You can't make it through much of the Bible without coming to the word Disciple Just the four Gospels alone use this term times Basically a disciple is the follower of a teacher one who observes learns and practices what the teacher shares We now come to the first time John uses this term in his book So today we assess ourselves by asking Are YOU a follower Let's look at five characteristics of the first disciples of Jesus and see if they're reflected in our lives [... more]