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Volume 2 · CenteredLesson 21About 23 minutes

America's Revivals

Can a lifetime of following him begin and end with one walk down an aisle?

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The center · Luke 14:28
28For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and count the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

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Many American Christians can name the night it happened: a tent, a camp meeting, a stadium, a youth retreat. The music slowed, the preacher asked people to come forward, and they did. But somewhere along the way, the moment became the whole thing. Walk the aisle, say the prayer, sign the card, and you are in.

If you came to faith that way, this lesson is not here to take your night from you. It asks what Jesus asked of people at the start, and whether the method you were handed asked the same. You don't need anyone's permission to follow him, inside a church or outside one. You only need to know what he called following.

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An add-on
The instant-decision method is not false in itself, but it is not his: he asked people to count the cost and follow, and counting decisions pushed that aside.

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