with our discipleship. Our modern therapeutic spiritualities and material distractions give us so, so many ways to direct elsewhere the time, energy, and devotion of heart and mind that is due to God alone."
But only Christ deserves a disciple's devotion. And although walking his way is not easy, Fr. Kirby is here to help, laying out a path of discipleship—which is nothing less than the road to Calvary—that involves recognizing and responding to the full truth of who Jesus is, what he teaches us, and how he wants us to live and worship in spirit and in truth.
About the Author:
Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, S.T.D., is a Catholic priest of the diocese of Charlotte.
SOURCE Catholic Answers Press
CONTACT: Kerry Beck, 619-387-7200, kbeck@catholic.com
