In What Way Can Jesus Be a Moral Example for Christians?
Is it possible that Jesus Christ can function as moral example for Christians? In what sense is Jesus Christ normative for Christian ethics? The imitation of Christ is discussed against its Enlightenment background.
Three Ways Christians Misunderstand Obedience
Many Christians suppose that their freedom in Christ means permission to live freely and ignore the call to obedience. This article describes three ways in which Christians misunderstand what obedience means.
The Imitation of Christ
How do believers understand and carry out their role in the church? This article discusses a proper perspective on individual ministry, and what ministry involves.
Joy Beyond the Cross
Conformity to Jesus as the Paradigm For Christian Ethics (Part 3)
The picture of the Christian life painted by the New Testament is rooted in union with Christ. This article shows how such union and conformity to Christ is reflected in individuals' vocation, serving as a paradigm to thinking about Christian ethics in the workplace.
Conformity to Jesus (Part 2): Death and Resurrection With Christ
The picture of the Christian life painted by the New Testament is rooted in union with Christ. The believer is united to Christ by sharing in His death and resurrection. Christian ethics should be shaped by this understanding of the Christian life.
The Believer's Half-Life
Running the Race
What is That to You? You Follow Me!
Mark 8:34 - What Does It Mean to "Deny Yourself"?
Living by the Promise of Forgiveness: Joseph and his Brothers
Prophets, Priests, & Kings
The Wonder of Christ’s Suffering
A Pastor’s Reflections: Cruciform Ministry and Joy
The Christian life is a cruciform life. Christians are called to sacrifice themselves. This article offers two reasons why Christians can be joyful even in trials and suffering.
Imitating Christ
Magnificent Motives The Road to Heaven is Paved with Good Intentions
What Would Jesus Do?
Have you ever heard of the phrase, "What would Jesus do?" Have you said it yourself? This article shows the origins of this slogan, its contemporary usage, and evaluates its usefulness. The author finds the saying unhelpful at best, and downright dangerous at worst, and proposes a different set of words to go with the acronym WWJD.
Herman Bavinck: The Man and the Mind
This article considers Herman Bavinck and his understanding of the Christian life. What lay at the heart of his understanding was the imitation of Christ. His life and writings reveal this, as the article demonstrates.
Compassion Fatigue
Dear Graduates: Don't Waste Your Life – Follow God Fully!
The Picture of the Christ-like Man
WWJD?
This article examines the intended purpose of 'WWJD?', or 'what would Jesus do?', ethics. Looking at Jesus as our example is biblical, since we are being transformed to His image. However, there are limits to our ability to live this out.
A Cross-Shaped Life
This article shows that living a "cross-shaped life" is living with an understanding that following Jesus means death and self-denial, as well as joy. A Christian is someone who lives with the experience of all three of these things.
Conformity to Jesus as the Paradigm For Christian Ethics (Part 1)
The picture of the Christian life painted by the New Testament is rooted in union with Christ. This article shows that this understanding must serve as a paradigm for Christian ethics. The call to imitate Christ is the foundation of a biblical understanding of the Christian life.
W.W.J.D.
A Pastoral Letter on Cross-Bearing
The Cost of Gospel Change
This article discusses the cost to follow Christ, and the significance this has for our finances.
The Imitation of Christ and Modern Life: Herman Bavinck's Views
John Calvin in the Valley of the Shadow of Death
This article discusses the suffering of John Calvin, and what Calvin himself had to say about suffering.
The Imitation of Christ
What is the relationship between Christ and Christian ethics? The article asks the question: If Christians are what they are by virtue of their participation in Christ, then what room is left for human ethical activity? What is the relationship between grace and morality? Webster wants to explore this relationship by giving close attention to the New Testament material on the imitation of Christ.
"Be Imitators of Me": Paul's Model of Leadership
The most important models Paul urges his readers to imitate are those of himself, Christ, and God. He also directs his readers to the behavior of other individuals and occasionally reminds them of the example of other churches. There are also exhortations that his readers become "models" for others to imitate. Questions have been asked regarding the motivation behind Paul’s instruction.
Evangelicals and the Imitation of the Cross: Peter Bolt on Mark 13 as a Test Case
The thesis of this article is that a neglected area of the New Testament’s teaching on the cross is the imitation of Jesus and his cross. The author illustrates the negative effects of overlooking the imitation of the cross. He uses the work of Peter Bolt as his conversation partner and in particular the way that the call to take up the cross functions in Mark 13 and its literary context.
Imitating Jesus: An Inclusive Approach to New Testament Ethics
This a review article of an important book of Richard A Burridge on the imitation of Christ as an approach to New Testament Christian living. Burridge thinks that people who wrote on imitation before him in their analysis of the ethical teaching in the Gospels tends to be abstracted from what Jesus did. Jesus’ actions throw light on his words and vice-versa.