CONNECTING POINT: Depths of Discipleship

As Christians, we find ourselves on a journey, from being lost sinners without Jesus to being found and made righteous in Christ. We move from simply a follower of Jesus to a disciple who grows in character, found in personal conduct and our relationships, as we surrender to the Holy Spirit and obey principles in the Bible. No Christian is perfect on this side of eternity; thus, the term journey.

In Luke 17, Jesus directs His teaching to the disciples, unlike most previous chapters, where His teachings focus on confronting the Pharisees in their pseudo-spirituality. Religion is dead when there...