57 Quotes by Jonathan Hayashi

I asked the daunting question; If my church were to cease to exist today, would anyone notice we were gone? Would anyone even care to know, or even notice that the church is gone as the body of Christ has been so active in the community loving Jesus?

Worship has become a spectator-sports mentality to attract consumers with the light show, with the smoke machine, with the cool hip-worship guy to keep the crowd coming and the show going. This grieves the Spirit of God and we ought to weep over it as well.

Radical Discipleship is about nothing more and nothing less than laying bare the roots of the gospel.

If you see something wrong happening in the church, you can either do nothing, or you can do something. And I already tried nothing. I have shared these details because I feel a moral responsibility to do so. Hiding behind the closed doors had done nothing.

I am convinced that the greatest need of the church today is more men, women, boys, and the girls who have abandoned their dreams, possessions, and treasures at the feet of the cross and rise up to be the disciples that the scripture points us to and multiply the gospel to the ends of the Earth (Acts 1:8)

One living demonstration of the gospel is far better than a hundred explanations of many sermons.

Discipleship is not a program we launch, but a lifestyle we embrace.

You are either making disciples or making excuses. Which one are you?

Many pastors think their greatest impact comes from preaching to many. Not true. Our greatest impact is in discipling a few. Jesus did life with the disciples in close proximity. You won’t create radical disciples from a pulpit; you’ll only create an audience. You must walk closely with people.