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When you get labeled the Discipleship Man there is a reason for it. After reading Christlike, you will know whyon these pages, Bill Hull doesnt only share his latest, best thoughts and reflections, but takes us deep into his own journeyand it looks a lot like Jesus to me.
DR. KEITH MEYER, pastor and author of Whole Life Transformation: Becoming The Change Needed In Your Church (InterVarsity Press, June of 2010)
Bill Hull speaks directly from his heart and personal experience in his latest book, yet his words are based on a lifetime of ministry experience. Christlike is about a journey, Bills own journey as he has come into a deeper and richer experience of discipleship to Jesus. Bill challenges all of us to lay aside simplistic formulaic approaches to the Christian life and instead, in a very uncomplicated way, allow Jesus to transform us from the inside out. This is an important book, from an important voice.
MICHAEL J. WILKINS, PHD, distinguished professor of New Testament language and literature and dean of the faculty, Talbot School of Theology, Biola University; author of Following the Master, In His Image, and Commentary on Matthew
Bill Hull understands that discipleship is not a program but a lifelong journey of following Jesus. He opens our understanding of the gospel of the kingdom and then invites us to understand what it really means to be a disciple of Jesus. I love Bills writing style, and I love the message of his book even more.
ALAN ANDREWS, former U.S. director, The Navigators
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2010 by Robert W. Hull
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ISBN: 978-1-60006-694-8
Cover design by Arvid Wallen
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Some of the anecdotal illustrations in this book are true to life and are included with the permission of the persons involved. All other illustrations are composites of real situations, and any resemblance to people living or dead is coincidental.
Unless otherwise identified, all Scripture quotations in this publication are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation (NLT), copyright 2004. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. Other versions used include: the New American Standard Bible (NASB), Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission; the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan, all rights reserved; the Revised Standard Version Bible (RSV), copyright 1946, 1952, 1971, by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, used by permission, all rights reserved; and the King James Version (KJV).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hull, Bill, 1946
Christlike : the pursuit of uncomplicated obedience / Bill Hull.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ).
ISBN 978-1-60006-694-8
1. Christian life. 2. Obedience--Religious aspects--Christianity. I. Title.
BV4647.O2H86 2010
248.4--dc22
2009037818
Printed in the United States of America
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 / 14 13 12 11 10
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Other Books by Bill Hull
The Complete Book of Discipleship
Jesus Christ, Disciplemaker
The Disciple-Making Pastor
The Disciple-Making Church
Choose the Life: Exploring a Faith That Embraces Discipleship
Seven Steps to Transform Your Church
Building High Commitment in a Low-Commitment World
Revival That Reforms
Straight Talk On Spiritual Power
Anxious for Nothing
A Disciples Guide to Choosing the Life
Experience the Life, Curriculum (with Paul Mascarella)
To Jane Marie Hull,
a true partner in the faith
Thanks to my editor, Liz Heaney, who made a significant contribution to this book. Her ability to get inside the writers head and pull out the best is remarkable.
A mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES,
THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE
I want to change your mind. My goal is that after you have read this book, you wont be able to return your mind to its original shape. I am not trying to influence your thoughts on any small matter but on one that could revolutionize the course of your life. I want to change your mind about what it means to be a Christian.
I have been following Jesus for a very long time, yet I continue to learn new lessons that have required me to rethink my life. My struggle has been how to connect the private character issues of spirituality to the larger mission of what we have been told is our task: changing the world. Oliver Wendell Holmes reportedly said, I dont give a fig for simplicity on this side of complexity, but I would give anything for simplicity on the other side of complexity. We live in a complex world, but I would like to help you emerge from this book with the simplicity of life and mission that is priceless.
Understanding the complexity of our world has become a challenge even to the greatest minds. Philosophers, historians, theologians, politicians, and even the media are stumped by the complex, weblike issues we face. Consider, for instance, the major issues facing the world: social injustice, political tyranny, hunger, poverty, and disease. Malaria, one of the most preventable diseases, is growing around the world because of the lack of clean water or effective pesticides that kill the mosquito larva. Much of the blame goes to evil governments led by tyrants who enrich themselves and starve their people. The infamous genocides in Rwanda and Darfur are not the end of such atrocities; many other less-publicized conflicts are continuing. As I write, the global financial community is locked in a crisis that threatens the sense of security we have known. People are both angry and afraid. Although the words written on the one dollar bill are, In God we trust, our fear indicates that, in reality, money has been the object of our trust. This is even true of Christians.
One of lifes great complexities is the question Why was I born here and now? For example, why am I not a blacksmith who was born in 1605 in the South, or a member of an Indian tribe in North America at the turn of the nineteenth century? When I look my dog in the eye, I wonder, Why her instead of me? You get the idea. Humanity has been asking these kinds of questions for centuries. While in Athens, the apostle Paul spoke on Mars Hill, a sort of town hall for intellectuals. He told his skeptical congregation this about these kinds of unanswerable conundrums:
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