Real Radical Discipleship

Radical discipleship, to use a current ABCUSA term, begins with faith in the one way of salvation God has offered to the world. One cannot be a radical disciple if he/she doesn't become a believer in and a follower of Jesus Christ. Radical discipleship includes the radical acceptance of the Christian doctrine that God has revealed His plan for humanity in an objective revelation we call the Bible. It gives the radical disciple a place to go to hear what God says to him about life and living. To be a radical disciple means that the individual, and corporately the local congregation and associated bodies of the denomination, will radically believe what God has revealed. Then in radical obedience to that word the Christian will, with amazing fortitude, love the world's unlovable, but will refrain from committing adultery. If the Christian does fall into sexual sin, of any sort condemned by the Bible, she will not attempt to justify it - "Oh, the Bible was talking about something else!" "Well, the Bible's mores are ancient and times have changed so we don't have to obey them anymore." - he will, at the very least, admit that his actions are sin according to the Bible, and that his lifestyle is not really radical Christian discipleship. That is if the Bible is any guide.

Specific to our case, she ought to admit that he is no longer a traditional Baptist. If she gets to the place where she admits that she is sinning, but plans to continue in that sin, then shouldn't she voluntarily stop making the false claim that she is a traditional, Bible believing, radical disciple American Baptist? And if he/she doesn't shouldn't our General Secretary tell him so?