Engaging the Modern World as a Christian Man - Jonathan Reyes

Dr. Jonathan Reyes talks about St. Paul encountering Christ on the road to Damascus, he posed the question every man must face in his life - what shall I do? As disciples and laymen, we are called to bring Christ to the world - to preach, teach, serve those in need, and transform the world. But what does that look like in a man's life? This talk will help guide our discernment of our mission in this life.

Acts 9:3-9 Now as he journeyed he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed about him. (4) And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" (5) And he said, "Who are you, Lord?" And he said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting; (6) but rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do." (7) The men who were traveling with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one. (8) Saul arose from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. (9) And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.

The Cost of Leadership and Discipleship - Jonathan Reyes

Our Lord's call to make disciples of all nations requires more than learning a technique for preaching or mastering arguments to defend Revelation. Implicit in His command is the call to first be disciples ourselves. According to Dietrich Bonhoeffer, "It is costly because it costs a man his life."

• You can’t help anyone else become a disciple of Christ unless you first are a disciple.
• Discipleship is bringing people Christ and his Church, not discipleship to us.
• The word of discipleship is God’s Word not ours.
• The goal of being in a discipleship is to work yourself out of the job.
• Evangelization and Discipleship are necessarily connected.

We are sheep, we follow, and in the end of the day there is only 2 people we can follow is Christ and the false christ, the enemy. And I emphasis this because we live in an age that will tell us that we create ourselves, that we make ourselves, that we lead ourselves and we can invent ourselves, and it’s just not true. We imitate and we follow and the Lord our God, Jesus Christ is our leader… and what it means for us to lead as Christians is to participate in his leadership, it means we lead with him, we don’t lead to ourselves, we don’t lead on our own, and we don’t fulfill our own mission…