"We can tell people our sins because our
identity doesn’t hang on what they think of us. We can be imperfect
Christians because we cling to a perfect Christ. In this kind of
discipleship, Jesus is at the center with the church huddled around him.
We give and receive the gospel of Jesus to one another for our
forgiveness and formation. In sum, discipleship is both gospel centered
and community shaped. [We are] imperfect people, clinging to a perfect Christ, being perfected by the Spirit "
Jonathan Dodson, Gospel-Centered Discipleship