Pilgrim Way

This book is the third part of a three-volume series on Christian formation that follows the Great Commission directive to make disciples by baptizing them in the triune name of God and teaching them to obey everything Christ commanded (Matt 28:19--20). The first and second parts cover basic Christian formation and instruction in the mysteries of the gospel. The subject of this book is guidance for Christian living. Each chapter guides believers to understand what it means to live in Christ and follow Christ in a secular age. Becoming a follower of Jesus is not simply a matter of accepting a list of doctrines or following a set of rules. It is finding Jesus Christ to be the true way of life (John 14:6). This true way of life leads us out of bondage and into freedom. According to the ancient Christian practice, before stepping forward to follow Christ as the true way of life, we must be prepared to renounce Satan and all his ways. Baptism offers a language that enables us to name and resist the powers that represent forces that are beyond our control, enabling us to imagine what it means to confess that Christ has delivered us from the powers that otherwise would determine our lives. With the pilgrim people who are the church, we learn to enjoy the gift of freedom in following Jesus, the true way of life.