Richard T. Hughes
What a book! Profoundly biblical and revolutionary in its implications,
this is surely the finest statement on the meaning of Christian discipleship
that I have ever read. If you are not prepared to have your assumptions
challenged and your life turned upside down, then by all means, don't read
this book.
author of Myths America Lives By
Philip D. Kenneson
In this accessible yet challenging book, Lee Camp seeks nothing less than
to recover for the church the language and practice of discipleship. For too
long, 'discipleship' has remained an abstraction, separated from the
nitty-gritty of what it means to follow the way of Jesus. Camp will have
none of this. Instead, he insists that we wrestle with uncomfortable and
impolite questions, daring to ask what everyday life might look like if
Christians pledged ultimate allegiance to God's inbreaking kingdom rather
than to the kingdoms of this world. A must-read for anyone who desires to
follow the way of Jesus more faithfully.
author of
Life on the Vine
Stanley Hauerwas
Prayer as laughter? Surely not, but yes. Lee Camp, in this entertaining and
serious book, helps us see how and why prayer sometimes can and should be a
form of laughter. We can laugh because Camp helps us see that the gospel,
the good news, gives us good work that is a check against the danger of
taking ourselves too seriously. Drawing on the work of John Howard Yoder,
Camp provides an account of discipleship that counters the widespread
assumption that what it means to be a Christian is believing twenty absurd
propositions before breakfast. This book will not only be a helpful
introduction for those unacquainted with Yoder's work, but also those who
count themselves theologians.
Duke Divinity School
Will D. Campbell
Be sure you are ready for solid food before beginning Lee Camp's Mere
Discipleship. You will find here nothing of America's pop religion. Nothing
of what some are calling electronic soul molesters, hurling to hearth and
household a gospel to 'take up your cross and relax,' or 'take up your cross
and get rich.' I found myself frightened at times, yet exulting in the
knowledge that I was exposing myself to tough truth about the faith I claim.
An uncommon experience not to be rushed.
author of
Brother to a Dragonfly
Mike Cope
I started reading Mere Discipleship as a minister and a professor, hoping
to find a resource to help others. But I found that very quickly I was
caught up into reading as a disciple, called again through Lee Camp's
engaging writing to the way of Christ-the radical way of suffering
servanthood. I highly recommend this to all who are weary of all the
reductionistic approaches to Christianity and who are ready to explore what
absolute allegiance to God's kingdom entails.
author of One
Holy Hunger