One of the things I love about doing Freebie Friday every week is that it often forces me to dig back into my computer’s archive of lessons, games, and resources and brings back old memories that are associated with each one. Here’s a lesson I wrote back in 2004 that explores what discipleship is really all about based on Luke 14:25-35. To this day I still remember sitting in a circle on cold metal folding chairs in a damp classroom. A blinking florescent light drove me crazy at first, but I soon forgot about it as the students took seriously our discussion of what it means to be a disciple of Christ. Good times.

I hope you can make sense of my rough notes here!

Download “Defining Discipleship” lesson notes

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